The North American Aerospace Defense Command is ready to track Santa on Wednesday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, and is celebrating the program’s 70th anniversary. NORAD monitors and defends North American airspace 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. On Christmas Eve, NORAD has one additional...

U.S. Rep. George Whitesides (D-Aqua Dulce), announced the winners of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 27th Congressional District: the “MathViz” team led by local Academy of the Canyons student, Gautham Korrapati. Gautham was joined by fellow student Eric Lee to form MathViz’s...

The California Department of Motor Vehicles today issued its decision in the Tesla administrative case, adopting the administrative law judge’s proposed decision, which concludes that Tesla’s use of the terms “autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving Capability” to describe its vehicles’ Advanced...

The Regular/Organizational Meeting of the Castaic Union School District Board of Trustees will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. The board will first meet in closed session at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the District Office, 28131 Livingston Ave., Valencia, CA 91355. The yearly board organizational...

This week Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares (R-Santa Clarita) continued her “District Dialogues” series with an education roundtable, bringing together school superintendents from across the High Desert. The group discussed shared priorities and opportunities for collaboration between state government...

Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA-27) and Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6) have introduced the National Scam Prevention Coordination Act, legislation that would establish an office in the White House to oversee and coordinate the implementation of a national strategy for fraud and scam prevention. Rep. Jefferson...

On June 8, 2025, the three individuals each threw large rocks from an elevated position at CHP officers attempting to defend themselves on the 101 freeway-southbound in the city of Los Angeles during widespread anti-immigration enforcement protests. These assaults endangered the lives of numerous sworn...

The West Coast Health Alliance strongly supports that hepatitis B vaccination continue to be routinely offered to all newborns, with the first dose of the vaccine given within 24 hours of birth for newborns weighing at least 4 pounds, 7 ounces, followed by completion of the vaccine series. This recommendation...

Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit are asking for the public’s help locating At-Risk Missing Person John L Brown. He is a 68-year-old black male who was last seen on Dec. 4, 2025, at 11 a.m., on the 19000 block of Mesa of the Oaks, in the city of Santa...

As California continues to see increased safety on its roadways, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the state’s continued commitment to new and innovative investments in transportation safety, education and enforcement programs. The California Office of Traffic Safety is awarding over $140 million...