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1938 - County Supervisors award construction contract for jail at Wayside Farms in Castaic, later called Pitchess Detention Center [story]
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The West Coast Health Alliance strongly supports that hepatitis B vaccination continue to be routinely offered to all newborns, with the first dose of the vaccine given within 24 hours of birth for newborns weighing at least 4 pounds, 7 ounces, followed by completion of the vaccine series.
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Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman has credited the combined efforts of law enforcement, public health leaders, educators and community advocates, along with his office’s sustained campaign to expose the dangers of fentanyl, for driving a historic 22 percent decline in overdose and poisoning deaths across Los Angeles County.
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Poets, dreamers and storytellers, the deadline for the 2026 Sidewalk Poetry Project is on Sunday, Dec. 14.
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Rock Bottom Media and JMV Productions will host free photos with Santa for the whole family including pets, 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 7 at Locale Studios.
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Weird Gallery presents Artmas: After Dark, After Hours, a student‑led art show featuring College of the Canyons and California Institute of the Arts students.
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The city of Santa Clarita invites residents to enjoy a new holiday light show now illuminating the River of Lights at Central Park.
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Lucky Luke Brewing and Good Vibes Events L.A. presents its Ugly Sweater Holiday Market, 3-8 p.m. Saturday Dec.13 at Lucky Luke Brewing, 25108 Rye Canyon Loop, Santa Clarita, CA 91355.
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The Santa Clarita City Council will hold a Special Meeting in open session on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 5 p.m. at Santa Clarita City Hall to conduct the annual Council Reorganization event, when the gavel will be passed to a new mayor.
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Sky Zone Trampoline Park will hold its grand opening and ribbon cutting 4:30-5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 18 at 26573 Carl Boyer Drive, Santa Clarita, CA 91350.
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Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit are asking for the public’s help locating At-Risk Missing Person John L Brown.
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Last week we kicked off the boys and girls Foothill League soccer seasons, noting that there were a number of league games coming up on Dec. 2 and 4. Now that those have been contested, here is where things stand:
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1938 - County Supervisors award construction contract for jail at Wayside Farms in Castaic, later called Pitchess Detention Center [story]
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The city of Santa Clarita will present its latest art exhibition, “Let Go,” by Dani Samson, on view now through Feb. 4, at the Canyon Country Community Center.
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College of the Canyons celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Mathematics, Engineering and Science Achievement program on Tuesday, Nov. 25, with an event held in the Aliso Hall courtyard.
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Kaiser Permanente joined the Saugus Union School District recently to honor its outstanding achievement in health education; all 15 SUSD district schools earned America’s Healthiest Schools All-Star Recognition from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
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JCI Santa Clarita is seeking volunteers to support its annual Santa’s Helpers program, a beloved community tradition that brings holiday joy to children and families in need throughout the Santa Clarita Valley.
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"Fatherless No More" is a new faith-based documentary that has been officially accepted for an Oscar-qualifying theatrical run at the Laemmle Theater in Old Town Newhall.
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The Master's University will present "Alleluia! TMU Come Christmas Sing" on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in The Master’s University Music Recital Hall on the college campus is Placerita Canyon.
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The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency Water Resources and Watershed Committee will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 10 at 1 p.m.
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College of the Canyons cross country had a combined 10 student-athletes earn All-Western State Conference honors for the 2025 season, with all seven members of the women's team earning recognition.
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College of the Canyons had eight players earn Southern California Football Association (SCFA) All-League awards, with three players recognized as First-Team selections.
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College of the Canyons women's volleyball was recognized with six players named to the all-conference team, with freshman Katelyn Nelson and sophomore Morgan Dumlao both taking home All-Western State Conference, South Division First-Team awards.
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College of the Canyons women's soccer capped its conference championship season by seeing 12 players earn all-conference honors, headlined by sophomore forward Bailey Williamson, who was named the Western State Conference, South Division Offensive Player of the Year.
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1962- Actress and future Soledad Canyon big-cat rescuer Tippi Hedren, "Hitchcock's New Grace Kelly," makes cover of Look magazine for upcoming thriller, "The Birds" [story]
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I drove through Calabasas last weekend and noticed that their medians are being watered by recycled water. Is this something Santa Clarita is looking into? Is the infrastructure there for something like that?
The trees in the median need to be watered. Recycled water should be used for this purpose.
The trees are being watered. SCV sent a newsletter a few weeks ago explaining everything.
I know, but everything else is dead in the medians, hopefully they don’t also kill off our beautiful mature trees.
Unfortunately private residents are only able to water trees by hand held bucket according to ordinance 42. Seems silly especially if you have s large property with many large mature trees.
…but the sprinklers at Meadows park were on at 9:39 am Saturday morning…
I noticed that the grass outside of city hall is dead which means they are adhering to the new policy BUT the courthouse/sheriff lawn just across the street is lush and green!!! They have not cut back on watering!
Beth when I was working for the parks system, the plans are there to convert Central Park to reclaimed. But the costs are insane.. The system needs to be completely changed over. And the high salt content really actually hurts the landscape over time and raises the alkali in the soil to render eventually sterile
There should be no water usage period! If we can’t water lawns then city should do desert landscaping. Our leaders should be voted out. The letter they sent was horrible justifying the water usage. Go with cactus! Do what Arizona and New Mexico do, we are in a drought people. There is no excuse!
sorry but if i wanted cactus i would move to the desert!!
You are living in a desert.
Duh
The scv isn’t desert. My point was u don’t see desert landscaping here and if I wanted that I would move to Arizona or lancaster
Aren’t they taking out the paved median’s and putting in trees that need watering. ..mind boggling. ..that is what I saw :(
I am happy about the cuts the city and many residents have made but when it comes to schools, shopping centers and large complexes it’s been a straight slap in the face. So much run off from many of these places we can collect with buckets in the gutter. It’s the idea of these places that no enforcement will be in the middle of the night and who will catch them.
The medians down San Fernando have JUST BEEN PLANTED! What were they thinking? Ugly medians are ok with me if we can just keep some green spaces in our parks.
Those medians were a bad idea , firetrucks use that road so much , especially during rush hour on the freeways , before those were put in they had no problems getting thru but last week i saw that they were upset because they had no outlet to get thru the traffic , they were very frustrated ,
I couldn’t agree more. At the very least this could have waited but honestly it could have been completely eliminated.
Yesterday morning the grass along the sidewalk alongside the eastbound Newhall Ranch road going up to Golden Valley near the new home construction was being watered with sprinklers flooding the adjacent sidewalks!
En donde vivo no les importa si hay agua o no algunos dejan la llave de agua abierta bien poquito todo el tiempo para regar el pasto,es la única casa con el pasto verde,otras que lavan la calle en pleno calor,no saben cuidar el único líquido que nos ayuda a vivir sin agua no hay vida.
Que triste…
Finally!! Way to finally figure it out santa clarita. Too busy fining the citizens but flooding the medians.
And these were paved and planted during the drought…never mind the wasted furl driving 1/2 mile to make a turn…
Who decides this stuff.?
El Nino should fix everything in a few months. Everyone is panicking. One of SCV’s biggest attractions is their clean, cut, and landscaped streets. Nothing says “we care about things” more than the entrance to a neighborhood. At the very least, keep watering the foliage. Grass should stay where it’s at, even if it’s not watered. It will all come back after December.
I have been forced to water my yard by hand since I can only 2 days a week and got a notice I was watering on wrong days, however I water more by hand than my sprinklers did! Lol
No cactus!!! I am from AZ and Palmdale is lot far. We don’t need cactus lol
Really,,,I feel they can still water without the extreme “woo is me” we are abiding by the water rules and we are not killing our yards, just a little brown. Why does everyone have to jump on the “waaaaaaa” band wagon, just conserve and deal with it!
Reclaimed water has already been in effect in Lancaster for parks and such. The Lancaster waste water facility discharges tons and tons of it’s reclaimed water to natural water sources ie Apollo park. SCV also has a large waste water facility off the old road. Go and check it out. I believe these facilities have annual field trips. Lancaster had theirs a few months ago. They give you a lot of information on how the reclaimed water is processed.
I just don’t get , we’re in a horrible time right now , mandatory water rationing , it’s great , but why is there sooooo many hundreds of homes and new buildings going up , and i heard of a new mini mall , . but WHERE is all that water going to come from , we’re all doing our part to the best of our ability , but with all the building going on , i don’t see a change coming for the better , the building needs to stop , too much light and soon we see no stars , just how i feel , and it makes me sad ,
What about planting native California plants? Plants and scrubs that were here before we even got here? They are beautiful too. They’ve been through this drought before and survived.
Call me crazy but we live in a desert I’m for desert landscaping myself.
Apparently Walmart and Toys R Us didn’t get the memo. We went into the store yesterday about 1, can back to our truck approximately an hour later and they were still watering the planters in the parking lot.
Time to go to Desertscapes, we (former Californians) in Arizona use. Multi-colored gravel and desert or native plants, it’s actually very nice. Cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix are using it too and the grass is mainly just in the parks. Who wants to mow it anyway?
I was driving home @ 2 am last week and most of the medians on via princesses, whites canyon and others are being watered with plenty of over spray and streams of water running down the street. I am doing my part by stopping watering my lawn completely and the city can not do the same? It irritates me to know I’m doing my part, but that is being cancelled out by the city.
Nobody said you have to be a martyr and let your lawn die! We are saving water inside so we can water plants and lawn just a little. Enough to keep it alive until fall and hopefully rain. Short showers,rinsing dishes in a bowl, paper plates, and giving dirty water to plants, using car wash coupons,etc. This too will pass. Just call the city and tell where you see waste.
You are correct, but I can replace my lawn in-expensively in the fall. No point in watering the few days that they allow, when my lawn will still die. I still water plants and tree’s with dirty water, all I was saying is there is waste all over the city and they can’t do their part. They pay a landscape company with my tax $’s and they can pay that same landscape company to adjust the waste, and to top it off they tell me if i am over watering they are going to fine me?
artificial grass bad for the environment
PLEASE DEEP WATER YOUR TREES AND ESPECIALLY IN THOSE IN YOUR PARKWAY THAT THE CITY PLANTED! I see many that are looking sick. Trees are an important part of our environment and air quality in this city.
Maybe we should stop allowing water to be bottled here in Cali.
The drought is temporary this happens every so often, relax
Huge run off on Newhall Ranch Road just past the Home Depot near corner of Rye Canyon it’s from the center median
What about the river crossing on Soledad westbound near the Santa Clarita Lanes this morning?
Finally! They should all be planted with drought tolerant plants ALL the time.
It looks great! Might as well embrace the desert we live in.
Great, this town is going to start looking like Palmdale.
What about Bridgeport? Cut their water off!!!!
Jenny Jill Castruita Striplin
Yes, I saw the grass is now brown on Stevenson Ranch Pk way, but also saw that new plants were being planted.
Hundreds of dollars were added to our property tax bill to pay for grass,plants,trees,and sprinklers in the medians.Can we get a refund?
What about the shrubs and trees that just got planted along the medians going towards canyon country? On Soledad?
Are those drought tolerant trees and plants?