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California State University, Northridge’s Department of Theatre will host Native Voices, the only professional theatre company in the United States devoted to bringing Indigenous playwrights, 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 7, to perform “To Indigeneity and Beyond!”
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The William S. Hart Union High School District has announced that Anthony Eslao, a senior at Golden Valley High School, has been awarded the distinguished California Scholarship Federation Seymour Award. Additionally, Matthew Thomas De Guzman, also from Golden Valley, has been recognized as a Seymour Award finalist.
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Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s bill, D-Chatsworth, the Expediting State Housing Permits Act (AB 301) was passed as part of a major package of housing legislation aimed at tackling the state’s housing crisis.
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The Department of Water Resources conducted the all-important April snow survey on Wednesday, Aprl 2, the fourth measurement of the season at Phillips Station.
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The Santa Clarita Master Chorale invites you to an elegant evening of wine, dinner and song atthe annual Cabaret & Cabernet benefit “The Beat Goes On,” on Saturday, April 26, 5 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
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Visit the Santa Clarita Public Library Valencia branch, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 8 for a "Alice's Looking Glass" crafting session.
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Join the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce for a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting at Monarch Beauty Academy, Thursday, April 24 at 4 p.m.
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For the third year in a row, The Master's University's basketball player Kaleb Lowery has been named an NAIA All-American, this time on the First Team.
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Lief Labs, a premier formulation and product development innovator and manufacturer of dietary supplements, has announced the launch of its 2025 Brand Boost Guide which offers tips, guidance and resources to support dietary supplement brands in identifying potential sales growth and risk management strategies.
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The Master's University men's volleyball team completed the sweep of its old rival with a 25-11, 25-21, 25-19 controlling of the Arizona Christian Firestorm Saturday afternoon, March 29 in Glendale, Arizona.
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Arbor Day is more than just a celebration, it’s a commitment to our future. Every year, communities across the world come together to plant trees, promote environmental stewardship and enhance the landscapes that make our cities and towns more beautiful and livable.
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April 30 will be the final day for submitting comments regarding the updating of Los Angeles County Floodplain Management.
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Among several important issues presented at its Tuesday, April 8 regular board meeting, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will hear recommendations on establishing a unified permitting authority for the Altadena One-Stop Recovery Permitting Center relating to properties impacted by the Eaton Fire.
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April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month, a nationwide initiative that highlights the dangers of distracted driving and promotes safer driving habits.
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One of the things that makes the city of Santa Clarita such a great place to live, work and play, is the wide range of amenities we offer our community.
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Los Angeles Health Services has released its 2024 Annual Report, showcasing a year of exemplary achievements in patient care, innovation, and community health.
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The ability to put nutritious food on the table is one of the most important and pressing matters that low-income families face daily.
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American Sports Entertainment Company and the LA Kings, collectively referred to as JV Ice at The Cube, are seeking proposals to license restaurant and bar space at The Cube – Ice and Entertainment Center, powered by FivePoint Valencia.
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The College of the Canyons Foundation will host its third annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament from 9 a.m. to noon on Sunday, April 27, in the college’s West P.E. (WPEK) gymnasium, located on the Valencia campus.
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The LA County Arts Internship Program will invest over $1.6 million to fund 228 university and community college internships, providing students with paid on-the-job experience in the arts and creative sector at over 170 nonprofit organizations starting this summer. Applications for interested students are open now.
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SCV Water received three prestigious awards from the California Association of Public Information Officials at an awards luncheon on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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When Abraham Martinez-Peña enrolled at California State University, Northridge as a film major, he knew the path he set out for himself — to be a professional comedy writer for film and television — would not be an easy one. Hollywood’s hiring reputation was more “who you know,” than “what you can do.”
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After a nine-month process pursuant to requirements set forth in California’s Proposition 218, the SCV Water Board of Directors concluded its rate study and voted to implement proposed rate changes following a public hearing on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
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12 Comments
You’ve made some good points. Frightening ones, too, but very important.
Good morning Darryl,
Happy to see you have not forgotten us. Here are a few tips about that plastic liner you are talking about. The one we have been told will never fail.
This link shows photos of Chiquita’s liner after the earthquake.
http://faculty.engineering.asu.edu/kavazanjian/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Indispensable-Role-of-Case-Histories.pdf
It does not take a scientist to see that is torn, and we live in a known earthquake region – it will happen again. Heck, USGS warns us we are overdue.
Google key words like – 1994 Earthquake Liner Chiquita Canyon Landfill
Plenty of fun articles about how it did fail. My question is, what did they do about the liner already buried that they could not see if it failed or not?
I think you have a good point that we may be eating our landfill in our strawberries along the 126 …
Thanks for continuing to highlight this issue and raise important questions that absolutely need answers.
Thank you! Finally someone is hearing us.
Member of the VVCA
Val Verde Community Association.
Great points. The VVCAC should change its name.
When you are interviewed as a candidate
to be part of this committee , you are told
by a county official what you can and can
not say. Hardly an advisory committee.
How can you be appointed to advise a
community you don’t live in.So far this
board has used their money to pay for
their dinners at the a Embassy Suites.Oh
ya, they purchase magnets for our
refrigerators that remind us when free dump
day is. Members of this board should be
elected by the residents, not hand picked
by someone from Antonoviche’s office.
Woooowsers… If you’ve listened to the landfill presentation at least twice, you would know that they are regulated and monitored by more than 2 dozen local/state/federal agencies and that there are more than 3 dozen groundwater monitoring wells around the landfill to ensure there aren’t all these “problems” you make wild assumptions about. Your “opinions” belong in the fiction section.
To SCVdad33 – We’ve received complaints. In the future, please disclose your name in compliance with the posted rules for this forum.
Please look at the photographs of the torn liner. Respectfully, there are no wild assumptions there.
Everyone should have the right to their opinion and being polite is important for the healthy exchange of ideas as well as facts.
Darryl, I thought you were required to identify yourself on this comment section? I was and yet SCVdad33 is not identified.
Val Verde does not have even a tiny percent of the equipment looking after our neighboring landfill – Sunshine Canyon. A simple question – why are Val Verde residents (directly) and the entire population of the Santa Clarita Valley not important enough to have this kind of protection? I ask this question to be considered respectfully.
Thank you.
SCVdad33… send us a source on your findings please. I’ve seen a few red flags in what I’ve read on how long it has been since it was monitored. You may however have a better source which is why I’m asking you to share where you are getting your information. Not challenging it, just want to see it too. :)
If you read all the things that Chiquita Canyon does everyday to avoid smells, you will think, “Wow they are really trying.” But, after looking at other landfills and you will find they do the bare minimum. After talking to the AQMD and you will really know how little they do. They are the last landfill that use fans and misters that run on gas. They have to be filled every four hours. The problem is that everyone leaves the landfill at nights. So Val Verde gets in-dated with stench. The president of the Santa Clarita Town Cancel calls them good neighbors, but when Chiquita Canyon was asked why they do not have electric fans, their reply was, “That would cost us a fortune.”
I personally, as a good neighbor, make sure my trash smells to not drift into my neighbors yard.
Vanessa,
Instead of worrying about spelling, we would like you to look into the torn liner issue, sludge, auto shred testing, odor complaints and what is in the leachate. If it’s in the leachate, that means they took in something they shouldn’t have?
Can you focus on these issues, which is your job as the VVCAC President.
Thank you.
Greg
For the record, I have send the VVCAC a number of requests to look into complaints I’ve received from residents of Val Verde and some of my own concerns.
The CATC meeting has no relevance to the official duties of the VVCAC, that being the liaison between the community, the landfill and the LA Dept of Regional Planning.
No game here, I am speaking up for the residents of Val Verde, who have concerns and directing these concerns to the responsible organization.