The fixings by the fix-it shop

The spirit of giving shut down Main Street Thursday. What began five years ago as a Thanksgiving Day dinner at the back of a Newhall bike shop mushroomed to embrace more than a thousand people this Thanksgiving Day, shutting down Main Street in Newhall to traffic for a couple of hours. A simple one or two plates of turkey and mashed potatoes shared back in 2006 evolved this year into a food line stretching down ...

A grateful gathering

Before Don Ferguson tucked into his Thanksgiving Day dinner of mashed potatoes and turkey at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, two boys on the Valencia High School football team sat down at his table.

Giving thanks for the place they call home

VAL VERDE - Thanksgiving in Val Verde has a lot to do with thanking the children who give back to their community.

Help for those in need of food — or just company

Roger Hasper loves to feed people. On Thanksgiving Day, as he's done every year for the past five years, he's expecting to feed more people than he's ever fed before. "Every year, it doubles," he said. "Last year, we saw about 450 people - so we're looking at nine-ish (hundred) this year." On Thursday, he and a small band of community helpers will be serving up Thanksgiving dinner to whoever wants one beginning at about ...

Agency fined for ‘chronic’ problems

The state department responsible for delivering water to Santa Clarita Valley from Northern California has been charged $33,000 for discharging muddy, greasy water from Pyramid Lake, officials said Monday.

Chief’s suicide under scrutiny

VENTURA - A Los Angeles County Fire Department chief who committed suicide in a Ventura County parking lot last month may have been under investigation for contract irregularities, a Ventura County coroner's official confirmed.

Heavy rains flood Southland freeways

Heavy rains contributed to a freeway crash near Magic Mountain Parkway on Saturday that sent four people to hospital with minor injuries.

The show must, and does, go on — for 24 hours

"Watch me pull an all-nighter out of my hat." That's the claim magician Lincoln Bond pressed into action Friday afternoon when he embarked on a bid to break the world record for the longest continual magic show. At 4 p.m. Saturday, Bond received a standing ovation from about 50 people - including pensioners with white hair and preschoolers in pigtails - when he made his last handkerchief disappear at the 24-hour mark. Despite the rain, ...

Boutique to benefit Valencia High choir

Some might expect Valencia High School choir students to sing for their dinner if they embarked on any sort of fundraising.

County kills small projects

Regional planners pulled the plug Tuesday on permits to build close to a dozen houses on at least 10 lots across Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys.

A family of veterans

All around the room at the Belcaro Community Grove House on Thursday were photos of smiling young Americans.

A man and his Huey

Chief Warrant Officer Thomas Whitlock Jones folds up a crease-battered map of Vietnam that drapes his kitchen table in Canyon Country.

SCV plans veterans tributes

The little drummer boy statue at Veterans Historical Plaza has been getting a lot of visitors in recent weeks, and on Veterans Day, it is surely not going to be alone.

Local fire chief commits suicide

A Valencia family is mourning the self-inflicted shooting death of the man who built Santa Clarita Valley's fire stations.

Scooter-rider recovering from collision

A 25-year-old man remained hospitalized in fair condition on Monday after being hit by a pickup truck late Friday night.

Former SCV family mourns murdered mother

The children of a former Valencia High School educator shot and killed in Woodland Hills on Valentine's Day are struggling with "the worst thing" imaginable as they make funeral arrangements for their mother.

Pilot’s license suspended twice in past 10 years

A veteran Hollywood stunt helicopter pilot killed in a chopper crash in Acton earlier this month had his flying license suspended twice in the last 10 years, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said Tuesday.

Local educator found slain on Valentine's Day

A former Valencia High School educator was shot and killed in Woodland Hills on Valentine's Day and her daughter arrested in Oregon eight hours after the body was discovered, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

Helmet saves a life