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1905 - County buys property to build Newhall Jail (now next to city's Old Town Newhall Library) [story]
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1905 - County buys property to build Newhall Jail (now next to city's Old Town Newhall Library) [story]
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As families prepare to celebrate the holidays, the California Highway Patrol reminds everyone to prioritize safety on the road. To keep travelers safe throughout the busy holiday season, the CHP is initiating the first of two statewide Maximum Enforcement Periods this month to reduce traffic incidents by targeting unsafe driving behaviors and assisting motorists.
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Matias Castro a graduate of Golden Valley High School, three-time participant in the William S. Hart Union High School District Honor Band and current first-year student at University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music has been named a 2025 YoungArts winner with distinction in Jazz Alto Saxophone, the highest honor of the organization.
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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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Yes I Can Unity Through Music & Education, a nonprofit organization that provides career-skills training and employment services to adults with disabilities, presented certificates of recognition to Remo Inc. and Migrate Sound for the commitment to creating career opportunities for neurodiverse talent.
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The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, swore in recently elected board members, named its new officers, received recognitions for service and set its 2025 meeting schedule at the board’s business and organizational meeting held on Wednesday, Dec. 18.
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Reflecting on this past year, there are so many things to be thankful for. Whether it is our health, happiness or the ability to live in a community as special as ours, I believe many of our residents would agree that Santa Clarita is a place where wonderful memories have been made and a unique place to call home.
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The 6 cent tax cut will be short-lived, because the oil corporations will come up with a phony excuse to increase the price of a gallon of gasoline by 6 cents.
Nothing is for sure but death and taxes. However, taxes and death are not that different anymore. Death occurs to an individual but has an impact on others who are not dead. Well taxes are the same way. Taxes are being collected and used in other ways than they were intended. Funding public transportation with the funds based on property tax does nothing but dilute the ability to provide for the common good of those tax payer by providing benefits to those who are not property owners. This is just as bad as people who pay a gas tax and expect they will receive benefits. Those with NGV, electric, or soon Hydrogen vehicles don’t pay their fair share. Those who have hybrids don’t pay their fair share either. What about all the bike riders who use the roads, or skateboarders, or pedestrians. We need a new paradigm that shifts the responsibility from the gasoline and diesel fuel purchasers to a general tax that is fair for everyone. The fact that we are using a revenue system that is nearly one hundred years old while legislature is allowing these gaps is irresponsible legislation. Fix the problem, and stop blaming others for a problem that is controllable.
AZ has some of the nicer freeways/roads. Can always tell when cross into or out of Ca just by the road. It’s sad being such a vacation state that we have such bad roads.
I was in Spain and France 2 years ago and road a
bus in and around both countries. What did I notice? The ROADS were Pristine – Smooth, no pot
holes and wide. The Food Courts on the highways
were modern and clean and had all kinds of merchandise and a good restaurant, snacks, and of
course souvenirs. But the Roads are what really
impressed me and the absolute Cleanliness of ALL
of them: no trash, no pot-holes, and smooth!
I don’t know how they “afforded” this, but people didn’t throw food and trash out their car
windows, and the food courts were spotless. People’s actions have a lot to do with this, but
the governments must have to do with road conditions! Someone said to me, “Well, WE paid
for that after the War!” Come on! SEVENTY plus
years ago?! People – take care of what they value and pay for!