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The holiday season is a time for joy, generosity and community spirit. This year, the Child & Family Center invites you to join its heartwarming effort to bring extra cheer to Santa Clarita Valley teens in need.
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The non-profit Rancho Camulos Museum and National Historic Landmark will host a fundraising event, "Early Hollywood and its Camulos Connection" featuring Marc Wanamaker on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 2 p.m.
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William S. Hart Union High School District Social Worker Sarah Gilberts was named California’s 2024 State Social Worker of the Year at an awards ceremony on Nov. 8, part of the 2024 National Association of Social Workers-CA Annual Conference.
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SCV Water recently marked the completion of its third PFAS treatment facility, which serves its Santa Clara and Honby wells and is located north of Soledad Canyon Road on Furnivall Avenue, with a ribbon cutting on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
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Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol, the Office of Traffic Safety and the Department of Motor Vehicles have joined together as part of Crash Responder Safety Week Nov. 18-22 to remind drivers to move over when safe to do so and slow down near traffic incidents and work zones to prevent serious injuries and deaths on California’s roadways.
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Every holiday season the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children’s Cancer assemblies gift baskets for families battling pediatric cancer.
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Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley opened its new resource center, Williams Hope House in Newhall on Tuesday, Nov. 12 with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony.
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The California Highway Patrol has announced a major achievement in its ongoing recruitment efforts as it officially swears in 121 new officers, bringing the department past its goal of hiring over 1,000 officers.
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The installation of the 2025 Valley Industry Association Board of Directors will be held Friday, Dec. 13, 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center.
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Single Mothers Outreach's Adopt-A-Family was born in hopes of providing hard-working single parents a way to make a warm and wonderful holiday memory with their children. AAF connects a generous individual, corporate community, or groups with deserving families in need. Many local businesses, churches, community groups, neighbors and individuals generously have “adopted” SMO parents and their children, providing them with gifts, ice-skating, parties and more.
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Educational Results Partnership, a non-profit organization that applies data science to accelerate student success, has released the 2024 Honor Roll list of California’s top performing schools, in partnership with local business leaders and the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce.
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Holiday Home Tour will continue the festivities with its Holiday Home Tour Boutique, sponsored by Williams Homes that will take place on Sunday, Dec. 8, at Williams Ranch model homes in Hasley Canyon.
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The annual Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Foundation Holiday Home Tour, organzied by the HMNH Foundation Home Tour League will present the Hearts Aglow Holiday Home Tour Gala on Friday, Dec. 6 at The Hyatt Regency in Valencia.
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The Valencia High School Marching Band and Color Guard continue its reign in the fall competition season, securing top honors at the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association Division 2A Championship Prelims
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The regular meeting of the William S. Hart Union High School District’s Governing Board will be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, beginning with a closed session at 6:15 p.m., followed by an open session at 7 p.m.
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For the first time since 2018, The Master's University's women's volleyball team has won the GSAC Championship Tournament, this time defeating the Benedictine Mesa Redhawks 21-25, 25-23, 26-24, 25-18 Saturday Nov. 16 in The MacArthur Center.
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Olive Branch Theatricals will present "Plaid Tidings: A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid" weekends beginning Saturday, Nov. 30- Sunday, Dec. 15 at The Patios at Valencia Town Center, 24201 Valencia Blvd., Valencia, CA 91355.
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Supervisor Kathryn Barger has helped an artwork find its home in the high desert through the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s sculpture loan program.
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College of the Canyons Women's Soccer pushed its unbeaten streak to seven games with a 2-1 road victory over Antelope Valley College on Nov. 12, and followed that with a 3-0 win over LA Valley College on Nov. 15. That has the Lady Cougars riding an eight-game unbeaten streak as the team prepares for Round 1 of the 3C2A SoCal Regional playoffs.
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The regular meeting of the Saugus Union School District Governing Board will take place Tuesday, Nov. 19 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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Santa Clarita Public Libraries present 17th Annual Family Literacy Festival on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Old Town Newhall Library, 24500 Main St., Santa Clarita, CA 91321.
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203 Comments
I like the fact that they will go through with the arrest, I don’t care who you are you just don’t do that. Ridiculous. So sad
Agreed Robin!
I like the fact that they will go through with the arrest, I don’t care who you are you just don’t do that. Ridiculous. So sad
You have no heart and need to stop judging when you don’t know if that poor women went through rough times or if she’s mentelly ill if you have nothing good to say don’t say it at all
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As she should be booked and she should not have any rights to the poor baby.
As she should be booked and she should not have any rights to the poor baby.
How the hell could she run away i gave birth 3 tmes i couldnt run if i wanted to jesus unbelievable really i hope the baby is ok and i hope the baby gets a loving home
Meth
Not only ran but then climbed up in a tree?
Insanity really I hope they are holding her for evaluation
How the hell could she run away i gave birth 3 tmes i couldnt run if i wanted to jesus unbelievable really i hope the baby is ok and i hope the baby gets a loving home
Meth
Not only ran but then climbed up in a tree?
Insanity really I hope they are holding her for evaluation
My heart breaks for both..
My heart breaks for both..
there are people in this world who would give anything to have a baby, and she runs… there were options for her. abandonment, isn’t one of them.
there are people in this world who would give anything to have a baby, and she runs… there were options for her. abandonment, isn’t one of them.
Yes!!!
Well now she will have a roof over her head and 3 square meals a day and the opportunity to get an education. More then we are given NOT BEING HOMELESS! There is no punishment there for her given her previous living situation.
Well now she will have a roof over her head and 3 square meals a day and the opportunity to get an education. More then we are given NOT BEING HOMELESS! There is no punishment there for her given her previous living situation.
She’s a heroin addict!! Very sad♡ They need to tie her effing tubes!
She’s a heroin addict!! Very sad♡ They need to tie her effing tubes!
Do you know her?
Does the baby need a foster family? My husband and I are approved by the DCFS.
Ran away and hid in a tree?????
Ran away and hid in a tree?????
Then hides under a tree. Wow wonder if she delivered the placenta yet?
Then hides under a tree. Wow wonder if she delivered the placenta yet?
I thought they cleared out the wash. millennial-hobos have got to go
I thought they cleared out the wash. millennial-hobos have got to go
Wow this is a heartbreaking story.
Wow this is a heartbreaking story.
Wow – the SCV is sure full of judgmental, narrow-minded, and mean-spirited people.
You’re really judging everyone in a town because of what a dozen or so people are saying on social media?
Wow – the SCV is sure full of judgmental, narrow-minded, and mean-spirited people.
You’re really judging everyone in a town because of what a dozen or so people are saying on social media?
Plus 26 years of living here….
People here get it. It’s not that we are judge mental it’s that it’s mind boggling the attack on life & a newborn baby. Homelessness under a bridge is tragic, but again why would she not seek out help? It’s not like she didn’t have time.
I see your point Suzi – I used to live there and it is actually full of compassionate people but the comments on here are harsh – it sounds like the woman is mentally ill and needs help.
walk a mile in her shoes…..
Suzi – advise me of the judgmental, narrow minded and mean spirited portion of my comment.
I wasn’t judging you btw, simply observing that your comment was kind of judgmental too! That’s all! Didn’t mean to ruffle any feathers, ripple the water… or whatever you wanna call it!
…you are right, tho…I DO judge….but I need more information and know there are two sides to every story….
“there are people in this world who would give anything to have a baby, and she runs… there were options for her. abandonment, isn’t one of them. ”
…While you might think your statement is fine and that you mean well… It’s judgmental because you are assuming a lot about this woman still. You don’t know what options she tried to get, first. You also don’t know anything about her mental capabilities or iq… Some women simply do not understand what their options are and often times don’t have help to figure it out. No one knows what she was thinking or what she went through prior. I doubt any one would give birth this way out of spite of the child. She was clearly desperate. Rather than placing the blame on this poor and desperate woman we should be coming together to make sure we have easily accessible services for pregnant women in need. Regardless of her situation, she needed help and didn’t get it. I can’t imagine how terrified she must have been giving birth under a bridge by herself.
Elvira – you don’t know her circumstances but you are quick to decide she had options…
Suzi S Smith
She had a lot of better options. Do I even need to list them?
She was most likely denied help from our government they give people who lie and deceive the system thousands of dollars but the people who need it the most get denied! And maybe this judemental city and people (not all) who live in it should keep homeless shelters that way this doesnt happen!
Just saying, anyone can surrender a child to any fire station, hospital, or police station…. no questions asked.
Let me get this straight…the tax payers of SCV and LA county pay to support a variety of substance abuse programs, women’s shelters and medical care is available free to pregnant women along with anonymous safe surrender places and we are considered judgmental if we point out how awful it was for a woman to abandon (aka left to die) a baby completely helpless in need of medical care she could have gotten for the baby. Sorry my sympathies are with the baby not the adult who had choices, made bad ones and needs to be held accountable PERIOD.
Heidi, you are perfectly correct.
no, I don’t know her. I don’t know if she was on drugs. But I do know she has options. At least one very specific option, which was to surrender that baby.
Jessica – do you agree that she had other options? just yes or no.
She could have gone to a shelter.
Shoulda, coulda, woulda! Ladies, the point is, it’s all irrelivant! She made the choices she did, nothing we do or say can change that. The baby will go to a good home, possibly even family members that will care! With a case that got this much attention, they will not just hand over the baby to anyone! And at this point, the health and well-being of both the baby and the mother are all that matters! She will get help, one way or another.
The only thing that we can do is try to do something to raise awareness for other pregnant girls/women, homeless or not. So they know that there are options. And some of those options include places and organizations that will help them get on their feet, the right way!
Well said Jessica. The city of Santa Clarita “claims” they don’t have enough money to fund a homeless shelter. Yet, they can continue to try and reinvent downtown Newhall. I worked at the shelter for 5 years and it’s a tough life they have. A handful of the clients have drug issues and the rest are just having extremely hard times. Would any of you know where to go or what to do if you were by yourself and homeless? What if you were gang raped and became pregnant? That woman had no pre natal check ups most likely. Probably not enough food to eat and a place to shower. Homeless women are the biggest victims. Instead of sending aid to every foreign country that has a disaster, let’s take care of feeding our children, assisting our veterans and try to stop things like this from happening.
A lot of these people have mental issues bottom line. Our country doesn’t deal with mental illness very well.
So sad that everyone seems to blame scv in someway or another…so sad and wrong
Stuff like this happens in every city around the world. I wish everyone would just have a little compassion, none of us know her situation……
Yeah, most of the people see them and walk right past them, cause it’s not their problem. If this is your town, the place you want to live, it is your problem. We all have issues, some of us just handle it better. We have easier access to help. And those of us who get it, did so because we didn’t let our pride or shame get in the way.
I’ve helped so many girls in this town get the help they needed by helping them see that what others want for them (to be clean, and get the help the be that way, to let go of pride and truly accept that we aren’t perfect), is only because we see their potential! Doesn’t matter who you are, what your walk of life is, what or who you believe in or don’t believe in, we are all made of the same stuff! It’s time that we step off our high horses and help people. If you don’t want to give them money, give them food, give them a bus pass, make them a sandwhich. Give them a gift card to subway. Help don’t just ignore!
I find it sad that people are more willing to help the homeless who have dogs. Sure give them dog food. But if you don’t want them to just go get drugs, ask them if their hungry, thirsty, cold, need to get somewhere, have a family member they want to know their ok!
Stop ignoring what bothers you, be the change that starts change! It’s a domino effect. I made bad choices and had to beg strangers for help! It sucks being ignored or looked at like dirt. But the sad part is you get used to it, and start to just believe it!
Like I said. Don’t just walk past. I will admit there are some that are just trying to get money for whatever reason(drugs, food, alcohol, whatever). But there are some men and women that just need someone to help them remember they are also human, not dirt. That they’re capable of working and functioning.
Do your part, make the change!
The sad part of it… Is that most homeless people live in groups. Some one got her pregnant. There comes a point in life were we just have to accept that no matter how good the resources are for just about anyone, many folks in all walks of life, just have their own plan in life. Many are stubborn old goats. I met otherwise nice people who evidently have issues, but some how have enough gumption to help themselves. The world is not here to accept craziness. Judgement from others many times is what keeps us good & right. These are all opinions. I love babies & children so much that I could never dump one off. Sad itty baby to be born Homeless. In the end he may just be some one else’s blessing. Life has so many twists and turns for each person. And certainly it’s very difficult to cut any adult slack for tortuting a new born baby. It’s more about being dumb founded that these can happen?? No one is exempt from judgement. Live a good life & you have less judgements coming your way. Simple as that
The sad part of it… Is that most homeless people live in groups. Some one got her pregnant. There comes a point in life were we just have to accept that no matter how good the resources are for just about anyone, many folks in all walks of life, just have their own plan in life. Many are stubborn old goats. I met otherwise nice people who evidently have issues, but some how have enough gumption to help themselves. The world is not here to accept craziness. Judgement from others many times is what keeps us good & right. These are all opinions. I love babies & children so much that I could never dump one off. Sad itty baby to be born Homeless. In the end he may just be some one else’s blessing. Life has so many twists and turns for each person. And certainly it’s very difficult to cut any adult slack for tortuting a new born baby. It’s more about being dumb founded that these can happen?? No one is exempt from judgement. Live a good life & you have less judgements coming your way. Simple as that
Sorry to break the stereotype Suzi, but there are definitely more good people then bad people in the city of Santa Clarita.
Sorry to break the stereotype Suzi, but there are definitely more good people then bad people in the city of Santa Clarita.
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I always seen her, I hope someone helps her..she didn’t look to well in the head ?
Is it the heroin addict with pink hair?
No, its another girl
Sad, women like her need to get fixed.
Omg that’s what me and my coworker was saying
Sad
Sad
When you can safely surrender a baby at any hospital or fire station within 3 days of birth…
I can only assume this girl is on drugs and/or crazy.
When you can safely surrender a baby at any hospital or fire station within 3 days of birth…
I can only assume this girl is on drugs and/or crazy.
Or really scared
She might not have had a way to get to a fire station or hospital she is homeless with no transportation
She knew she was pregnant for 9 months. She could have planned something within that time to give up that baby or to seek help.
“she knew she was pregnant for 9 months” really?
I totally agree with you anna. You took the words out of my mouth. She knew for 9 months.
And there’s plenty of drugs in this town. I don’t understand why people insist on poisoning their body & mind with drugs. Pure evil
Many homeless women are raped. Many have mental illness too. Certainly drugs don’t help. I’m sure something is aweful lot wrong. Homelessness is bad all around
Carly Podolak really?
That is a 24 hour CVS. She could have walked in and asked anyone to call 911. At the very least, she could have given birth in the bathroom there, not in the wash. This whole story is just tragic.
Being scared is No reason to have a baby and abandon it in the River bed. Seriously! How can you even defend that?
Wasn’t there an article a few weeks ago about the pregnant homeless heroine addicts in the homeless encampments?
Exactly!
You people need to have confidence and stop jodging when you don’t know what that poor women went through if you guys have nothing good to say don’t say it at all keep your nasty and rude comments to your self!!!!!!!
This is just sad…….
What the hell
Prayerfully she will surrender all parental rights, the newborn will get adopted quickly by a loving capable couple bc the stories out and publicized, and the woman gets the treatment she needs.
A fire helicopter was hovering over our homes here, we had no idea what was going on! Got us all out of bed, so loud and puzzling to us. I would have never thought of this scenario. She should’ve had the baby at the hospital, then surrendered it.
I don’t agree with what she did yet obviously she needs serious help – I’m seeing comments here from proud mothers who gave birth and didn’t run away – I didn’t run away when my children were born either yet I wasn’t homeless and desperate – sure, she is likely
So sad!
That’s why their was a helicopter and cops Cesar Salazar
So sad. Who’s the father? Homeless people should be given free birth control. Why in earth bring a baby into the world
Hey Paquita? Maybe she was raped, ever think of that? Shame on you.
Hey Paquita? Maybe she was raped, ever think of that? Shame on you.
What’s almost as sad as the story are these horrendous comments. This woman and her baby need help, not to be shamed. None of you know anything about her or what she went through to end up there. Stop judging, start loving.
Regardless of the specifics of her tragic and undoubtedly challenging situation, the fact is that her actions were inexcusable. It’s ok to say that.
It’s not about shaming, it’s about identifying sociopathic behavior and calling it what it is as a first step to getting her into custody/treatment and start getting her the help she so clearly needs.
Leaving a helpless child alone to die slowly in the dirt is just as reprehensible as any other form of attempted murder, and fear, homelessness, or addiction are never valid excuses to take an innocent person’s life.
We can and should exercise compassion and provide assistance while simultaneously seeking accountability from those whose poor decisions endanger the lives of others.
Well said
I just don’t know that her behaviour was sociopathic as much as an act of desperation… I don’t see the point in criminalizing and shaming this woman. I just think it’s sad how quick people are to assume this woman acted out of malice. Women don’t have babies like that by choice. She was probably confused and scared and not even aware of her options. We need to make sure that these options are EASILY accessible to all people, the services simply existing is not enough. We need to make sure that people are getting the information they need when they are in desperate situations like this. We can’t just assume everyone knows what their options are and how to access them. My guess is that she needs mental help, she won’t get that from a jail cell.
I also want to point out that this happened while services like Planned Parenthood are fighting to be able to provide this type of education and services. If we want to avoid stories like this we need to stop fighting each other and blaming women and start ensuring access to services to all pregnant women in need.
I’m not saying her actions were excusable. I’m saying how can we prevent it from happening again… How can we look at the situation and learn from it while still showing compassion for the woman and not just the baby. I’m holding us all accountable for letting something like this happen, not just a person who made poor decisions in bad circumstance. If we just book her and keep things as they are who are we helping… She’s off the street but another woman could be in a similar situation. Is sticking this woman in a jail cell going to prevent this tragedy from reoccurring? Nope.
Criminalizing her?
Leaving a baby in the dirt behind CVS is a crime.
And actually, putting her in jail will prevent this from reoccurring. She will have access to mental health services and drug rehab there.
I don’t care what she went through its really not rocket science to leave a defenseless baby in a wash!
This is truly disgusting behavior the fact that people are standing up for this woman is disgusting also you’re seriously asking me to love someone who left a baby in the wash and hid in a tree I understand that not all pregnancies are planned and neither is homelessness but leave a defenseless baby in a wash in sympathy or compassion for the mother who hid in a tree is just wrong I don’t see anyone saying love the deceased child have compassion for the deceased child anyway you slice it it’s wrong this is the exact reason why we have a safe baby drop off implemented in this country there’s no reason why this baby should have been left and if you support the mother shame on you you’re just as disgusting as her actions
Jessica, if instead of an infant left to die a slow agonizing death in the sun, it had been, say, a five-year-old child that she had drowned or strangled or otherwise killed out of “desperation”, would you still feel that she shouldn’t be criminalized?
There is absolutely no difference.
Killing an innocent human being whether it be an infant, or a toddler, or a teenager, or an adult is in fact a crime, period..
Whether she has sociopathic tendencies, profound substance abuse issues, mental illness, or all of the above may affect in what manner and to what degree she is prosecuted or treated, but the fact remains that an unthinkably horrible crime was indeed committed.
The whole situation is profoundly tragic.
I hope that baby gets a loving home, and I hope the woman receives the treatment and rehabilitation she needs to prevent her from ever committing the same horrible act again.
If she needs to give up some of her freedoms and spend some time in a psych prison to get well/clean enough to ensure that, so be it.
We all encounter moments of fear and desperation in our lives, but how we deal with them is a choice, and choices have consequences.
There actually is a huge difference. She didn’t premeditatively plan an attack on an innocent life. She was burdened with a pregnancy she probably didn’t plan on and maybe didn’t even completely understand. No one knows anything about this woman’s education level or mental capabilities. Maybe I’m wrong and she’s super smart and knew her options and chose to do that. But I mean, do you really believe that’s the case? I have a hard time thinking that would be true.
All I’m really saying is I don’t think any woman does this by choice. So I feel for her situation and wish she had gotten help or that help was more available to her.
Whatever happened, this woman felt she had no options.
And I think we should be coming together to make sure this never happens to another woman again. If you really care for that baby, you would do everything you can do make sure no other woman feels this way, ever. Regardless of her situation. Instead we’re all wasting time with pointless comments about how terrible this woman was. It’s not helping anyone. This is a sign that are services aren’t working for the people the are designed for. It’s a chance for us to look at what we as a city can be doing differently to avoid this happening, ever.
Is it wrong for me to ask that we look at a bigger picture here instead of just punishing one person? I don’t think her receiving a punishment will keep other women from being confused and scared in the future…
She did something terribly wrong, this is true. We all think what happened was terrible.
I just don’t want to see it happen again.
very sad story with hopefully a happy ending for the baby and lots of mental health treatment for the mother.
What the hell…there is a safe surrender law for a reason. Poor lady and baby, hope they get the help they need.
She knew that she couldn’t provide for her child, and she was scared I’m sure….For some reason, the program that would allow her to leave her baby at a Fire Station or Church is not known by so many or not understood and they think they’ll still get in trouble if they drop off a child. It says “no shame, no blame” – I don’t think a lot of women believe it.
Judging from so many other people’s comments, I can imagine that it would be hard to believe one would not be shamed or blamed. The info/signs for safe surrender are usually on police cars and at fire stations……I wish that they would post info about it in areas where homeless gather.
I agree…
Unfortunately ‘safe surrnder’ is a farce. They try to locate the mother any way and some times she IS charged with abandonment. If they are teens it is worse, the parents they were hiding from are notified and some times sent to juvie. We knew a young girl that happened to then she was sent back to her abusive father.
I want to hide in a tree too after reading some of these heartless comments.
By all the close minded and judgmental statements coming from members of our community on this page, it’s clear that the girl is probably surrounded by people who have a “mightier than thou,” point of view… Remember that when you’re praising at Sunday service… Remember when you read about christ’s endless forgiveness… Remember that next time you see a lost soul in OUR community. Get off your soap box and open your eyes to how dark some people’s lives are and quit assuming everyone knows how get themselves out of their darkness. Maybe this way, we’d avoid these instances. #DropsMic
Thank you.
Amen!!!
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well said, Nelson
Guess what? When you have a child inside of you it ceases to be just about you. I’m fine if you feel that I’m close minded because I feel what this person was wrong…. Because no matter how you look at it, it was WRONG. Christ forgiveness or not, a innocent CHILD could have died because of 1 careless act. Would you still be saying this if the baby had passed?
Amen! Seeing more comments like yours! Thank God!! I love SCV but it tends to be so blind?. Great comment!!?
I saw a homeless man and woman yesterday around this area and the female was pregnant and looked due … I bet it was her that I saw.
I saw them too, walking on Via Princessa… I thought the same thing!
Yup right on via princess a
You know she was extremely high to be able to climb a tree after giving birth ?
Lol. You’re killing me.
This woman needs help. I can’t imagin how scared she is. She may not know that a Hosiptal is a baby safe zone. How do you folks expect her to get to the hospital? Call Luft, wait for a bus? Seeing the police arrive does not give the comfort and support to people in need. Their moto is “Tell it to the Judge”! SCV Sheriffs have a tenancy to over police. I’m sure they probably dispatched 6 squad cars.
This woman saw her baby through its full term and did not abort the baby. The system is set up to abort baby’s and not help woman in need. Now she is in the criminal system for abandonment. It’s easy to sit on the sidelines and coach the problems and issues.
We as a community need to roll up our sleeves and address these issues in our valley as they’re not going away any time soon.
Maybe the safe surrender law should receive much more publicity so this type of incident doesn’t occur.
People should care about homeless. Cracking jokes and being yourself will never fix the problem.
Blame it to the drugs.
Antonio Flores
In a tree??????
I seriously don’t know how you can defend this woman. I don’t know her, but I DO know enough to know that what she did was horrible. It doesn’t take anyone with a college degree to know having a baby in a wash and the abandoning it is wrong. Scared or not, she LEFT the child and the homeless man called the police. Thank god he did, because this was very close to a murder charge…..
Crystal Marie Teran
Is very sad
Praise God that the good people left in the SCV community rescued this baby and will hopefully get this woman the help she needs. None of us on this thread have room to judge her poor soul for we have no idea her mental health, how she conceived that baby, or what it is like in anyway to be homeless and stuggling that much. Pray for her to get healthy, physically and mentally. Maybe try humbling your quick to judge opinions and just spread a little love.
???? birth control !!!!! No excuses stupid woman
Maybe she was raped.
oh, but it was her fault right, she deserved it? Gosh.
Shut up and keep your rude comments you can’t call someone stupid or judge them if u don’t know what their history is or went through!!!!!!!!
Ivonne Calderon
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Danny Slimm D Cabrera
Dumb girl
Please don’t look for the Mom, give this baby to someone who wants a baby and will Love it ?
She is homeles and addicted to drugs. She is clearly not in her right state of mind and terrified, I’m sure. I feel for both her and the baby. Praying for a healthy baby and for her to check herself into a rehab program.
Claudia Duran Claudia Ortiz
Sera de la muchacha que miraste Silvia Gabriela Esteban Zepeda
Jessica Sachs Stop judging and start loving :)
Veronica Ball
I hope that poor baby is okay and will grow up in a good home ?
Renee Branson Underwood
Ya…we saw a couple yesterday walking on Via Princessa and the woman looked very pregnant! Could of been them…idk.
Saw this on the news. WTF is wrong with people????? Go to a fire station or hospital and drop the baby there. So sad.
I know seriously….the helicopters were hovering over us for an hour….really sad!
Go to the fire Department for help and give baby up there.
Omg sera la que me dijiste?
this woman knew help was on the way.she could have turned the baby over to any of the emergency personnel but she chose to be a coward and run.thank god the baby is doing good.i hope they through the book at her.
You people love to argue with one another. Homelessness happens. Rape happens. No prenatal care happens. But abandonment should never happen. If it wasn’t for the person she handed the baby to, who called 911 & the fast response team…the baby would be dead.
How does anybody do that???!!!?
Heard the Helicopters over my house :(
I think i know who this might be, I’ve seen her around for the last several weeks, even smoking cigarettes while walking around the parking lot back and forth, not exactly sure what she was doing since there’s like almost nothing in the shopping center but its close to the wash
I’ve seen her too right next to the liquor store by the Wash.. So sad
Sad situation all the way around. The woman is obviously mentally ill. Too bad she did not have anywhere to go for help.
I hope she puts the baby up for adoption. There are so many couples who would love to shower this baby with love and affection.
Sounds like mental issues
Hopefully the baby is not addicted to heroine
I wish I had been there to help her.
Dianna, you are the only person to speak of helping her; you have shown your humanity and compassion.
The very sad part is that just two weeks ago I did meet this girl and offered her help. She refused. I offered to help find her shelter ” if I find you a place to go, will you?” She wasn’t going to leave the neighbor where her ” boyfriend” was. So the best I could do was get her food and water.
Good get that baby away from her loser of a mom and give her to a way more appropriate and deserving family and everyone can spare me the cry baby comments of how dare I not be more sympathetic. It’s not rocket science to know leaving an innocent newborn in a wash is an ok thing to do.
Regardless of how the mother found herself in whatever circumstances, there is NO EXCUSE for abandoning a newborn in the wash. We have plenty of churches, hospitals and fire stations ready and able to take the baby. No questions asked and no crime committed.
Go to a fire station or a hospital. Just leave the kid there.
Cinthia Jimenez
Heartbreaking Situation For Both The Mother & Child. We Live In A Sad Sick World. God Bless Us All ?? Monique Lucas
Sad all around
Tanya Stuart- Cardenas maybe you can foster?
I’m pretty sure this is the same woman that was in an article a few weeks ago. High on heroine and pregnant. Wouldn’t expect anything more from her. I pray the baby finds a good home.
Tf
So sad, hope both are being helped.
This is truly disgusting behavior the fact that people are standing up for this woman is disgusting also you’re seriously asking me to love someone who left a baby in the wash and hid in a tree I understand that not all pregnancies are planned and neither is homelessness but leave a defenseless baby in a wash in sympathy or compassion for the mother who hid in a tree is just wrong I don’t see anyone saying love the deceased child have compassion for the deceased child anyway you slice it it’s wrong this is the exact reason why we have a safe baby drop off implemented in this country there’s no reason why this baby should have been left and if you support the mother shame on you you’re just as disgusting as her actions
This is truly disgusting behavior the fact that people are standing up for this woman is disgusting also you’re seriously asking me to love someone who left a baby in the wash and hid in a tree I understand that not all pregnancies are planned and neither is homelessness but leave a defenseless baby in a wash in sympathy or compassion for the mother who hid in a tree is just wrong I don’t see anyone saying love the deceased child have compassion for the deceased child anyway you slice it it’s wrong this is the exact reason why we have a safe baby drop off implemented in this country there’s no reason why this baby should have been left and if you support the mother shame on you you’re just as disgusting as her actions
Watched the helicopter land twice during that whole thing….
She lives in the wash and obviously has problems. I am shocked by some of the comments I read on this story. Have some compassion. I know this is Santa Clarita but everything isn’t wrapped up in a pretty bow. Did some people expect the responders would show up and the mother would be holding her new baby in a beautiful blanket cradling it and singing a lullaby? I saw a story last week and the authorities here were aware there were two homeless pregnant woman in the wash. Sounds like this was a desperate situation. I feel really bad for both the mother and baby. They deserve a better Life…they are HUMANS!!! ?
This all assuming she has the MENTAL CAPACITY to understand how babies are made. What birth is. What a baby is. And what to do with one.
She could have the body of a 30 year old and the mental capacity of a 6 year old.
In which case she could not have ever consented to sex in the first place and would mean she was raped.
She still could have been raped even if she has the mental capacity
Wondering why officers didn’t see a pregnant woman when they were clearing homeless encampments last week.
Another reason abortion needs to (and will always) stay legal.
Karlee Mariee
If a woman is homeless I highly doubt she is going to figure out a way mentally or physically to abandon her baby at a fire station… We don’t know her story. I am always happy with these moms for abandoning rather than killing their newborns which sooooooo many do for various reasons. It’s a blessing that the baby is safe and I hope the mom is okay too.
Miko Borja Leisha Vilette
It’s gonna be haunted soon!
Rosy Selena Bloom Vanessa Bloom
It’s sad that this woman is charged with a crime when abortion doctors do this all the time when a baby survives an abortion.
God bless them and see they get help.
This girl is a full blown junkie. She has many kids all who have been taken away from drugs…the sad thing is that she wants drugs and will do anything for them..getting pregnant was just a side effect of that addiction..she doesn’t want help..just meth..
1 month ago a friend posted here on fb inquiring if anyone knew of resources to get her help. I spent half a day tracking down the names of places for shelter and medical care. She refused all help. She is apparently a meth addict and this isn’t her first baby. She’s a seriously broken person consumed by addiction.
How kind of you to try and help her. Is there anything authorities can do to intervene? I guess not. That seems wrong.
She didn’t leave the baby in the dirt she handed the baby to the person who was on the phone with 911. How do you people making the nasty comments live with yourselves ? I bet you all go to church on Sundays . Hypocritical all of you.
Terri, not all Christians are judgemental. I’m a Christian & have prayed for this young lady & the baby ever since I read the story. I truly hope she is shown compassion & gets the help she needs (medical, emotional, mental, financial, etc) & the baby as well. And abortion is NEVER the answer either.
Terri, not all Christians are judgemental. I’m a Christian & have prayed for this young lady & the baby ever since I read the story. I truly hope she is shown compassion & gets the help she needs (medical, emotional, mental, financial, etc) & the baby as well. And abortion is NEVER the answer either.
Itss Leo
Very sad story. I hope she gets help and the baby has a good home. And for any people making hateful comments, good luck in life.
Bless them both and I hope the woman finds the love and support to change her life.
Thank god the baby got in good hands !! When there are other babys that don’t even make it !! She or he had her guardian angel ? may God help her one day with her mistakes!!
It sounds to me like she made sure someone else she knew was calling 911 to come get the baby. In a sense, surrendering her child in a safe way to the Sheriff’s dept.
She might have been afraid that the baby would test positive to drugs in the hospital and she knew that could lead to her arrest.
Not the best set of decisions. she could have had the baby in the hospital and given her up there and just faced her charges. But someone in the clutches of drug addiction is not usually making the best decisions. I pray for both mother and child that their future lives are better together or separate.
Not the best set of decisions. she could have had the baby in the hospital and given her up there and just faced her charges. But someone in the clutches of drug addiction is not usually making the best decisions. I pray for both mother and child that their future lives are better together or separate.