Santa Clarita Pool opens new lap swim program

The City of Santa Clarita is offering an additional lap swim class at the Santa Clarita Pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

CTA president visits Newhall school district

California Teachers Association President David Sanchez is visiting Newhall School district schools today to discuss the role of the union in the face of state budget cuts.

Car chase ends in Sylmar

Witnesses said a man in a red SUV nearly ran them over as he evaded Los Angeles County Sheriff's squad cars at the Valencia Town Center Tuesday evening.

Legacy hosts open house

Legacy Christian Academy will host a Junior High Open House this from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at 27680 Dickason Dr. in Valencia.

COC awaits accreditation

College of the Canyons officials expect the accreditation status for the community college to be ready within the next couple of weeks.

Newhall library hosts musical journey

Newhall Library invites all families with school-age children to attend "We Shall Overcome," - a free program presenting a musical journey through African-American history - from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 at Newhall Library, 22704 West 9th Street.

Phil Rizzo: Take a role in philanthropy

If ever there was a time for all of us to participate in philanthropy, this is it. What better way to support President Obama's call for individual sacrifice, personal responsibility and acknowledgement of the pain others may be suffering? There's a lot of need out there. You do not have to be rich to give. The best approach is to employ your intuition. What is it that moves you, that hits your heart? My wife ...

Canyon keeps hold of league

With five minutes remaining in the first half of Tuesday night's boys soccer game between Valencia and Canyon, both offenses lit up the scoreboard.

Year of the Ox

Clarifying the Proposition 8 debate

I'm writing this in the hope that it will clarify both sides of the Prop 8. debate. Those who believe in the God of the Bible don't hate gays. They are our brothers and sisters whom we love.

Response to Dan Walters

Dan Walters' article "California is incapacitated" (Jan. 17) is right on. Yes, we need a constitutional convention in California. I was closely involved in the effort to create a Constitutional Revision Commission in 1993, but saw the Wilson administration's bipartisan commission's work shot down by politicians who lack vision and feared for their own hides. Our state constitution, modeled on that of Iowa in 1879, has been amended more than 500 times and is a ...

New World Dance Team spins victory

The New World Dance Team competed in the American Street Dance Championships at the Los Angeles convention center Saturday and Sunday.

RNs to hold candlelight vigil

Registered nurses who are members of the California Nurses Association and National Nurse Organizing Committee will hold a candlelight vigil from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight on the sidewalk in front of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital.

Your Community: Upcoming Events

Hot Wheels exhibit in Santa Paula The California Oil Museum will be showing "Hot Wheels: 40 years of Playing and Collecting" through Feb. 17. Exhibit available for viewing Wednesday-Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: $4/adults, $3/seniors, $1/youth and free for members. 1001 E. Main St., Santa Paula. Info: (805) 933-0076. Farmer's Market at COC parking lot The Santa Clarita Farmer's Market is held every Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the College ...

Kenneth W. Keller: Creating your business action plan

There is tremendous uncertainty among business owners these days. The confidence of many is shattered and for many others, it is wavering, on the verge of being broken.

Lawsuits filed against Calif.'s Delta Plan

FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Environmental and fishing groups have filed a lawsuit against a broad, long-range plan to manage the ailing Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Supervisor reminds residents: Fireworks illegal in L.A. County

In anticipation of a high-danger fire season Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich reminds residents preparing to celebrate the Fourth of July, that fireworks of any kind are illegal in Los Angeles County unincorporated communities and in many of its 88 cities.

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LA doctor not guilty of secret video recording

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles plastic surgeon who appeared on TV's "The Doctors" has been found not guilty of secretly making video recordings of patients who undressed for examinations.

Hathaway fire 67 percent contained

BANNING, Calif. (AP) - The Hathaway wildfire in the San Bernardino Mountains north of Banning is now 67 percent contained.

State’s L.A. Civic Center Parcel Sold to City of Los Angeles

Sacramento, Calif. – The California Department of General Services (DGS) today announced the successful sale of the state's Los Angeles Civic Center parcel. The approximately 1.9 acre surplus state property, located at 1st St. and Broadway, was sold to the City of Los Angeles for approximately $7.5 million. The Los Angeles City Board of Recreation and Parks plans to turn the property into a park, as it currently sits adjacent to "Grand Park" in Los ...

Federal agents search land linked to Hoffa case

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Federal agents revived the hunt for the remains of Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa on Monday as they searched a field in suburban Detroit.

Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, June 17, 2013

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Court: Ariz. citizenship proof law illegal

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot on their own require would-be voters to prove they are U.S. citizens before using a federal registration system designed to make signing up easier.

Police chief takes criminals to task online

KENT, Ohio (AP) - If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in for a social media scolding from police Chief David Oliver and some of his small department's 49,000 Facebook fans.

Miss Connecticut wins Miss USA contest in Vegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A 25-year-old accountant from Connecticut with a secret glamorous side is the new Miss USA.

Apple reveals requests for information

NEW YORK (AP) - Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests from U.S. law enforcement for customer data for the six months ended in May.

IRS supervisor in DC scrutinized tea party cases

WASHINGTON (AP) - An Internal Revenue Service supervisor in Washington says she was personally involved in scrutinizing some of the earliest applications from tea party groups seeking tax-exempt status, including some requests that languished for more than a year without action.

Steady rain falls as crews work against Colo. fire

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - With evacuees anxious to return, firefighters worked Sunday to dig up and extinguish hot spots to protect homes spared by the most destructive wildfire in Colorado's history.

Kathryn Lopez: Semantic gymnastics rationalize abortion

t a recent Thursday-morning press conference, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi was asked to explain the moral difference between the 20-week-old babies whom Dr. Kermit Gosnell killed in his Philadelphia clinic and the unborn children that legislation sponsored by Arizona Republican Rep. Trent Franks would help protect.