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2014 - Towsley Canyon Loop Trail named for naturalist Don Mullally [story]
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Missing Canyon Country Woman Found
Monday, Sep 16, 2019

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit issued a release Friday saying that 31-year-old Nakita Marie Monkhouse had been found. Monkhouse had been last seen on Tuesday, Sept. 10, at 5:17 p.m. in her residence on the 28400 block of Oak Springs Canyon Road in Canyon...

SCV Deputies Detain ‘Uncooperative Person’ in Valencia
Friday, Sep 13, 2019

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies detained an “uncooperative person” in Valencia Friday afternoon, according to station officials. “A unit detained an uncooperative person off of Wiley Canyon Road and Avenida Cappella,” said Sgt. Kirt Messerschmidt, watch sergeant...

Officials: Missing Woman’s Unoccupied Car Was Hit by Train
Wednesday, Sep 11, 2019

Search-and-rescue workers combed the rugged terrain near Lang Station on Wednesday, where an unoccupied car was hit by a train the night before, looking for the car’s owner, Nakita Marie Monkhouse, who was reported missing early Wednesday. Monkhouse, 31, a Canyon Country resident who suffers from...

Sept. 12: Santa Clarita Arts Commission Regular Meeting
Monday, Sep 9, 2019

The Santa Clarita Arts Commission will hold its next regular meeting at City Hall on Thursday, September 12, at 6:30 p.m. Items on the agenda include a review of the proposed Community Engagement Plan developed by artist Roberto Delgado for the civic art project at the new Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s...

Newhall Man Charged with DUI, Hit and Run

A Newhall man was arrested on charges of DUI, hit and run and driving without a license after a traffic collision on Saturday, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials reported. Here’s more of the story from the station’s social media: “On Saturday afternoon, deputies...

LA Food Vendors Cited Twice in Newhall
Monday, Sep 2, 2019

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Crime Prevention Unit deputies assisted Santa Clarita City Code Enforcement officials with an operation targeting illegal food vendors on Thursday night. Deputies conducted the operation after numerous residents relayed complaints and public health concerns. Here’s...

Driver of Yellow Taxi Leads Deputies, CHP on 14 Freeway Chase
Friday, Aug 30, 2019

The driver of a yellow taxi was taken into custody after leading law enforcement in pursuit throughout the Santa Clarita Valley Friday morning. Officers alleged the cab was stolen, and ultimately arrested the driver without incident in the Antelope Valley. The pursuit was initiated when the yellow taxi...

Santa Clarita Mother of 5 Survives Heroin Overdose
Friday, Aug 23, 2019

A 36-year-old Santa Clarita mother of five children survived a heroin overdose Thursday, revived by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies armed with Narcan. In reporting the overdose, station officials asked the community for help in fighting the opioid crisis on the local front. Here’s...

SCV Deputies Cite 74 in Bike, Pedestrian Operation

Deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station handed out 74 citations in a bicycle and pedestrian safety operation Thursday morning. Here’s more from the station’s social media: “On Thursday, August 22, 2019, between the hours of 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., a pedestrian/bicycle...

Body of Man Found on Newhall Bike Path
Wednesday, Aug 21, 2019

Natural causes are suspected in the death of a man whose body was found Wednesday on a bike path in Newhall, near the South Fork Trail. Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of a body found on a bike path. “This was an adult male who was found (dead) on the...

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion on Tuesday, Sept. 24 to officially designate “Old Glory” a Los Angeles County Historic Landmark.
Supes Vote to Officially Make ‘Old Glory’ Historic Landmark
After exhausting other identification methods, Antelope Valley Medical Center, an acute care hospital in Lancaster, California is seeking the media and public’s help in identifying family for a male patient who has been hospitalized since Sept. 5.
AV Medical Center Asks Public’s Help in Identifying Patient
Staff, students, and families from Opportunities for Learning Public Charter High School’s Santa Clarita and Canyon Country campuses recently participated in the 10th annual Be the Light night run in Valencia.
Opportunities for Learning Staff, Students, Support Be the Light Run
The Santa Clarita Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m., in City Hall's Council Chambers
Oct. 1: Santa Clarita Planning Commission Regular Meeting
The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
SCV Water Earns Certificate for Excellence in Financial Reporting
Caltrans will close lanes overnight on Interstate 405 near the Interstate 5 interchange the nights of Thursday, Oct. 3 and Friday, Oct. 4 for slope and drainage repair.
Oct. 3-4: Overnight Lane Closures Scheduled for I-405 at I-5
California State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth) has announced three bills in her legislative package have been signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.
‘Click to Cancel,’ Foreclosure Protection Bills Signed by Governor
The California Department of Transportation advises motorists that Southbound Interstate 5 will be reduced to only one or two lanes in northern Los Angeles County between Vista Del Lago Road and Templin Highway beginning Sunday night, Sept. 29, through Friday morning, Oct. 4.
Sept. 29-Oct. 4: SB I-5 Lanes Closed, Vista Del Lago-Templin Hwy
Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan has announced the mailing of Sample Ballot Books to all registered voters for the Nov. 5 General Election has started.
County Mailing Sample Ballot Books for General Election
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit is asking for the public’s help locating a man last seen in Saugus.
LASD Seeks Public’s Help Locating Missing Saugus Man
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first death due to West Nile virus for the 2024 mosquito season in Los Angeles County.
First West Nile Virus Death of 2024 Reported in SFV
2014 - Towsley Canyon Loop Trail named for naturalist Don Mullally [story]
Don Mullally
The William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board approved the appointment of Jon Carrino as the new Assistant Superintendent of Business Services.
Hart District Names Jon Carrino to New Post
NAACP Santa Clarita will hold the Santa Clarita Masquerade Ball, a fundraising Gala at California Institute of the Arts.
Oct. 4: CalArts Presents NAACP Santa Clarita Masquerade Ball
On Sept. 26 Princess Cruises, headquartered in Valencia, celebrated a major construction milestone of its second Sphere-Class vessel, Star Princess, with the traditional maritime float out ceremony at the Fincantieri Shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy.
Star Princess Receives Float Out Ceremony
The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley has received a $10,000 donation from the Valencia Invitational Baseball League.
SCV Boys & Girls Club Receives $10K Donation From VIBL
All For Kids is seeking foster families and now offers two virtual ways for individuals or couples to learn how to help children in foster care while reunifying with birth families or how to provide legal permanency by adoption.
Oct. 17: All for Kids Foster Families Virtual Orientation
California State Sen. Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) has announced his bill to help expand access to low- and no-cost spay/neuter services, a much-needed first step in relieving California’s animal shelter overcrowding crisis, was signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
Governor Signs Wilk’s Bill on Animal Shelter Overcrowding
Prepare for a ghoulishly delightful time at the Newhall Family Theatre of the Performing Arts as the Raising the Curtain Foundation presents the Bob Baker Marionettes' "Hallowe’en Spooktacular", Saturday, Oct. 19 at 11 a.m. at 24607 Walnut St., Newhall, CA 91321.
Oct. 19: Newhall Family Theatre Hosts Bob Baker Marionettes’ ‘Hallowe’en Spooktacular’
Santa Clarita Artists Association presents "Dark, Odd, & Mysterious", a bizarre and twisted art show bringing strange and curious local art to Old Town Newhall with a reception Saturday, Oct. 5, 5-8 p.m. at 22508 6th St., Newhall, CA 91321.
Oct. 5: ‘Dark, Odd, Mysterious’ Art Exhibit Reception at SCAA Gallery
One of the most beloved and meaningful parks in our community is about to expand, offering some exciting new amenities to our residents.
Marsha McLean| David March Park is Expanding
Circle of Hope Cancer Support Center will host the Seas the Day Afternoon Tea Saturday, Oct. 19 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Bella Vida in the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, 27180 Golden Valley Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91351.
Oct. 19: Circle of Hope Seas the Day Afternoon Tea
With one group of Mustangs cross-country athletes having already competed on Friday night, Sept. 20, at the Larry Young Classic in Columbia, Mo. (where the men and the women both won the team titles), a second group of The Master's University men's and women's cross-country teams raced against top competition at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 21, in Riverside, Calif.
TMUXC Doubles Up Weekend’s Success, Men Place Second at UCR Invitational
1876 - California oil industry born as CSO No. 4 in Pico Canyon becomes state's first commercially productive oil well [story]
Pico No. 4
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