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Blue Shadows hits the jackpot
Blue Shadows Mounted Drill Team was crowned Junior Division Western States Champion at the Reno Rodeo at the end of June.
AAUW honors 10 scholarship recipients
"It was the best experience of my life!" said one of the American Association of University Women's Tech Trek alumna.
Diana Shaw: Cheney is the gift that keeps on giving
Really. Dick Cheney is the gift that keeps on giving. The other day I asked a friend to suggest a subject for this column. I was surprised when my friend answered, "Write about Dick Cheney." I thought Cheney's grand TV tour to reinvent the concept of torture was old news. Ah, my friend reported, the new topic du jour is Cheney's purported instruction to the CIA to conceal yet-to-be-revealed intelligence activities from Congress for eight ...
Save our smog?
In response to Brian Baker's July 13 letter ("Climate change hysteria") and Bob Comer's July 14 letter ("Global warming scam"):
LandSource to emerge from Chapter 11
MIAMI, July 20, 2009 (PRNewswire-FirstCall) -- Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN and LEN.B) announced today that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. has confirmed the plan of reorganization for LandSource Communities Development LLC.
Pedestrian struck by car; in critical condition
A 16-year-old boy was struck by a car while crossing Bouquet Canyon Road north of Newhall Ranch Road Monday afternoon, and is in critical condition, according to a news release from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
Deputies go to summer school for special training
School may be out for thousands of Santa Clarita Valley youth, but that doesn't stop Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies from working hard in the summer heat to ensure the safety of the students when they do return to classes this fall. As part of an ongoing effort to ensure deputies from the station are trained and prepared to immediately respond to any emergency on or around our school campuses in the Santa Clarita ...
VIDEO UPDATE: NASA marks 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 moon mission
HOUSTON -- NASA is providing a unique audio "time capsule" in observance of the 40th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon 40 years ago today on July 20, 1969.
Gordon Waller of '60s pop duo Peter and Gordon dies at 64
HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) - Gordon Waller of the pop duo Peter and Gordon, who were part of the 1960s British Invasion and had a string of hits including several written by their friend Paul McCartney, has died. He was 64. Waller died Friday at The William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut, nursing supervisor Nity Oris confirmed Monday. The duo's Web site says Waller, who lived in Ledyard, Conn., went into cardiac arrest Thursday night. ...
Weste honored with Women in Business leadership award
City of Santa Clarita Mayor Pro-Tem Laurene Weste is the recipient of the "Government Leadership Award" for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal's 2009 Women in Business Awards.
City hosts meeting about commuter express to NoHo
The city of Santa Clarita Transit will host a free informational workshop about the new 757 NoHo Commuter Express to North Hollywood on Tuesday, July 21, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall.
‘Reggae Bash’ to celebrate Newhall Bicycle Company’s 5th anniversary
The Newhall Bicycle Company will host its 5th annual "Reggae Bash" on Saturday, July 25 at the store located at 24343 Railroad Avenue at the corner of 8th Street, across the street from the Newhall Metrolink Station. Admission is free to the celebration, which begins at 7:30 a.m. with a family friendly bike ride. At 11:30 a.m. the party starts back at the bike shop.
Environment the focus of city study session Tuesday
The city of Santa Clarita will host a Planning Commission Study Session on local environmental sustainability issues. The meeting will be held in City Hall's first floor in the Century Room on Tuesday, July 21 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Victim airlifted to Holy Cross
A victim who was ejected from a vehicle as a result of a crash Saturday night on San Francisquito Canyon Road was airlifted to Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, according to California Highway Patrol officials.
Sand Canyon plane crash victims identified
The two victims of Saturday's plane crash in Sand Canyon have been identified as 45-year-old Anthony Crippen, of Pacific Palisades, and 43-year-old Ronald Weiss, of Encino, according to the Los Angeles County Department of the Coroner.
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Feds take over Calif. high-risk insurance program
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - About 17,000 Californians with serious medical problems will be moved from a state-run stopgap health insurance program to a federal plan starting in July, ensuring they will have no break in medical coverage until the national health care reforms kick in next year, state officials announced this week.
Calif. sends rescue workers to Okla. tornado site
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is sending six specially trained urban search-and-rescue workers to Oklahoma to assist recovery efforts after Monday's tornado.
Point Mugu park reopening many areas after fire
CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) - Many areas of sprawling Point Mugu State Park that have been off-limits since this month's big wildfire on the outskirts of Camarillo and Thousand Oaks will reopen in time for the Memorial Day weekend.
Teachers credited with saving students in Okla.
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - The principal's voice came on over the intercom at Plaza Towers Elementary School: A severe storm was approaching and students were to go to the cafeteria and wait for their parents to pick them up.
Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Tuesday to keep a $400 million annual cut - or roughly a half of 1 percent - to the food stamp program as part of a major five-year farm bill.
Dog day afternoon: dress your pooch for the beach
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Here's a rule that only applies to dog beaches: they are all clothing optional.
Arias asks for life in prison
PHOENIX (AP) - Jodi Arias begged jurors Tuesday to give her life in prison, saying she "lacked perspective" when she told a local reporter in an interview that she preferred execution to spending the rest of her days in jail.
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 20, 2013
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Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 15, 2013
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Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 14, 2013
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Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 13, 2013
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Photo gallery from Okla. tornado
These are just a few of the images from the Oklahoma City area which was devastated Monday by a huge tornado.
Power of Okla. tornado dwarfs Hiroshima bomb
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 21, 2013
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