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1929 - Saugus train robber Thomas Vernon apprehended in Pawnee, Okla. [story]
Tom Vernon


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Family Promise Announces Organizational Changes
Thursday, Jan 25, 2024

Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley, a local nonprofit whose mission is to transform lives of families at-risk of or currently experiencing homelessness, announced some staff changes to its organization. The organizational changes are listed below. Rachel Rieckhoff, who served as Executive Director...

Valencia High Seniors Seek Donors for Items to Help Combat Period, Hygiene Poverty
Friday, Dec 24, 2021

Two Valencia High School seniors, Brianna Hickey and Vicky Carrillo, are hosting a drive for period products and general hygiene items for people in need in the Santa Clarita and Los Angeles areas and they’re asking for the community’s help to donate more items now through Jan. 7. They’re...

Family Promise Postpones A Taste of Hope; Donations Being Accepted
Thursday, Mar 19, 2020

Family Promise, a nonprofit serving homeless families in the Santa Clarita Valley, has postponed A Taste of Hope. The organization released the following statement: Because we share your concerns about safeguarding the health and wellness of our community, we have decided to postpone A Taste of Hope...

Oct. 12: CANCELLED: SIPurbia Wine & Beer Festival Benefiting Family Promise of SCV
Tuesday, Aug 13, 2019

Editor’s Note: This event has been canceled. Wine, beer, music, food, fun, and games join together to benefit the Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley, at the SIPurbia Wine & Beer Festival, on Saturday, Oct, 12, from 4:00 p.m – 8 p.m. Family Promise is a nonprofit organization serving...

Family Promise Seeking Donations, Volunteers for Back to School Event
Thursday, Jul 25, 2019

Do you want to make a difference and do some good in the neighborhood Friday, July 26 – Saturday, July 27? Join Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley as it helps low-income and homeless children and their families shop for school and cleaning supplies, toiletries and clothes. Kids, teens and...

Family Promise of SCV Hiring Clinical Case, Volunteer Managers
Thursday, Jun 27, 2019

Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley is currently looking to fill two positions. Family Promise of SCV is a nonprofit whose mission is to help homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence. The current Clinical Case Manager will be leaving the organization after 18 months. Family...

Family Promise Seeks Volunteers, Meals, Donations, Superheroes
Friday, Jan 12, 2018

The nonprofit Family Promise of the Santa Clarita Valley is in need of volunteers, meals and donations to aid homeless families and individuals. The organization is hosting homeless families at its Resource Center From Sunday, January 14 through Sunday, January 28 because no host congregation has stepped...

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1929 - Saugus train robber Thomas Vernon apprehended in Pawnee, Okla. [story]
Tom Vernon
2013 - Actor Paul Walker ("Fast & Furious" movies) dies in a fiery car crash in the Valencia Industrial Center [story]
Paul Walker
This holiday season, you can make a meaningful impact on the lives of children and families facing mental health, substance use, or domestic violence issues. Your generous contributions can provide essential support, helping those in need find hope and healing.
Hearts for Heroes Campaign at Child & Family
Fostering Youth Independence has launched its year-end giving campaign to support local foster youth aging out of the Los Angeles County foster system without ever having the support of a permanent home and family.
FYI Launches Year-end Fundraising Campaign
College of the Canyons took a run in the rain at the 2024 California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A) Cross Country State Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno on Saturday, Nov. 23 highlighted by an eighth-place individual result from freshman Victoria Jamison that also pushed the women's squad to ninth in the team standings.
COC Women’s XCountry Takes Ninth at State Championships
The Santa Clarita Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m., in City Hall's Council Chambers
Dec. 3: Planning Commission Meets to Consider Firearms, Tobacco Shops
Los Angeles County Fire Department Division 3 has a scheduled brush pile burn in the surrounding fields near West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch on Sunday, Dec.1 from 8:30 a.m. to approximately 2 p.m.
Dec. 1: LACoFD Schedules Brush Pile Burn in Stevenson Ranch
When my kids were young, one of their favorite games was Candyland.
Bill Miranda | Family Literacy Festival in Candyland!
Behind a career-high 32 points from Jaren Nafarrete, The Master's University men's basketball team defeated the Nobel University Knights 108-52 Tuesday afternoon in Fullerton.
TMU Men’s Basketball Scores Big Over Knights
Zoya Kalinsky, an eighth grader at iLEAD Hybrid Charter School in the Santa Clarita Valley, a tuition-free TK-12 institution, has emerged as a powerful voice for global education reform.
iLEAD Eighth Grader Zoya Kalinsky Advocates for Global Education Reform
The Valencia High School Marching Band and Color Guard capped off a stellar 2024 Fall season by securing a first-place victory in the 2A division at the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Championships on Saturday, Nov. 23 in West Covina.
VHS Marching Band, Color Guard Win Gold Medal at 2A Championships
The HASP & RSX Team and Aerospace and Science Team Club at College of the Canyons is seeking public support on Giving Tuesday, Dec. 3.
COC HASP, RSX Team Seeks Support on Giving Tuesday
On Dec. 11, CDPH is hosting an expert advisory panel titled, “Population-Based Behavioral Health Prevention Strategies.”
Dec. 11: CDPH Hosts Online Meeting on Behavioral Health Prevention Strategies
1957 - Incorporation of Mint Canyon Chamber of Commerce; became Canyon Country Chamber [story]
Frontier Days
LA Metro’s I-5 North County Enhancements Project recently held a Construction Update community meeting via Zoom. Officials presented an outline of recent and upcoming activities over the next 2-3 months
LA Metro I-5 North County Enhancements Project Construction Update
Get ready for an unforgettable night of glitz, glamour and gambling when you join Child & Family Center for Viva Las Vegas on Saturday, Jan. 25, 6:30-10 p.m. at the Sand Canyon Country Club.
Jan. 25: Viva Las Vegas Fundraiser for Child & Family
The California Department of Public Health is issuing a second warning to Californians to not consume raw milk produced and packaged by Raw Farm, LLC of Fresno County due to a detection of bird flu virus in a second retail sample.
Second Lot of Raw Milk Found with Bird Flu Virus
The biggest global giving day of the year, Giving Tuesday, is on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
Painted Turtle Seeks Support on Giving Tuesday
Princess Cruises, headquartered in Valencia, is setting sail on a wave of nostalgia and star power with its new global advertising campaign.
Princess Cruises Debuts New Love Boat Ad Campaign
Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector Elizabeth Buenrostro Ginsberg reminds property owners that the first installment of the 2024-25 Annual Secured Property Taxes becomes delinquent if not received by 5 p.m. Pacific Time or United States Postal Service postmarked on or before Tuesday, Dec. 10.
Dec. 10: Deadline for First Installment of L.A. County Property Taxes
1950 - CalArts grad Ed Harris ("A Beautiful Mind," "Apollo 13," "Westworld") born in New Jersey [link]
Ed Harris
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is advising people to avoid consuming raw milk the has been voluntarily recalled by Raw Farm, LLC due to a detection of H5 bird flu virus in a sample of milk sold in retail stores in Los Angeles County.
UPDATED: Recalled Raw Milk – H5 Bird Flu Detected in Raw Milk Sold in Santa Clarita
Princess Cruises, famously known as “The Love Boat,” celebrated the highly anticipated arrival of Caribbean Princess in Port Canaveral today, marking the launch of a new season of Caribbean cruises from this convenient Central Florida homeport.
Caribbean Princess Arrives in Port Canaveral for First-Ever Season of Cruises
The city of Santa Clarita is encouraging interested and qualified residents to apply for several positions serving on multiple commissions.  
Applications Now Being Accepted for City of Santa Clarita Commission Vacancies
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