Story & photos by Bailey Miller   The city of Santa Clarita and the SCV Food Pantry have teamed up to host the sixth annual Summer Food Drive to help local families in need. The drive is already under way and continues through Aug. 29. “Summer is historically the time of year that we have...

Three television series that are based in Santa Clarita – “Switched at Birth,” “Justified” and “Franklin & Bash” – and fourth show that has filmed on location at COC a number of times – “Pretty Little Liars” – are among 26 film...

Junior high students from across the Santa Clarita Valley are spending the week making a series of television game shows as part of a Student Television Network Summer Academy at the SCVTV Media Center in Newhall. Nearly two dozen students from Placerita Junior High School, Rio Norte Junior High, Castaic...

Detectives are asking for your help in identifying a man who stole 18 hundred dollars worth of ammo in Newhall. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies detained a man at College of the Canyons in Valencia Tuesday after reports went out to students of a man with a gun on campus. The hills...

The students at North Park Elementary School, Pre-K through Grade 6, have recently been studying the artwork of glass blower Dale Chihuly. The students created art pieces that mimicked  Chihuly’s famous displays at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and chandeliers. Students learned about the history of...

Navy Seaman Nathan Gregorio, son of Hernando and Vivian Gregorio of Canyon Country, Calif., recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. During the eight-week program, Gregorio completed a variety of training which included classroom study and practical instruction...

Laurene Weste Mayor Laurene Weste won an unprecedented fifth term on the Santa Clarita City Council on Tuesday, finishing in first place for the first time. Councilwoman Marsha McLean finished second and returns for a fourth term. Newcomer Dante Acosta, a financial advisor and Gold Star father from Canyon...

Another light earthquake rattled the region Monday morning, two days after a 3.9-magnitude shaker hit above Castaic Lake. This one measured 4.4 and occurred 1.9 miles south-southeast of Encino, at a depth of 6.2 miles. Just like Saturday’s shaker, Monday’s 6:25 a.m. quake was followed by a series...

Santa Clarita’s jobless rate fell to 5.5 percent in January, according to data released this month by the state. Year-over-year, Santa Clarita’s jobless rate improved by 1.2 percent. Across Los Angeles County, joblessness fell to 8.9 percent in January from 10.3 percent in January 2013; California’s...

The Summerhill Villa senior housing complex on Lyons Avenue has been sold to American Realty Capital, a $2 billion New York real estate investment trust, according to the trade publications GlobeSt.com and Senior Housing News. Summerhill Villa was one of two California properties that sold for a combined...