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AT&T Champions Classic: Quick facts 2
Santa Clarita Valley golf fans, local residents and an international entourage of professional golfers and media converge on Valencia Country Club Monday through Sunday for the AT&T Champions Classic Golf tournament.
Starting from scratch
Sue Emerson of Valencia is a self-described "hope-aholic," but she admits that losing her job in January has taken a toll on her emotions and psyche.
Community scrapbook: Paulina Johnson
Scot Schaeffer, Luther College vice president for enrollment management, has announced that Paulina Johnson, of Santa Clarita, has been accepted for admission for the 2009-2010 academic year to Luther College. Johnson received a Regent Scholarship.
Community scrapbook: Chad Smith
Chad Smith of Santa Clarita was named a finalist during the third round of qualifying auditions of Karaoke Magazine's SongBurst 2009, a karaoke-style competition being held at and sponsored by the Orange County Market Place in Costa Mesa. He competed with 35 other singers during the qualifier held Saturday, Feb. 28 and will now compete for the top spot and cash awards during the finals on Saturday, March 21, also held at the weekend swap ...
SCV goes ‘South by Southwest’ times two
If it's true that the world is a stage and all of its people are the players, then Mike Ott, 32, and Jason Tippet, 22, of Valencia, are its directors.
Our View: Bolde and life in the fishbowl at Saugus High
It had Jon Stewart (or Jay Leno, for you retiring baby boomers) written all over it: A Saugus High School senior who graduated early and joined the Marines was told he can't go through his high school graduation ceremony in his dress blues - in Santa Clarita! Say it ain't so. Surely that sort of thing can't happen in this red-white-and-blue enclave where every Fourth of July parade draws huge crowds and every partisan office ...
Ken Pulskamp: Santa Clarita pursues stimulus money
When the Depression of the 1930s gripped our country's economy, FDR's "New Deal" brought forth funding for nationwide infrastructure projects that has yet to be repeated.
Jerry Gladbach: the Santa Clarita Valley water-supply stimulus package
As the water equivalent of a recession deepens, we at the Castaic Lake Water Agency are looking ahead into 2009 and expecting we'll dip into our reserves.
Barker - Newlen wedding announcement
Laura Elizabeth Barker, of Saugus, and Jeffrey Wayne Newlen II, of Saugus, were married in a double-ring ceremony Nov. 29 at the McDonald's residence in Valencia.
Garrett - Davis engagement announcement
Stanley Garrett, of Valencia, and Joan Giovanni, of Tempe, Ariz., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Therese Garrett to Robert "Rob" Davis.
In the service: Christopher Crone
Navy Seaman Apprentice Christopher M. Crone, son of Anne M. Sandon, of Castaic, and Patrick M. Crone, of Castaic, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training and was meritoriously promoted to his current rank of Navy Seaman Apprentice at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
Your Community: Dates to watch
March 13 The Brittany Foundation will host a "Comedy for Canines" fundraiser at 8 p.m. March 13 at JR's Comedy Club in Valencia. Tickets are $20. Info: Michelle Sathe, (661) 242-1812, sathewords@yahoo.com. March 14 The Knights of Columbus will sponsor the 29th annual 5K run at 9 a.m. at the west end of Pico Canyon Road in Mentryville. Entry forms are available in the Runners Lane show store on Bouquet Canyon Road in ...
No Medicaid for millionaires
The more I learn about the president's fast-tracked economic stimulus plan, the more outraged I become.
Pass on to ‘Buck'
Mr. McKeon: I write this as I finish reading the article in this morning's Signal ("Dems chide McKeon," Feb. 26) about your opposition to the Obama stimulus package.
Stimulus outrage
The so-called stimulus legislation passed by Congress is only stimulating rashness, rushing and riskiness!
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UPDATE: Body found in rubble of KC explosion
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The mayor of Kansas City says search crews have found a body in the rubble of a Kansas City restaurant destroyed by an explosion.
In fact-based films, how much fiction is OK?
NEW YORK (AP) - The scene: Tehran's Mehrabad airport, January 1980. Six U.S. diplomats, disguised as a fake sci-fi film crew, are about to fly to freedom with their CIA escorts. But suddenly there's a moment of panic in what had been a smooth trip through the airport.
US ready to strike back against China cyberattacks
WASHINGTON (AP) - As public evidence mounts that the Chinese military is responsible for stealing massive amounts of U.S. government data and corporate trade secrets, the Obama administration is eyeing fines and other trade actions it may take against Beijing or any other country guilty of cyberespionage.
14 hurt in Kansas City gas blast, fire
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A gas explosion that sparked a massive, block-engulfing blaze in an upscale Kansas City shopping district injured 14 people, a city official said Tuesday evening, adding it is believed that an accident by a utility contractor may have caused the blast.
Emblem Academy open house today
Parents, prospective students and interested community members are invited to attend one of two open house events at Emblem Academy tonight.
'Every 15 Minutes' event set for Hart High School
Officials from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station, city of Santa Clarita and Hart High School will partner to stage the latest "Every 15 Minutes" event Thursday.
License compliance check in Acton
Officers from the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control will be in Acton today checking to ensure animals are up to date on their rabies vaccinations and that residents are complying with state licensing requirements.
Gary Horton: Life can be a sound track by the B-52’s
It's sometime in the late 1980s and our family and friends are piled inside our Ford cruiser van heading off to a family ski trip to Lake Tahoe - or to a Boy Scout boating trip at Lake Mead - or some other fun teen-friendly vacation destination.
Today in the SCV: Wednesday, Feb. 20
Today in the SCV
