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1955 - U.S. release of "Gunsmoke" TV series, initially filmed at Melody Ranch [story]
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July 7: Santa Clara Watershed Committee Expected to Approve Strategic Plan
Thursday, Jun 30, 2022

The Santa Clara Watershed Area Steering Committee meeting will be held Thursday, July 7, 2022, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Santa Clara River Watershed Area is located in northwest Los Angeles County and drains west into Ventura County, where it eventually empties into the Pacific Ocean. The main watercourse...

Sheriffs Urge Drivers to Celebrate Fourth of July Weekend Responsibly

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reminds drivers to plan ahead and celebrate the Fourth of July holiday safely and responsibly. Over the weekend and through Monday, July 4, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department will have additional deputies on patrol looking for drivers suspected of being...

COC Awarded $372,000 Rising Scholars Grant

College of the Canyons has been awarded a $372,000 Rising Scholars Network grant from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to increase services provided to justice-involved students. The funds will allow the college to create an on-campus program for justice-impacted students to serve...

City of Santa Clarita Galleries Welcome Three New Exhibits

Get an understanding of the complexity of art as you explore three new exhibits coming to city of Santa Clarita galleries in July. Textiles, photography and acrylics will give you a glimpse not only into the artists’ perspective on the world but also the passion and care put into the creation of each...

Aug. 18: Call to Artists to Submit Surrealist Artwork for Santa Clarita Exhibit

The city of Santa Clarita is seeking artwork for consideration for an upcoming exhibit at the First Floor Gallery in Santa Clarita City Hall. For this art exhibition Santa Clarita Arts is seeking surrealist inspired artwork. Surrealism by definition means, “a 20th-century avant-garde movement in...

Wednesday COVID Roundup: Santa Clarita Cases Increase By Over 150
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2022

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed Wednesday a total of nine new deaths and 6,529 new cases countywide, with 153 new cases in the Santa Clarita Valley. This new data brings Los Angeles County death totals to 32,325, county case totals to 3,112,364 and Santa Clarita Valley case...

July 1: CHP Maximum Enforcement Period For Independence Day Weekend Begins

Independence Day is on a Monday this year, resulting in a three-day weekend for many and a likely increase in vehicles traveling California’s roadways. The California Highway Patrol is reminding motorists that driving too fast is not only illegal, but the leading cause of traffic fatalities. To help...

Henry Mayo’s NICU Celebrating 10th Anniversary
Tuesday, Jun 28, 2022

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is celebrating the ten-year anniversary of its Kim and Steven Ullman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The unit opened in June of 2012. Since it opened the Henry Mayo NICU has cared for over 1,500 babies. “Thanks to the generosity of the Ullman Family, for the last ten years...

Supes Approve Barger Motion for New High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Agency

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion on Tuesday by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, whose Fifth District includes the Santa Clarita Valley, that will have Los Angeles County join a new High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Agency to identify critical funding and facilitate...

Stephanie Sosa Named Castaic Middle School New Assistant Principal

Castaic Union School District is pleased to announce that effective July 1, 2022, Stephanie Sosa will join Castaic Middle School as the new Assistant Principal. Former Assistant Principal, Nicole Price, joined her new husband in North Dakota, where she will be the Principal of a K-12 public school. Sosa...

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1955 - U.S. release of "Gunsmoke" TV series, initially filmed at Melody Ranch [story]
James Arness
The Newhall Family Theatre of the Performing Arts and Raising the Curtain Foundation will host a day of storytelling and creativity with Saturday's Kids, Saturday, Sept. 21 starting at 11 a.m. at 24607 Walnut St., Newhall, CA 91321.
Sept. 21: Saturday’s Kids at Newhall Family Theatre
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed a case of locally acquired dengue in a resident in the city of Baldwin Park, who has no history of travel to areas where dengue is endemic.
LA Public Health Confirms Case of Locally Acquired Dengue
The Castaic Union School District is seeking four new members for its Measure QS Citizens Oversight Committee.
Castaic Union Recruiting for Measure QS Citizens Oversight Committee
In September, the American Red Cross stresses the continuing critical need for blood products to ensure patient care. Donors of all blood types are asked to give now to keep blood supply levels rising after a summer shortage.
Red Cross Announces Critical Need Fall Blood Donations
Board & Brush will host a Vampire Ball Murder Mystery Workshop Friday, Sept. 13 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at 24417 Main St., Santa Clarita, CA 91321.
Sept. 13: Vampire Ball Murder Mystery Workshop
The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees will hold a business meeting and Adjusted Budget Workshop Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning at 5 p.m. The board will hold a closed session following the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 11: COC Board to Hold Business Meeting, Adjusted Budget Workshop
The city of Santa Clarita’s Film Office has released the list of six productions currently filming in the Santa Clarita Valley for the week of Monday, Sept. 9 to Friday, Sept. 13.
Six Productions Filming in Santa Clarita
The Santa Clarita Arts Commission will hold its regular meeting Thursday, Sept. 12, at 6 p.m., in City Hall's Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Blvd. First Floor, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
Sept. 12: Arts Commission to Review 2025 Arts Grant Program
Local nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence experienced significant growth over the summer as Santa Clarita’s foster youth sought assistance with returning to school or entering college for the first time.
Sept. 24: FYI Seeks Volunteer Allies for Foster Youth
The regular meeting of the William S. Hart Union High School District’s Governing Board will be held Wednesday, Sept. 11, beginning with closed session at 6 p.m., followed by open session at 7 p.m.
Sept. 11: Hart Board to Appoint Assistant Principal, Director of Fiscal Services
1945 - Bonelli Stadium (Saugus Speedway) holds first postwar auto race on the West Coast; Billy Vukovich wins [story]
Bonelli Stadium
The Saugus Union School District has received recognition for all of its school campuses from California Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.
All SUSD Schools Earn PBIS Recognition
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce and its Latino Business Alliance have announced the honorees for the annual Hispanic Heritage Celebration.
Hernandez, Acevedo, Orozco Named Honorees of Hispanic Heritage Celebration
The Santa Clarita City Council will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 10, beginning with a closed meeting at 4:30 p.m., followed immediately with open session at 6 p.m.
Sept. 10: City Council to Discuss Orchard Village Road, Open Space
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against Trevor James Kirk, of Santa Clarita, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy alleging that he used excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a WinCo Foods in Lancaster last year.
LASD Deputy Charged with Federal Civil Rights Violation
California State Park’s Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park invites the public to an art showcase on Saturday, Sept. 14, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sept. 14: Antelope Valley Indian Museum Hosts Artist Nadia Reed
1946 - Dedication of newly constructed William S. Hart High School [story]
dedication
1933 - Birth of the late John Fuller, local banker, co-founder of Henry Mayo Hospital, and VP of CalArts [obituary]
John Fuller
Caltrans announced northbound Interstate 5 will be reduced to two lanes from Lake Hughes Road to two miles north of Templin Highway (near the Whitaker Sand Shed) north of Castaic overnights Monday, Sept. 9 through Friday, Sept. 13 from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m.
Sept. 9-13: Overnight Lane Closures Resume for NB I-5
The Alliance for a Healthier Generation has announced that Saugus Union School District had 15 schools among the 879 schools nationwide to be awarded and named America’s Healthiest Schools for the 2023-2024 school year.
SUSD has 15 Schools on America’s Healthiest Schools List
On Sunday, Oct. 13, Santa Clarita Symphony Orchestra opens the 2024-2025 season with “Young Stars and Old Masters” at the Canyon High School Performing Arts Center.
Oct. 13: Young Musicians to Kick off SCSO Season
The National Weather Service, which early this week warned of the intense heat wave from San Luis Obispo County all the way down to San Diego County, has announced the excessive heat warning will last in the Santa Clarita Valley until 8 p.m. Monday.
National Weather Service Extends Excessive Heat Warning Thru Monday
The Saugus High School Instrumental Music and Booster Club's "All Valley Showcase", sponsored by Scriptz will be held Saturday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m. at Valencia High School, 27801 Dickason Drive, Valencia, CA 91355.
Sept. 21: Saugus High’s Instrumental Music Club Hosts ‘All Valley Showcase’
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