CASTAIC, 1957 (or thereabouts) – I lived on Church Street, west of Highway 99. It is Interstate 5 today. I remember walking up the street past Cherry Drive and into the open fields that are now all houses. There was a little hill – we called it “Little Hill” – and I could climb to the top of...

Nearly 60 Navy Reserve medical professionals reported to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy this week to support the ship’s upcoming medical relief mission. “The Navy Reserve prides itself on being a ready, agile force that provides responsive, vital support to the Navy...

Three sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt underway in the Pacific Ocean were diagnosed with COVID-19 and were evacuated from the ship, Acting Navy Secretary Thomas B. Modly said. “We’ve identified all the folks they’ve had contact with, and we’re quarantining...

In a matter of days, the Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy will sail from San Diego and dock in the port of Los Angeles to help lift the burden from local medical treatment facilities that need to focus their resources on patients affected by the coronavirus pandemic, a Navy official said today. Navy Rear...

Hometown Heroes Military Banners are being installed along Valencia Blvd, Lyons Ave, Bouquet Canyon Road, Soledad Canyon Road and the Fallen Warriors Memorial Bridge in honor of our actively serving military from the Santa Clarita Valley. If you would like to purchase a banner, you can fill out an application...

Representative Steve Knight, CA-25, has announced the principal nominees to four U.S. Service Academies. Nicholas Drinhaus of Palmdale was chosen for the U.S. Air Force Academy. Both Connor Lewis of Valencia and Delaney Marbach of Stevenson Ranch were selected for the U.S. Military Academy at West Point...

Nov. 22, Festival of Trees Members of the Santa Clarita Valley community from all walks of life are in mourning this week after the sudden death of Duane Harte early Monday morning. The U.S. Navy veteran, longtime community activist and noted volunteer, and current chair of the city of Santa Clarita’s...

More Christmas memories. I’m sure much of what I’m about to write could not happen in the “politically correct” Submarine Service of today’s United States Navy. Why, there are even women aboard the boats now. But when I was making Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine patrols in the early 1970s,...

Many of you know I’m a veteran of a lot of years with the Navy. Going into the Navy wasn’t really what I had planned on doing in 1968. It was a four-year hitch that lasted 36. Just seemed like the thing to do at the time. I was and am a submariner. Some of my fellow “bubble heads” (a name we...

This isn’t about the Santa Clarita Valley. Not today. It is something I’ve been working on for some time. Where were you on this day 13 years ago? Folks tend to remember important dates and events by what they were doing and where they were doing it. For example, when President Kennedy was assassinated,...