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1986 - COC board votes to allow Argentine cliff swallows to nest forever on sides of buildings [story]
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The Santa Clarita Valley Media Collaborative invites local creatives, media industry professionals, students, parents, teachers, and more to celebrate the next generation of media makers participating in the inaugural NextGen MediaMakers Festival on Saturday, May 18 from 2-5 p.m. at the Canyon Country Community Center.
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1986 - COC board votes to allow Argentine cliff swallows to nest forever on sides of buildings [story]
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As Volunteer Appreciation Week approaches, the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control wishes to extend heartfelt gratitude to all its dedicated volunteers who tirelessly contribute to DACC's mission of advancing the well-being of animals and people in the County.
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The Canyon Country Farmers Market will be celebrating their two-year anniversary Wednesday, April 24.
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The Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Auxiliary presented a $35,000 check Monday to the Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Foundation for the foundation’s Patient Tower Capital Campaign.
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The Acton/Agua Dulce Arts Council has announced a call for entries for "Creature Feature," a juried art exhibition, with a theme of any living creature.
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The Acton/Agua Dulce Arts Council has announced a call for entries for a juried exhibit open to all photographers, both professional and amateur.
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Recently I had the opportunity, along with spcaLA President Madeline Bernstein and Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA President Nikole Bresciani, to meet with NBC 4 reporter Kathy Vara to discuss the current challenges facing animal sheltering organizations.
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As city manager for 12 years now and a longtime resident of Santa Clarita, I am always proud to see how our community continues to grow.
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The city of Santa Clarita’s Film Office released the list of six productions currently filming in the Santa Clarita Valley for the week of Monday, April 22 - Sunday, April 28.
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Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is recognizing its valued volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 21-27.
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The regular meeting of the Saugus Union School District Governing Board will take place Tuesday, April 23, with closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed immediately by public session at 6:30 p.m.
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The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a self-evaluation workshop Wednesday, April 24, beginning at 2 p.m.
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A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy, who was severely injured in October after an explosion and fire at a Pitchess Detention Center mobile shooting range, died Saturday, LASD announced Sunday.
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1974 - Gov. Ronald Reagan speaks at dedication of COC's first permanent building, the William G. Bonelli Instructional Resource Center [story]
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1994 - Sand Canyon homeowner Eddie Murray sets MLB record for switch-hit home runs in games (11 times) [story]
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Hello Auto Group has announced its partnership with the Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative for the second annual Military Spouse Appreciation Event. This event, dedicated to honoring military spouses, will take place on Military Spouse Appreciation Day Friday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Anthony Vince Nail Spa at 24250 Town Center Drive #140, Valencia, CA 91355.
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The Santa Clarita Artists Association has announced the 2024 scholarship award recipients. These deserving individuals have shown excellence in their high school art education and shared their plans to continue their artistic endeavors.
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The Valley Industry Association of Santa Clarita is set to ignite innovation and transformation with its VIA Workforce Development Conference 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Valencia on Thursday, May 16. Jorge Marquez, chairman of the Los Angeles County Workforce Development Board, has been added to the list of speakers appearing at the event. He will serve as the opening speaker at the conference.
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The city of Santaw Clarita will host the Free To Be Me Festival for its third year at an exciting new location. On Sunday, May 5, from noon to 3 p.m., celebrate Santa Clarita’s special needs communities and their families at West Creek Park, 24247 Village Circle Drive, Valencia, CA 91354.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity and its regional partners have held the first of several upcoming rapid response events to urgently connect soon-to-be laid off local workers, impacted by the recent bankruptcy and closure of dozens of local 99 Cents Only Stores, to critical workforce services.
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They put out a press release on saving us (you & me) millions by refinancing their debt. The numbers were astounding. Was it 50 million? And now they want us to pay more taxes, to accrue more debt? Not voting for E. Nope.
Out of district students are not necessarily commuters. They are online students or LAPD, Sheriff, LAFD and other programs that do not take seats in the classrooms. The majority of students are local! Your kids! Your neighbors! Each year more and more are looking for affordable schooling and new job training. More space is needed so that next years high school graduates and the years after that can get an excellent quality and affordable education.
1. It’s short-sighted to think that the value of the properties you sell are not impacted by having one of the highest ranked California Community Colleges in our valley.
2. The “build it and they will come” attitude is not prevalent; they are already here, but they can’t get the classes they need.
3. “Special interests lie unions . . . Who are not interested in education . . .” Is particularly offensive. The two faculty unions on campus represent over 800 employees; every one of whom is committed to a standard of excellence in higher education in our valley.
1. It’s short-sighted to think that the value of the properties you sell are not impacted by having one of the highest ranked California Community Colleges in our valley.
2. The “build it and they will come” attitude is not prevalent; they are already here, but they can’t get the classes they need.
3. “Special interests like unions . . . Who are not interested in education . . .” Is particularly offensive. The two faculty unions on campus represent over 800 employees; every one of whom is committed to a standard of excellence in higher education in our valley.
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Do you think it’s realistic to keep adding to the debt for this? At what point would you say we should stop? 750 million? 1 billion, 3 billion at some point you have disaster on your hands if you keep adding to the debt. Whatever happened to common sense?
The middle class homeowners of the SCV are not personal ATMs for the fiefdom at COC. We are already paying taxes direct and indirect to support this public junior college. Are their arrangements with full high dollar private 4 yr universities and county law enforcement academies something we should continue to bankroll? How about night school? Lots of private business entities in this valley contribute imensely to our all important economy but they don’t stick their hand into my pocket and remove my hard earned cash. This is shameful. Support education and a healthy COC by VOTING NO on E in order to reel them back into accountability and stop the exploitative drunken with power practices they’ve been exhibiting. The salary base of this core group is also out of control. http://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2014/college-canyons/ Wake up SCV sheeple.
We are mortgaging our future and for our kids/grand kids. This has to stop. COC does have a large portion of people from outside the area and online classes do not need a classroom so that does not fly for me. I am a recent COC graduate and I think complaining about the realities of higher education like wait lists and parking is what happens and if COC is not setting these students up to know what comes next it is false advertising for higher education. We are teaching the students it is okay to keep taking on lots of debt when it is not. Pay off the other measures/bonds first and then start looking for more money. SCV is growing too fast and getting over developed. Look at all the projects on the books. This will be the next San Fernando Valley and that truly stinks in my opinion and not why I am and have been a homeowner here for 17 years. NO on measure E.
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More tighty-whitey, I’ve-got-mine, anti-education, anti-union, whiny rhetoric from a man who most probably once benefited from the very Democratic Party institutions he so smugly criticizes. Mr. Putzold maintains a smug, parochial point of view which speaks poorly for both he and the citizens in our city. What is this: “…Nearly 50 percent of students at COC are commuters…” Of *course* they are; it’s a *junior college* not a university, Einstein. In a civilized society, people must pay taxes for public services — whether one likes it or not. Time to get the big boys to pay their share.
I didn’t know being responsible is a “tighty-whitey” thing. Pam your view is more of a loosey-goosey, everything that is mine is yours, my hard work pays for your utopia even if I don’t agree type of rhetoric. It’s time to wake up to reality and realize that there are principles that are true no matter what your ethnicity, political views etc…if you spend too much money and don’t pay your bills you will have to pay the piper. Wake up Pam.
And may I add, Mr. Putzold might be a Santa Clarita resident — as of late, but he is not *from* here which gives his provincial comment about commuters a hypocritical bent. If you look at his Linkedin page you’ll see he’s going negative on Prop. E because it affects his real estate business. It’s all about the dollars with Steve. Not about your sons and daughters or you…all about the dollars in his coin purse.
Pam Miller, you’re intellect is so superior! Thats a joke. All you do is criticize, but funny how you have not one reasonable solution to NOT GETTING US IN MORE DEBT! You cant spend money you don’t have! There are no dollars in the coin purse to even protect! It’s empty and you want to fill it with IOU’s that are grandchildren will be paying for. You need a reality check.
At least you tried Steve. Most people have no clue about the bottom line, or mismanagement. How much is enough?= Always a little more. Offended union? When did a union take a salary decrease to prove their dedication to their educational cause – without being forced? Looks like every single career do nothing but draw a salary politician got re-elected too. Very disappointing. And to “all about the dollars”: you are free to give all your money away without the need of slandering Steve. Hope he sues.
Santa Clarita and COC in particular is taking the same route our federal government is going. Spend it now and don’t worry how it’s going to be paid for! The real problem is a lack of prioritizing. Now that they are going to be 470 million in debt, they will have to keep adding to the debt to keep the illusion going until it at some point it all unravels and everyone loses. Then it’s those terrible people that said we should live within our means fault! We live in a world that denies reality and the laws of economics cannot be overcome forever. It will catch up to us. I don’t look forward to that day.