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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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The Saugus Union School District Governing Board of Trustees elected Matthew Watson as 2026 board president at the Tuesday, Dec. 16 organizational meeting.
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Los Angeles–based painter Jasimen Phillips is a featured artist in the city of Santa Clarita’s “Pop Culture” exhibition, currently on view at the Newhall Community Center through March 25, 2026.
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The Gibbon Conservation Center in Saugus is requesting donations, including memberships and gibbon adoption sponsorships to reach a matching goal of $15,000.
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The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees failed to complete its annual organizational vote to elect a new board president during its meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 17.
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There's no better way to celebrate the season than with toys, treats, and rollercoasters. My annual Foster Youth Holiday Party is one of the most special traditions we do each year
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The Canyon Theatre Guild’s production of "A Christmas Story," adds shows due to high ticket demand. Shows have been added on Sunday, Dec. 21 and Monday, Dec. 22.
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The city of Santa Clarita will present its latest art exhibition, “Pop Culture,” on view at the Newhall Community Center now through March 25, 2026.
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This week’s Foothill League matches resulted in the Saugus boys getting a firmer grip on first place, and the Saugus girls slipping into second place. Meanwhile, holiday tournaments are bringing both wins and losses from non-league teams, with more on the way.
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1970 - Snow day in Santa Clarita Valley [ photos]
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Do you have a passion for swimming and a desire to make an impact in your community? The city of Santa Clarita is seeking individuals with strong customer service skills and a commitment to community engagement to join its lifeguard team.
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Santa Clarita Valley residents need to put down the yule log and refrain from all residental wood burning fires on Friday, Dec. 19.
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U.S. Rep. George Whitesides (D-Aqua Dulce), announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 27th Congressional District: the “MathViz” team led by local Academy of the Canyons student, Gautham Korrapati.
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The Mardi Gras Madness 1K/5K/10K, set for March 1, in Santa Clarita, is more than a race, it’s a celebration of health, community and giving back. Now through Wednesday, Dec. 24, take $10 OFF race registration with promo code WINTER10 at checkout.
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Theatre Extempore will present the all time classic musical The Fantasticks, 8-10 p.m. Jan. 9-11. 15-18 at The MAIN.
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West Ranch High School senior Braulio Castillo (17) never did any long-distance running before high school, but what he has accomplished in that demanding discipline since taking it up is impressive. And, so far his senior year, it is phenomenal.
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Powerlab Studio will hold its grand opening and ribbon cutting 4:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 8 at 28110 Newhall Ranch Road, Valencia, CA 91355.
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B2 Entertainment will have a Cookies With Santa event, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21 at 21516 Golden Triangle Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91350.
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The College of the Canyons soccer programs will be hosting 'Friday Night Footy,' small-sided pick-up games, running on Friday evenings Jan. 2 through June 26 at the COC Soccer Facility.
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College of the Canyons sophomore pitcher Nichole Muro will continue her academic and athletic career at Cumberland University after signing with the Phoenix softball program.
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College of the Canyons men's basketball won its fourth straight contest in an 80-72 affair at Napa Valley College on Monday afternoon, Dec. 15 as freshman Julius Washington led all scorers with 20 points.
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Canyons women's basketball snapped a five-game losing streak with a 60-44 win over Diablo Valley College during the final day of action at the Napa Valley Storm Surge tournament on Saturday, Dec. 13.
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1929 - Swift justice: Thomas Vernon sentenced to life in prison for Saugus train derailment & robbery 1 month earlier [ story]
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This is EXACTLY how the gas blowout in the North San Fernando Valley started…with the agencies lying about “The odor does not present a health or safety risk. ” We have all found out all too well that there are many serious and some permanent health problems with this stuff! Just Google “porter ranch gas leak”.
The sheriff’s dept. needs to check with the some 50 LA City firefighters (and spouses) about the dangers of buying the BS from SoCalGas. The first responders from the two stations in Porter Ranch have filed suit against SoCalGas, and their claim describes the various toxic chemicals they were exposed to, and mislead about by SoCalGas and the LA County Dept. of Public Health during and after the 2015 blowout.
This all sounds so familiar. There is no health risk, until suddenly there is. And further, routine maintenance is announced only after reports of odors by the community involved. We, in the NW SFV have been dealing with this for years. Demand answers and action by the Gs Co. now!
The one thing that SoCalGas does very well is lie. They lied when they said that there was nothing happening at Aliso Canyon after it blew out and on the third day after the blowout, and after thousands of residents were affected, they had to come clean on the third day. So, for 72 hours, the people were exposed to massive amounts of methane and other toxic/carcinogenic hydrocarbons while SoCalGas maintained everything was OK. The facility is still leaking and SoCalGas says everything is fine.
In 2017, there was a toxic mercaptan leak in Rancho Park, where pets died and people got sick, again, it took 12 hours for SoCalGas to acknowledge it was one of their facilities that malfunctioned, and they still maintained that mercaptan is “not toxic,” even when the federal government disagrees.
So, why should we believe anything SoCalGas says? We need to shut them down and kick them out of our community before more people suffer!
The statement that the mercaptan is safe is a blatant lie. Exposure can cause a multitude of symptoms.
I thought we learned this lesson from the 16 weeks Aliso Canyon was showering the San Fernando, Simi and Santa Clartia Valley with gas and chemicals.
I suppose we’ll have to wait until the official event form is filed with the state, to determine what “really” occurred.
Thank you for the informative article.
The odorant is called mercaptan it’s toxic
Methyl mercaptan is a colorless flammable gas with unpleasant odor described as rotten cabbage. It is easily ignited. When heated to decomposition, it emits highly toxic fumes and flammable vapors.
Is there any regulatory oversight for this? Did the Health Department say it is safe. How do we know it is really just odorant?/ /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Has any regulatory agency inspected or tested the air quality? After the Aliso Canyon debacle, I don’t know why we would accept the gas company’s word without some kind of verification from and outside party. How do we know this wa just odorant and not gas. I is my understanding that the gas comes to California already odorized.
People in this valley should know that the honor Rancho Storage facility is almost as bit as the Aliso Canyon Facility that exploded and additional pressurization was allowed there too.
Wells in Honor Ranch have been reported as having Subsurface Shutoff Valves which control blowouts if they are there…which the state records say some HR wells have…BUT SCGCo said the same in Aliso Canyon…AND the blowout well had >10yrs records saying the SSSV was there…but no SCGCo took it out in 1979….GasCo said that they need $5M to buy property for operations in Montebello…No they bought 15 houses which had leaking wells under them…rather than fixing the leaks…GasCo said they had a blowout in Playa Del Rey…when everyone else had pictures of two flaming blowouts….GasCo will LIE to neighbors and will run wells for $$$Profit…SSSV reduce profits for safety…like Aliso…Don’t believe anything GasCo tells you unless you get it in writing and then get it verified…LACo does not care about the safety either…tax revenues and chargeable time for LACo employees….
Without any regulatory agency verifying what the gas company states, no one knows what all the chemicals released were, and the gas company is not likely to tell you. Mercaptan alone causes serious affects, let alone what it is mixed with, and for how long leaks have been occurring.I was living very close to Aliso, outside the days when SS25 blew, and lied to about it. It was a wake up call to what has been going on at Aliso for years, lies covered up. I was forced to evacuate permanently, due to the continual off gassing that still remains. If there were residents who got sick from this current release at Honor Ranch, enough to call in, enough to cause vomiting, why should anyone believe it was harmless after the huge cover up at Aliso?
More info please