Clint Lilley, of Santa Clarita and son of the late stuntman Jack Lilley, has captured the award for Best Western Short Film October 2025 by the Independent Shorts Awards. “The Geisha and The Gunfighter” by Clint Lilley was also named a runner-up for Best Short of the Season, plus Platinum...

The Santa Clarita International Film Festival has announced the launch of its new internship program in partnership with College of the Canyons, marking a major step forward in the festival’s ongoing commitment to education and the professional development of emerging filmmakers, creatives and production...

Certain annual holiday traditions in the Santa Clarita Valley are treasured by residents year after year. Festival of Trees, Light Up Main Street, Henry Mayo’s Home Tour League Holiday Home Tour Gala and the Santa Clarita Ballet Company’s “The Nutcracker” are the ones that come...

Brad Berens, 74, former executive director of the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center from 1991 to 2007, died on Wednesday, Nov. 12 in his sleep at home in Santa Clarita after a short illness. He was born on June 1, 1951, in Marshalltown, Iowa to Gretchen Mace-Berens and Robert Berens. His father was...

James “Jim” Tanner, 90, the former Principal of Placerita Junior High School in Newhall, died on Aug. 14. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. at the Hart High School Auditorium with a reception following the celebration at Tanner Hall on the campus of Placerita...

Dear Friends of the Gibbon Center, As summer comes to an end, I want to share some exciting updates from the Gibbon Conservation Center. Interactive Signs We are thrilled to have installed our first interactive educational sign, funded by the city of Santa Clarita. The Gibbon’s Song educates our...

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station enjoyed a successful fundraiser at its last Tip-A-Cop event so the station is running it back on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 5-9 p.m. This time, Santa Clarita Valley deputies be trading badges for aprons at Lazy Dog Restaurant in Valencia! All tips and donations...

Frederick Louis Gruchalla, 79, of Granada Hills, died Saturday, Aug. 23, in Kindred Hospital in Los Angeles after a brief illness. He was born July 11, 1946 in Fargo N.D. to Louis and Mary (Hackett) Gruchalla and was raised in Moorhead, Minn., attending schools there and graduating Moorhead High School...

Parents are protesting the closing of the Henry Mayo Kids Club at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital’s Henry Mayo Fitness Center on Town Center Drive in Valencia, scheduled for Friday, Aug. 29. Amber Stefanelli Johnson, mother of Theodore, a toddler who frequently visits the Kids Club said the abrupt...

This episode of “Legacy: Santa Clarita’s Living History” with Leon Worden of the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society, features a 2004 historical tour of Acton. The tour was organized by the Acton Women’s Club with the High Desert Cruisers. This episode features Kathleen Larsen and...