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AADUSD-Chartered Valiant Academy to Close After Indictments
Wednesday, May 29, 2019

A grand jury in San Diego has indicted 11 people connected with 13 California charter schools, including Valiant Preparatory Academy, an online high school chartered by the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District, on multiple criminal charges. Sean McManus, 46, Jason Schrock, 44, the CEO and president...

Chartering a Way Forward | Commentary by Mark Distaso
Tuesday, Aug 30, 2016

This article is written in response to the commentary of Aug. 22 by Ken Pfalzgraf on SCVNews.com in regard to the Acton Agua Dulce Unified School District and its charter schools. Pfalzgraf laid out a series of facts to support his apparent disagreement with the district’s charter school efforts; however,...

Charter Judgment Day
Monday, Aug 22, 2016

For the better part of five years, I have been a regular – and often the only – attendee of the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District (AADUSD) board of trustees meetings. In the past three years, I’ve watched the district go from teetering at fiscal insolvency to operating with an ample surplus,...

Newhall District Kids Ace New Standardized Test
Wednesday, Sep 9, 2015

The California Department of Education released results Wednesday for the inaugural administration of California’s new test, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress. The test is aligned to the State Board of Education-adopted Common Core State Standards. The Newhall School District...

Einstein Academy, CEO Shapiro Part Company
Friday, Apr 17, 2015

Einstein Academy and former foundation CEO Jeffrey Shapiro are going “in a different direction,” according to an official with the charter school. The move follows a pair of special meetings in the last week by board members. “I can confirm that he’s no longer the CEO,” Alvarado said. “The...

Judge Declines Einstein Request to Extend Charter; Newhall District Comments
Thursday, Feb 5, 2015

[NSD, Feb. 5] – Superior Court Judge James Chalfant determined today that he has no jurisdiction to proceed further in Newhall School District’s case against Acton Agua Dulce Unified School District (AADUSD) and the Albert Einstein Academy (AEA)-SCV Charter School. The Newhall School District...

Einstein Academy Staffer Placed on Leave Amid Police Inquiry
Saturday, Jan 31, 2015

[KHTS] – Law enforcement officials are investigating an allegation involving an Einstein Academy staff member, officials said Saturday. Detectives with the Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau and Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the 28100 block of Kelly Johnson...

Acton-AD Board Re-Votes to Place a School in Newhall District
Friday, Jan 9, 2015

On a 4-1 vote Thursday, the Acton-Agua Dulce school board approved a new charter petition that calls for the Acton-Agua Dulce District to oversee and receive tax money from a school within the boundaries of the Newhall School District. The Newhall school board is fighting the move. There was some disagreement...

Newhall Blasts Acton-AD for Einstein Approval; Votes to Pursue Campus Closure
Thursday, Jan 8, 2015

[NSD] – At its Dec. 9 meeting, the Governing Board of the Newhall School District voted to authorize an appeal of the Superior Court’s October 9, 2014, ruling in Newhall School District v. Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District, et al. Although the Superior Court found that Newhall was...

Einstein Officials Discuss Asbestos Threat

[KHTS] – Dozens of Einstein Academy parents showed up to a Wednesday night meeting held by school officials to allay concerns after asbestos contamination prompted officials to remove the carcinogen from nine classrooms. The school’s efforts began Dec. 9 after officials received an Occupational...

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Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help locating a missing Canyon Country woman.
LASD Seeks Public’s Help Locating Missing Canyon Country Woman
College of the Canyons cross country competed at the annual 3C2A Southern California Preview hosted by Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga on Friday, Oct. 4, with both Cougars squads faring well at the meet, which attracted more than 20 participating programs for each race.which attracted more than 20 participating programs for each race.
Cougars Cross Country Competes at 3C2A SoCal Preview
Trent Rickard scored his first career hat trick as The Master's men's soccer team defeated the Park-Gilbert Buccaneers 3-0 Saturday, Oct. 5 at Reese Field in Newhall.
Rickard’s Hat Trick Wins it for TMU Soccer
The city of Santa Clarita’s Film Office has released the list of seven productions currently filming in the Santa Clarita Valley
Oct. 7-13: Four Productions Filming in Santa Clarita
Though each Foothill League varsity football team has one bye week during league play, which confuses the win and loss totals comparison at any time, there is some separation beginning to show – and things should become a bit clearer after Golden Valley meets Valencia this week.
Foothill League Football Teams Begin to Separate
The College of the Canyons Center for Civic and Community Engagement, in collaboration with COC's Golden Z Club, invites the community to attend the Non-Profit Community Resource Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 8.
Oct. 8: COC to Host Non-Profit Resource Fair
The Santa Clarita Water Agency recently completed a water service line inventory within its service area to document the material of the water service pipeline and fittings that come from the water meter to just outside of homes and businesses.
SCV Water Determines No Lead Water Pipelines in SCV
Pinkalicious can’t stop eating pink cupcakes despite warnings from her parents. Her pink indulgence lands her at the doctor's office with “Pinkititis,” an affliction that turns her pink from head to toe.
Olive Branch Theatricals ‘Pinkalicious the Musical’
Circle of Hope is painting the town pink in October in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The Chiquita Landfill Community Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6 p.m. at the Castaic Library, 27971 Sloan Canyon Road, Castaic, CA 91384.
Oct. 8: Chiquita Landfill Community Advisory Board Meeting
1849 - Jayhawkers encounter Bennett-Arcan party in southern Utah; latter makes wrong decision, heads through Death Valley toward SCV [story]
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2000 - Movie stuntman Richard Farnsworth, 2000 Newhall Walk of Western Stars inductee, and Dr. Robert Rockwell, first COC president, die on the same day [Farnsworth story] [Rockwell story]
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1970 - College of the Canyons' first on-campus classes held in portable buildings located just south of future Cougar Stadium [story]
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The Saugus Union School District Governing Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 8 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Oct. 8: SUSD Holds Public Hearing on Teachers’ Union Proposal
The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued an excessive heat warning as high temperatures in the triple digits have been forecast for the Santa Clarita Valley Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7.
Excessive Heat Warning Predicts Triple Digit Temps for SCV
Eclipse Theatre LA presents Ray Bradbury’s "Something Wicked This Way Comes," an adaptation of the classic novel by the legendary science fiction and horror author, on select dates in October in Old Town Newhall.
‘Something Wicked This Way Comes’ at The Main
October is National Women's Small Business Month and to celebrate Los Angeles County Fifth District Superviser Kathryn Barger honored three Fifth District small business owners at the Board of Supervisors meeting held Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Barger Honors Posh Sweets During Women’s Small Business Month
Dr. Jason Wright, an astronomy and astrophysics professor at Penn State, will present “Intelligent Ways to Search for Extraterrestrials” at the College of the Canyons Fall 2024 Star Party on Friday, Nov. 1.
Nov. 1: COC 2024 Fall Star Party at Canyon Country Campus
The city of Santa Clarita will present the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show weekend showings from Friday, Oct. 25 - Sunday, Oct. 27 at the Centre, 20880 Centre Pointe Parkway, Saugus, CA 91350.
Oct. 25-27: Rocky Horror Picture Show Weekend Showing at the Centre
The Santa Clarita City Council will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 8, in open session beginning at 6 p.m.
Oct. 8: Council to Hold Public Hearing on Tesoro Del Valle Project Changes
Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger recently honored Donna Deutchman, the retired Chief Executive Officer of Homes 4 Families, a non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to helping veterans and their families attain affordable housing
Barger Honors Retired CEO of Homes 4 Families
The award-winning Hart High School dance team is hosting a youth clinic on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2-4:30 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. The event is open to boys and girls ages 4-18 and no previous dance experience is required.
Oct. 12: Hart High Dance Team Hosts Youth Clinic
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk has announced voters can expect to start receiving their ballots for the Nov. 5 General Election in the mail within the next few days.
L.A. County Issues Vote by Mail Ballots
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