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Dale Donohoe and Kim Kurowski were named the Santa Clarita Valley's top volunteers of the year at the 2024 SCV Man and Woman of the Year dinner celebration held Friday, May 3 at the Hyatt Regency Valencia. The event also honored all of the 17 men and 17 woman nominated for the award.
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The regular meeting of the Saugus Union School District Governing Board will take place Tuesday, May 7, with closed session beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed immediately by public session at 6:30 p.m.
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The city of Santa Clarita Arts Commission is holding its regular meeting in City Hall's Council Chambers Thursday, May 9 at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at Santa Clarita City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Valencia, CA 91355.
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Experience the Butterfly Encounter at Gilchrist Farm open now on weekends thorugh Sunday, June 18. Walk through a tent of beautiful flowers hosting live butterflies that fly freely throughout the tent.
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The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a business meeting Wednesday, May 8, beginning at 5 p.m. The board will first meet in closed session at 4:15 p.m.
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The Castaic Union School District Governing Board will hold its regular meeting Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m. A closed session will be held at 5:30 p.m.
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Fire Service Day Open House will be held at all County of Los Angeles Fire Department fire stations on Saturday, May 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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The Santa Clarita Valley Media Collaborative invites the public as well as local creatives, media industry professionals, students, parents, teachers and others 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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Explore Vasquez Rocks during the magical twilight and early evening full moon hours. These fun, collaborative, interpretive hikes are led by trained staff and volunteers and will highlight the park's natural and human history.
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Astrotourism is top of mind for travelers making special trips for experiences in the sky, and with the recent “take-your-breath-away” total solar eclipse, thousands of cruisers onboard Emerald Princess and Discovery Princess off the coast of Mexico caught a glimpse of the total darkness event.
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The Santa Clarita City Council will hold a study session on Tuesday, May 7 at 5 p.m. The council will meet at City Hall, Carl Boyer Room, 23920 Valencia Blvd., First Floor, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
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Garbage inspectors will soon be paying a visit to neighborshoods throughout the Santa Clarita Valley to inspect recycling bins to insure residents are following the recycling rules in the SCV.
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College of the Canyons competed at the 3C2A State Singles & Doubles Championships for a second straight year, with the doubles duo of Sydney Tamondong and Estrella Segura establishing program history by advancing to the round of 16 at the Ojai Athletic Club.
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College of the Canyons men's basketball head coach Howard Fisher's Cougar Basketball Camp returns in 2024 with three sessions open to boys and girls ages 8 to 14.
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The Friends of Santa Clarita Public Library is hosting a “Spring Bag Sale” event at the Valencia, Canyon Country and Newhall branches of the Santa Clarita Public Library, during normal operating hours from Saturday, May 4 to Sunday, May 12.
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A former public school teacher who launched a racist and anti-immigrant tirade against a Santa Clarita street vendor is being sued by a Latino civil rights group for civil assault and violating California civil rights laws.
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The Village of Pine Mountain Club has hosted wine festivals since 2003. You can taste exciting wines from the world’s top wine-growing regions, with dozens of premier wineries to choose from on Saturday, July 6, 1-4 p.m. at Wine in the Pines.
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The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Santa Clarita Valley will be held Saturday, May 4, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. at Central Park, with the theme “May The Cure Be With You,” a Disney/Star Wars celebration.
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Ten risk-taking, mid-career artists were announced Thursday as the recipients of the 2024 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA).
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Master's University men's volleyball team won their opening match of the 2024 NAIA National Championship with a 3-set win over the No. 9-seed Mount Mercy (IA) Mustangs.
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As I said before. We have too much trash, by too many people in this area and they still use disposable diapers,depends,plastic bags,etc, and keep whining about the money spent on dump expansion. It the same in every city. Ck out Glendale’s fight.
Hi Shirley, I think the key is to use the areas of this country that have hundreds of miles where no one lives. There are many many areas left in this country that are inhospitable to people, and would be hospitable to a dump. Why do these people even think of putting a dump near people? What are they thinking!
Less than 20% of the trash taken into Chiquita Canyon Landfill comes from Santa Clarita. The rest comes from all over Southern California. It’s not just Santa Clarita that needs to recycle, it is the world population that needs to recycle.
I have checked out Glendale’s fight. Scholl Canyon Landfill is run by LA county and they use more time and money on keeping the toxins and smells away from the residents in the area. Chiquita Canyon Landfill is privately owned, ergo into profit not the health and safety concerns of the nearby residents.
It appears to me, that the residents near Scholl Canyon are more concerned about the trucks and their roads, than they are the trash coming into the landfill.
Mr. Manzer, this email has been a long time coming and is way overdue. I have experienced deep signs of gratitude every time I read your column. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate having someone with a voice speak on our behalf. I love this beautiful little valley, and my heart breaks with what is happening to the loans and the people here, imposed upon us by people who are beginning to appear downright evil, if not, then certainly succumbing to evil. There is more integrity in our little town than in the elected officials of Castaic and our representatives to Los Angeles County. I don’t know what makes you care so much for us, but I love you for it. Thank you with all my heart.
Mr. Manzer, I appreciate your recent articles and the SCVNews.com. I feel many people in the Santa Clarita and Castaic areas have no idea what is happening in their own communities and unfortunately this involves many issues. Thank you for your commentaries.
The residents of our community, Val Verde, spoke out and told us that they do not want the expansion. Health ailments and odor problems are what the people from Val Verde have endured and now they want the landfill to close as promised. The landfill closure date is set for November 24, 2019 or when they reach 23M tons of capacity.
If the landfill had shown an interest in controlling the odors and looking into the health risks of the community, the vote would have been different. 112-0 is a very definitive statement from our community. We don’t like the way the landfill operates, we don’t like the spin they put on things and we don’t trust them. Nobody voted for the expansion, which did tell them a lot. It told them enough to pull the request for support from the CATC. They are losing the battle, because people are tired of hearing their stories.
Thank you.
Greg
For those who live in Live Oak and Hasley Hills, I recommend you take a look at the Draft EIR for the landfill expansion. In this document, there is a section which tells you what the cancer risk is now vs during the expansion. Key points:
– The cancer rate in the most affected part of Val Verde will increase
– The cancer rate in Live Oak will be the same as the most affected part of Val Verde
– The landfill will be visible from Hasley Hills
– Logically, if the cancer risk is increasing, then something is causing it
– If the cancer risk will be high in Live Oak, then the cancer causing agents must be blowing toward Live Oak
– Since Live Oak is next to Hasley Hills then it can be expected that the cancer risk will be similar in both tracts.
– Castaic will receive direct mitigation fees from the landfill. Based on the Draft EIR, Castaic will have reason to be paid for the negative effects of living next to a landfill
I recognize the above and I agree that the community of Castaic should receive their 30% of the pool of mitigation funds. I do not have a problem with this. What I do have a problem with is that the agreement does not protect Castaic as well as it should. I feel it is a terrible mistake to agree to the document (and sign it) on the verbal promise that things will be okay and the landfill won’t “screw” us. What happens during the next recession, when profits drop and the landfill is looking for a way to cut costs? Or a change of ownership/management occurs and the new regime is not so friendly? This is why the written agreement must be rock solid. I learned this in my undergraduate business law class and through the school of hard knocks. I wish Castaic luck in this and let’s hope the landfill keeps their promise.
Now they are coming after our kids for support. The landfill has made its way onto the local school board agenda. SCVi Thursday at 4:00PM, upstairs in the Village room. Is it even legal for a public funded school to endorse something like this? I wonder… The landfill gives money to this school. It still does not make them a good neighbor.
http://public.reachthehighbar.com/iLead_SVCi_1/event/6382/2014-09-25_Board_Meeting_agenda.pdf
You might want to attend this open meeting.