Darryl Manzer
On a Sunday afternoon in downtown Newhall in 1965, one could have thrown rocks from Lyons Avenue south to Fifth Street and not hit a car or a person or much of anything else.
It had been that way for years. The sidewalks rolled up at about 5 p.m. when the Safeway store closed.
Sure, there...
Joyce and Stanley Black have made a $15 million donation to fund research and clinical care programs at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
One of California’s most generous philanthropic couples, Joyce and Stanley Black, has made a $15 million gift to fund research and clinical care programs at Children’s...
It is a beautiful day and you are on the trail. You see the shadow of a bird high overhead. You can tell it is a bird of prey, flying in large circles and looking for a meal. Now comes the big question: Red-tailed or red-shouldered hawk? Suddenly, the sun hits the fanning tail: It is rusty red and shining....
Having developed a reputation across the state as an institution where innovation can thrive, this spring College of the Canyons will take those efforts one step further with TEDxCollegeoftheCanyons taking place on April 18.
Ideas worth spreading – that is the mission behind TED (Technology, Entertainment,...
Darryl Manzer
It might be about time to discuss this. I mean, really – parking in Old Town Newhall?
Just last weekend I wanted to go to OutWest and not a single parking place was available between Lyons and Newhall Avenue. Not one on all of Main Street.
With a Jeep Wrangler I can get pretty creative...
Melissa Grason, the 18-year-old Valencia High School student and terminal cancer patient honored with a parade and community reception on Aug. 4, died Monday after a two-year battle.
In mid-June, the award-winning Special Olympics athlete’s doctors at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles told her parents,...
An 18-year-old Valencia student whose doctors have given her less than three months to live will be honored with a community parade and homecoming on Saturday.
Melissa Grason, who has Down Syndrome, was also diagnosed in 2010 with Stage IV Wilm’s Tumor, a deadly cancer affecting her abdomen, chest...
This year, four local athletes will be competing in the London Olympics, two runners, a swimmer and a volleyball player. They have different backgrounds and different lifestyles, but all are dedicated to their sport and all grew up right here in the Santa Clarita Valley. These are their stories:
Allyson...
Photos by Stephen K. Peeples
An estimated 11,000 Santa Clarita Valley sixth- and seventh-graders, local educators, business people, dignitaries and residents converged on College of the Canyons’ Cougar Stadium Friday morning, in an apparently successful attempt to set a new Guinness World Record...
Thousands of people are expected to converge on Cougar Stadium at College of the Canyons Friday morning to participate in the “Rock The Rhythm, Beat The Odds” event, creating the world’s largest drum circle and hopefully earning a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Because...
