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2010 graduations: Saugus High, grateful and giving
Saugus High's class of 2010 entered the College of Canyons' Cougar Stadium as Centurions on Thursday evening and departed as graduates, ready to take on an unknown world of new relationships, challenges and feats.
Roundup: SCV honors fallen heroes Memorial Day weekend
Santa Clarita Valley residents will have plenty of opportunities to honor U.S. servicemen this Memorial Day weekend, including a special tribute at the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday to local servicemen killed in action.
Carl Diekman, a decorated veteran who lives in Canyon Country, reflects on 'real heroes'
Every year as Trevor Diekman's birthday approaches, he's forced to wonder what was going through his father's mind in the days leading up to Feb. 19, 1945. That was the day Diekman's father, Carl Diekman, along with the U.S. Marines Fifth Division, invaded Iwo Jima. Trevor Diekman was born exactly 21 years later on Feb. 19, 1966. "On the 16th (of February), I start thinking what was going through my pop's mind," Trevor Diekman said. ...
Rabbi explores new visions
He launched Santa Clarita Valley's first Hebrew-language charter school, one of only a few nationwide. He helped cast the vision for the SCV's first Jewish community center. If Mark Blazer wasn't a rabbi, he might have been an explorer. As he puts it, he likes to "keep things new and fresh." "Part of it is wanting to undertake new things that are uncharted," he said. "I have a drive to do things that have never ...
Keepsake cards, created by kids
Father's Day was approaching and Sandra Mitchell posed the expected question to her 5-year-old daughter, "What would you like to do for dad?"
2010 Graduations: West Ranch High's rigor and relevance
The name-shouting and applause was instantaneous, as hundreds of graduating Wildcats donning blue robes and gold robes filed on to the field at College of the Canyons' Cougar Stadium.
Local doctors treat Haiti quake victims
Dr. Peter Kim recalled cradling a 9-day-old infant in his arms earlier this year. He held the child inside an open tent, one of several make-shift medical offices erected in Leogane, Haiti to help hundreds of injured or ailing people waiting outside a fallen leprosy clinic. He pressed a stethoscope against the baby's chest. "Where's mommy?" the doctor asked the baby's father. "Mommy died," the Haitian man said. A slab of concrete had fallen on ...
The man behind the screens
For four consecutive days each year, all major American television networks descend upon New York City.
New herd for Gentle Barn
The Gentle Barn Foundation is preparing to take possession of 60 cows - and it finds itself in need of a few more barns.
Woman who leapt from bridge identified
Coroner's officials on Monday identified a 35-year-old Canyon Country woman who apparently jumped out of her brother's moving car, scaled a fence and fell about 200 feet from the Whites Canyon Road bridge to her death.
Officials identify woman who leaped from bridge
Coroner's officials today identified the woman who jumped to her death from the Whites Canyon bridge in Canyon Country.
Community Faith Calendar
Jewish Food Festival Who: Event sponsored by Temple Beth Ami and open to the community What: The second Santa Clarita Valley Jewish Food Festival comes to Bridgeport Marketplace. More than 20 vendors offering a diverse selection of Jewish delicacies will attend. The festival will also feature art, a bouncy house, photo booth, face-painting, crafts and live music. Children admitted free; adult admission is $5. A non-perishable grocery item donation can be exchanged for a two-for-one ...
‘Helping Hands’ having fun
They were given 2 miles of curb to paint, and instead, they painted 6. They assembled picnic tables, slapped on new color coats for restrooms and organized food for the hungry. That was just part of a day of community service for nearly 900 local Mormons gathered at Castaic Lake, Canyon Country Park and the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry on Saturday. Sixteen local congregations from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints participated, ...
Pick the perfect summer camp
Elizabeth Johnson's 12-year-old son Graham is into computers and engineering experiments.
Canyon High choir wins first place at a cappella festival
A Canyon High School choir group sang their way to a $1,700 first-place cash prize at a recent a cappella festival.
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