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1905 - County buys property to build Newhall Jail (now next to city's Old Town Newhall Library) [story]
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1905 - County buys property to build Newhall Jail (now next to city's Old Town Newhall Library) [story]
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As families prepare to celebrate the holidays, the California Highway Patrol reminds everyone to prioritize safety on the road. To keep travelers safe throughout the busy holiday season, the CHP is initiating the first of two statewide Maximum Enforcement Periods this month to reduce traffic incidents by targeting unsafe driving behaviors and assisting motorists.
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Matias Castro a graduate of Golden Valley High School, three-time participant in the William S. Hart Union High School District Honor Band and current first-year student at University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music has been named a 2025 YoungArts winner with distinction in Jazz Alto Saxophone, the highest honor of the organization.
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1892 - Benjamin Harrison establishes 555,520-acre San Gabriel Timberland Reserve (Angeles National Forest). First forest reserve in California, second in U.S. [story]
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Yes I Can Unity Through Music & Education, a nonprofit organization that provides career-skills training and employment services to adults with disabilities, presented certificates of recognition to Remo Inc. and Migrate Sound for the commitment to creating career opportunities for neurodiverse talent.
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The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, swore in recently elected board members, named its new officers, received recognitions for service and set its 2025 meeting schedule at the board’s business and organizational meeting held on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
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Reflecting on this past year, there are so many things to be thankful for. Whether it is our health, happiness or the ability to live in a community as special as ours, I believe many of our residents would agree that Santa Clarita is a place where wonderful memories have been made and a unique place to call home.
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I don’t know how to blame. The council or the sheriff dept.. We have minimal traffic enforcement in this valley. Once in a great while you will see someone getting a ticket. I live on Barbacoa Dr. and people always speed on our street. To date I have never seen any enforcement. I have lived here 48 year.
Lyons has become really bad. Even on non-rush hour times.
Time to crack down on these road bullies, it truly blows my mind that SCV law enforcement has not earned a million dollars on traffic tickets alone!
Was quite surprised to see this commentary from the Mayor. The speed limit on most streets in Santa Clarita average 50 miles per hour. Santa Clarita has become a more populated area and a 50 mile per hour speed limit invites danger as most people naturally exceed the speed limit by about 5 miles per hour. There is also a need for right turn lanes in high traffic areas. For example there is no right turn land into the only entrance to the Post Office on Mc Bean Pkwy, this causes cars to brake or quickly switch lanes. Same cam be said for the entrance to Target off of Mc Bean. The Mayor and City Council should consider lowering the speed limit in populated areas and creating right turn lanes into shopping centers.
One of the biggest problems is people failing to yield to emergency vehicles. Countless times we have people race alongside the ambulance or continue straight in front of us so that they can make it to the left turn lane that is half a mile up the road. Or the most dangerous habit, people don’t know what to do or don’t care so they slam on the breaks in the left lane.
Since the City took out those hated cameras at several intersections, the City has NOT provided us with statistics on those intersections. The claim was that they reduced accidents, but did they? And what happened since they were taken out?
Mayor Keller’s comments are welcome. However, they miss one point: the tremendous growth in traffic on our roads. This, in my opinion, is one of the major causes of accidents, whether due to unsafe driving or just due to jammed roadways and intersections. for example, look at Railroad Ave at 5 pm! Look at the number of trailer trucks that now use RR Ave and Newhall Ranch Road! And still the City and the County allow all sorts of housing developments, until, I suppose, every square inch of vacant land will be filled with dwellings, each of which will sport 2 or more vehicles. Traffic engineers can do their part, but they do not control the volume of traffic that is choking us.