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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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Mr. Manzer, Let me clear up a little confusion for you. According to the City Attorney State Law says that if you take down a billboard, you do not have the right to put up another one. If the sign companies choose to take down their signs, then Metro cannot replace them. Metro does not have to be part of the deal as you have indicated.
As far as the “No on S” side’s new tactic of “show me the deal”…what nonsense. Clear Channel asked to be given 30 days to bring in a deal at the Planning Commission but were rebuffed. With a deal approved by the Council and pending before the voters, the City is in no legal position to be able to consider other deals. Vote NO on Measure S and then we can entertain deals from as many companies as would like to bid. Then we can ask the people if they want the new deal.
That might or might not be accurate information. Metro’s lawyers would likely argue Metro is entitled to just compensation under Section 5412 (ff.) of the Business & Professions Code (the Outdoor Advertising Act): § 5412. Displays; removal or limitation of use; compensation; application
of section; relocation Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, no advertising display which was lawfully erected anywhere within this state shall be compelled to be removed, nor shall its customary maintenance or use be limited, whether or not the removal or limitation is pursuant to or because of this chapter or any other law, ordinance, or regulation of any governmental entity, without payment of compensation, as defined in the Eminent Domain Law (Title 7 (commencing with Section 1230.010) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), except as provided in Sections 5412.1, 5412.2, and 5412.3. The compensation shall be paid to the owner or owners of the advertising display AND THE OWNER OR OWNERS OF THE LAND UPON WHICH THE DISPLAY IS LOCATED. http://www.dot.ca.gov/oda/download/ODA_Act_&_Regulations.pdf
No billboards at all would be nice. They’re all ugly. Won’t happen though.
I honestly don’t care if we have digital billboards or not. Granted, billboards are not pretty, but they are not going to make us sick like the landfill does taking in radioactive waste, sludge, and toxic material, all against their conditional use permit they agreed to in 1997.
This is all so much fun I just have to toss a wayward opinion to see if it gets a response.
Billboards are annoying visual pollution, just like incessant real/robo-calls, mail advertising, and broadcast/cable/internet advertising that clog our minds every day.
At the same time, anyone swayed in favor of those sales pitches deserves what they get whether it’s good or bad quality goods, services, and politicians. How many of you remember fondly the good deal you got by paying attention to a billboard?
Here we are, our world full of all of this mental pollution and it’s only getting worse.
We deal with it by adapting; our mental filters turn most billboards into blurs that we don’t remember. They’re static so they become background. But Electronic Billboards? That’s going to take some serious Zen no-mind practice. It’s the equivalent of a mini-Las Vegas Strip drive, only not so mini if as Darryl mentions, private property outside of the city’s control gets a flock of them.
I wonder which of the dealmakers live within the “view-scape” of the projected freeway-adjacent 60 ft wide, 25 ft. tall video screens*? Will there be broadcast audio for us to pick up on wi-fi and Bluetooth as well?
It doesn’t really matter. Where there’s a will and cash, there’s a way. They’ll be here sooner or later.
*Just guessing folks.
Just to clarify, the 3 digital billboards would not be within view of anyone’s home. (Except for one board that would be visible from one home at a distance of roughly 3/4 of a mile against a backdrop of headlights on the 14 freeway.)
Hmm. Must be that one place in CC on the hill south of the river. Guess he won’t mind much.
I do find it interesting that the required public notice (required to be visible to affected residents and the general public) regarding one of the giant electronic billboards was placed on the south side of the freeway completely invisible to traffic on Soledad Canyon Road. Bike/hike path users could read it if they walked across the street as they exited the path.
The only building on that side is the giant storage place, so customers could see it if they got out of the cars as they exited the business.
Kinda evades the “public” part of visible doesn’t it?
And in response to your clarification, can you tell me if “the deal” for the three giant electronic billboards puts any limits on other GEBs being placed along the freeways? How about HWY 126? Since the deal is arranged with the City of SC, how about all the county and state owned land along the freeways?
It looks like the camel’s nose to me.
Electronic billboards certainly are coming to county areas outside of the city, regardless of what the city does or doesn’t do. Nobody erects old-style billboards anymore; for several years, throughout the country, new boards have been electronic. (The type that displays a different static image every 7 seconds or so, like a slide show.)
It won’t be long before they move past static images. Digital image/video billboards will be just as hackable as websites, banks and retail stores. Get ready for some angry and hormonal 17 year old to get all instagram-matic on them. Who knows what we’ll be seeing on the drive home from work?
Maybe ourselves…
Maybe, but digital billboards have been around for more than a decade all over the country; never heard of that problem.
To whom ever is writing as SCVTV. The operative clause in the law cited above (section 5412) is “shall be compelled to be removed”. If the billboard companies that have the boards voluntarily remove their boards, then there is no recourse for Metro. This is not only evident by a simple reading of the Code but was confirmed by the City Attorney.
In addition there is more bad info given by SCVTV. Digital Boards will be seen by more than one residence in Newhall at the Remsen site and from residences in the county (though further away) from the Magic Mountain site. This was confirmed in the hearings.
Measure (B)S is about the City taking control of THE REVENUE generated by the local “mom and pop” owned billboards that provide income for private citizens. The City’s goal is to make owning a billboard illegal. This is not about “a good deal” for Santa Clarita residents! Ask why all of the new digital billboards will be on City owned property. Ask if the City is going to somehow replace the loss of income to those families that will be forced to have that income taken from them. No one has discussed the fact that those local businesses that advertise on our local “mom and pop” billboards WILL NOT be able to afford the HUGE fees to advertise on the big screen! Only huge corporations will be able to do that. So then, where will local businesses be allowed to advertise to generate more local business?? Many residents don’t even leave Santa Clarita and drive mostly on the main arteries across our valley, NOT on the freeways. MEASURE S IS A SCAM, NOT “A GOOD DEAL” FOR SANTA CLARITA BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS!
This is confusing. What mom & pop-owned billboards? They’re owned by Clear Channel, CBS-Viacom and Lamar.
The operative phrase in section 5412 is “shall be compelled to be removed” As confirmed by the City Attorney, if the board companies voluntarily remove their own signs, Metro cannot put up new signs in their place. That is the other way signs can come down.