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1963 - Abandoned SPRR Newhall Depot burns down; chilly hobos blamed [ story]
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This week marked the one-year anniversary of the Eaton Fire. As I reflect on the past year and look toward what lies ahead, my message to survivors is clear: I see your pain, I respect your resilience and I remain committed to walking with you on the long road ahead.
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1847 - John C. Fremont & troops camp at today's Sierra Hwy. & Newhall Ave. en route to signing cease-fire agreement with Gen. Andres Pico [ story]
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The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, named its new officers and confirmed its 2026 meeting schedule at the board's organizational meeting held on Friday, Jan. 9.
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A 24-point first quarter propelled The Master's University Women's Basketball to a 66-49 win over the visiting Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Eagles in The MacArthur Center.
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The College of the Canyons football program is hosting its fourth annual Super Saturday Skills & Drills Clinic on Saturday, Feb. 7, as part of the annual 'Big Game' weekend.
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The city of Santa Clarita is hosting its next Rain Barrel Purchase Program and class beginning Saturday, Feb. 21, from 9 to 11 a.m., at Newhall Community Center located at 22421 Market St., Newhall, CA.
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Cub Scouts Pack 48 is hosting a free Super Mario Bros. Community Movie Night for all community youth and families, 5-7 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 11.
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Finally Family Homes will hold a grand opening and ribbon cutting for its Oasis Resource Center 4:30-5 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 23120 Lyons Ave., Newhall, CA 91321.
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The city of Santa Clarita invites the community to come together in reflection, service and unity at the fifth annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Unity Walk on Monday, Jan. 19, at 9 a.m. at Central Park, 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91350.
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The Santa Clarita City Council will meet in open session on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 6 p.m. at Santa Clarita City Hall, where the council will consider establishing prima facie speed limits for 208 roadway segments included in the Traffic and Engineering Survey Study.
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The Child & Family Center Adopt-a-Family program brought the warmth and joy of the recent holiday season to 160 families and 185 teens.
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Armed with beakers, test tubes and multi-parameter water quality meters and velocimeters, a team of California State University, Northridge geography and environmental studies students, working alongside students from Cal State Long Beach, have spent the past few weeks scouring the burn areas of the Palisades, Eaton and Lake Hughes fires looking for natural rivers, streams, creeks and watersheds.
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has announced the California State Department of Education's literacy moonshot, a five-year plan to close the third-grade literacy gap.
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California Health and Human Services leaders champion vaccination as a cornerstone of public health.
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Boys and girls Foothill League soccer is mostly-back from holiday schedule, and some league matches have occurred. But these have resulted in only minor changes in the standings. Top teams won’t be clashing anytime soon, but some of the lower-downs will be slugging it out this week.
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1857 - Estimated 8.0 earthquake, SoCal's most recent "Big One," decimates Fort Tejon [ story]
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The annual Bridge to Home Soup for the Soul Gala fundraiser is "Off to the Races" on Saturday, Feb. 21.
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The five deputies assigned to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station Crime Impact Team (CIT) were recently recognized within the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department for exceptional work throughout 2025.
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A California lawmaker started the new year by introducing three bills intended to provide more protections for journalists and ensure their access to the courtroom.
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The Docent Training Program at Placerita Canyon Nature Center welcomes new docents to attend a 12-week training program beginning Tuesday, Jan. 13.
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Join the city of Santa Clarita for the Newhall Community Center's 20th Anniversary Celebration, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Jan 24.
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All public, private and homeschooled students in grades TK–12 within the city of Santa Clarita are invited to submit original visual artwork for the Art Hop Youth Art Contest by Saturday, Feb. 21.
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Thanks for the warning, because the regularly scheduled business at the VA is less productive than it is during a shutdown! Seriously, with more than 1/2 million Veterans now dying each year (half of all Veterans are now in their 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and even older) and with no new claims accepted during the shutdown, clearly some of those backlogged VA claims are now going to be closed, not because of anything the VA has done, but to the contrary, due to the continuing deaths of aging Veterans while the VA has done nothing to resolve their pending claims, which simply remain in dusty storage for years on end (better described as VA Death Watch Storage.)
It is a shame to see the media continually accept the slight of hand manipulation by the VA and Congress, touting a phantom reduction of the VA backlog! When in truth, the manner in which the VA takes credit for initially processing a claim, is by denying 70 percent of all claims (which Veterans describe as rubber stamp denials) and then tell the media and the public what a great job they have been doing, with another hand-out for more raises, bonuses and budget increases.
Next, comes the hidden backlog, but even worse and more disgraceful than the backlog of VA claims the public already knows about. Once the VA denies most of those claims, those claims then become Appeals (or pre-appeals with requests for a reconsideration of the denied decision.) Once a Veteran receives an initial denial of their claim (which the overwhelming majority of VA claimants do) and at this point, it is rare for any claim to be resolved (favorably or unfavorably) in less than 5 years and often not for more than 10 years, which in no other terms, is a disgraceful but real fact that best illustrates just how unproductive and dysfunctional the VA actually is!
Considering the average age of Veterans is nearly 60 years of age and the shell game the VA is playing by denying claims in mass to achieve a perceived reduction of the claims backlog, it has now become statistically far more likely a Veteran will die before ever having the VA actually resolve their claim and sadly, the VA doesn’t even know how many Veterans among their claimants are now deceased, as their dusty claim folders sit in VA storage untouched for years, supposedly being prepared for an appeal.
When oh when will the press tell the public the true story behind the VA claims backlog, but more importantly, when will we elect a Congress with enough backbone to actually do something about it!
Crawford_Tampa,
Thank you for telling exactly what is going on at the VA. The VA executives (Shinseki and others), the VA lawyers, and the VA claims adjusters are greedy, over-paid, over-compensated, and under-worked individuals. Why would these VA employees care about our wounded, sick and dying veterans, they are living high off our tax money. They do not have to worry about medical insurance or anything. As government employees (much like the President, Congressmen, Senators, and etc.), these VA employees have the very BEST COMPLETE FAMILY MEDICAL COVERAGE anywhere in the world. They pay NOTHING OUT OF THEIR POCKETS. We TAXPAYERS PAY FOR EVERYTHING!
Somebody better STOP THIS! Treating our American SOLDIER VETERANS like animals, making them BEG FOR MEDICAL CARE AND COMPENSATION is a DISHONORABLE DISGRACE to our nation!