Archive By Author - Luke Money
Sheriff’s response times slower in unincorporated areas
Sheriff's Department emergency response time is slower in unincorporated areas than in contract cities, a situation brought on, in part, by budget cuts that totaled more than $360 million in the last three years, officials say.
LAHSA to do homeless head count
The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority will conduct its biennial head count of the county's homeless population this week, culminating in a Thursday visit to the Santa Clarita Valley.
Supervisors vote 4-1 to support assault weapons ban
Los Angeles County supervisors voted 4-1 Tuesday to give support to California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's proposed assault weapons ban.
Special-needs hockey team takes to ice for fundraiser, first game
Members of Santa Clarita's special-needs hockey team took to the ice Saturday, first for a team fundraiser and then for their first-ever game.
Castaic school naming set for spring
The William S. Hart Union High School District hopes to have a name selected for the Castaic-area high school in the next few months.
School districts ponder Brown’s spending plan
While Gov. Jerry Brown has said his proposed budget will be a statewide boon for education, local district officials are still unsure whether they will be winners or losers should his proposal go into effect.
UPDATE: One dead, two injured in crash
One person died and two others were injured Saturday night in a two-car collision near the intersection of Sierra Highway and Davenport Road, a California Highway Patrol official confirmed.
Canyon Country man plies his pipes
For more than 40 years, Chris Carson has known being a piper was his bag. And even now, the Canyon Country resident says he has a certain passion for the bagpipes. Carson was inspired to pick up the instrument as a teenager after his older brother began playing. And with an older brother who played and Irish ancestors on both sides of his family, it might be easy to say the instrument is in Carson's ...
SCV school districts ponder Brown’s spending plan
While Gov. Jerry Brown has said his proposed budget will be a statewide boon for education, local district officials are still unsure whether they will be winners or losers should his proposal go into effect.
New Central Park sports fields planned in Saugus
The city of Santa Clarita is working to bring a dream of two new fields at Central Park closer to reality, a city officials say.
Suspect to be charged in Newhall stabbing murder
A Newhall resident faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Franco Olea, who was stabbed to death on Dec. 2.
Santa Clarita City Council race expands to a possible 6
The next race for Santa Clarita City Council - slated for more than 14 months from now - swung into high gear Thursday as another challenger said she would run, two more said they were thinking about it and two sitting council members said they would seek to retain their seats.
Mercado-Fortine to run for City Council
Longtime William S. Hart Union High School District board member Gloria Mercado-Fortine announced Wednesday that she plans to seek a seat on the Santa Clarita City Council next year.
Emblem Elementary to reopen in the fall
Emblem Elementary School will have a new look, a new emphasis, a new principal and potentially a new name when it opens its doors for the 2013-2014 school year.
UPDATE: Saugus Union votes to reopen Emblem next school year
Emblem Elementary School will have a new look, a new emphasis, a new principal and potentially a new name when it opens its doors for the 2013-2014 school year.
Articles By Author - Luke Money
Santa Clarita City Council OKs live-work-commercial center
Members of the Santa Clarita City Council voted this week to approve a 315-home residential and commercial development off Soledad Canyon Road near the city's main Metrolink station.
Santa Clarita moving forward with new annexation
The Santa Clarita City Council voted this week to move forward with what one official called the "last in a pipeline" of annexations over the past several years.
Castaic: Man sought in armed robbery of fast-food restaurant
A man was being sought today for stealing several hundred dollars and brandishing a pistol during a robbery at a Castaic fast-food restaurant.
City approves ‘Habitat for Heroes’ project
To a round of applause from the audience, members of the Santa Clarita City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to move forward with a residential development project for veterans and their families within the city.
‘Mayor Dude’ comes under fire
In a move longtime Santa Clarita City Councilman Frank Ferry likened to "poking the tiger," Councilman TimBen Boydston on Tuesday night questioned the legality of a 2009 city advertising campaign dubbed "Mayor Dude."
UPDATE: Supervisors OK funding for unincorporated-area sheriff’s patrols
Los Angeles County supervisors agreed Tuesday to fund more Sheriff's Department patrols in unincorporated areas, a bid to close the gap between response times in county areas not inside cities and response time in areas within cities.
Saugus students have a field day in math competition
About 180 of the best and brightest mathematical minds in the Saugus Union School District gathered at Plum Canyon Elementary School for a number-crunching competition last weekend.
400 possible new homes on agenda
Members of the Santa Clarita City Council will decide Tuesday whether to move ahead with a pair of development projects that would add more than 400 new homes in the center of the city.
Music teacher hanging up the baton
Randy Gilpin walked with a confident stride around the band room at Rancho Pico Junior High School on Friday.
‘Bella the cat’ case continues
Los Angeles County officials are continuing to investigate the death of a cat some say was wrongly euthanized at the Castaic Animal Shelter in February.
Construction to break out all over Hart district campuses
Summer break is shaping up to be a busy building season for the William S. Hart Union High School District.
Newhall church uses car wash to urge people to ‘pay it forward’
The message Saturday was "pay it forward," and members of New Life in His Presence church weren't just delivering that message, they were living it - by way of a car wash.
Castaic high school opening may be delayed to 2016
The opening date for the long-planned Castaic-area high school may be pushed back to 2016, despite plans to open it a year earlier.
Some students question COC financial aid fees
The financial aid system at College of the Canyons has been in place for less than a year, but some members of the school's student government are questioning the fees that go along with it.
Thousands of students sign on to use Canyons email addresses
A little more than 9,000 College of the Canyons students are active users of the college's relatively new email system, a college official said Wednesday.
