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Bob Kellar: Ensuring homeowner safety, one permit at a time
Did you know that last year the city of Santa Clarita issued more than 3,400 construction permits, ranging from multimillion-dollar shopping centers and office buildings to small homeowner projects, such as patio covers and water heater replacements?
Jim Walker: When the tongue needs a torque wrench
Anyone who has ever worked on a car engine has cranked at least one bolt, one turn too many. You get it nice and tight, just right, actually, but some defect in your psyche insists, "Give it one more turn, just to be sure." And, though your rational mind is screaming "Don't do it, boy!" and you feel that old familiar buzzing moving up the back of your neck, warning of impending doom, your hands ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Elegance and sophistication for fashion show
All the excitement of a royal fashion show arrives close to home for Santa Clarita Valley residents Oct. 23 as the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Guild presents its 27th annual Fashion Show at the Sheraton Universal Hotel with featured designer Lourdes Chavez. Chavez is famed for her elegant and sophisticated creations often worn by Hollywood's most famous stars.
Marsha McLean: City uses social media to connect residents
We live in a world transformed by social technologies. The growth of social media, such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, have changed the way people communicate, learn about news, share information and connect with friends.
Jim Walker: Self-descriptions in seven letters or fewer
Each of us has an innate need to be known by others, and others have an innate need to label us. It just helps organize the world. For example, there was a time when your surname really meant something. You know, like when "Johnson" meant the "son of John" and the world you interacted with was so small it knew only one John, so thereby knew only you as his son. (And, no, your idiot ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Remembering 9/11 in the Santa Clarita Valley
Everyone remembers where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. I was working out in Central Park in a Fitness Edge Boot Camp class led by the amazing Cheryl Broughton.
Jim Walker: Football, fall and healing the soul
So, OK, last week, I bemoaned the demise of the summer as an end to good times, and as a metaphor for lost youth. And while I still stand by all that … well, you know, I got over it. I cleaned out the emotional garbage and moved on.
Michele E. Buttelman: Happy Labor Day weekend, travel safely
Judging from the traffic on Friday afternoon, it's hard to imagine that anyone is left in the Santa Clarita Valley this weekend. I hope everyone has a safe long weekend. Next up, Thanksgiving.
Frank Ferry: Event helps parents navigate teen years
Every parent worries about the well-being of his or her children, especially when it comes to teenagers.
Jim Walker: Are you suffering Labor (Day) pains?
At this time last year, I took on the whole "labor" aspect of Labor Day - as in the fallacy that anyone really needs to work for a living. As proof of my point I have, mentally anyway, pretty much taken the past year off from all labor, and I have survived. (But keep that on the down-low because, somehow, I still get a tiny paycheck.) And while I would love to rub more salt ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Bridge biggie headed to Bridge Club in Castaic
I've heard lots of comments about the Santa Clarita Valley's "cool" summer. I'm guessing we've put that concept behind us with the recent plague of 100-plus days. Here's looking forward to November and the beginning of winter.
Paul Becker: Drug problem requires community response
Working in direct partnership with the City of Santa Clarita and the County of Los Angeles, I formed the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station's Juvenile Intervention Team, or J-Team, in July 2010.
Jim Walker: When words look weird — you’ve got OI
Did you ever have one of those days when you wrote or typed a very familiar word and it just looked alien? The word seems to writhe on the page like a snake that slithered in there to poison your sentence. So you check the spelling of the word, and are assured it is OK, and check the meaning, which works for the thought you were trying to express - and then you toss the ...
Countdown to Carousel Ranch Heart of the West
The 15th annual Heart of the West presented by Princess Cruises Community Foundation will be held 6 p.m. Saturday. Mosey over to the Agua Dulce Airport to support the children of Carousel Ranch. Dinner by Salt Creek Grille, live and silent auctions, dancing under the stars by SOS Entertainment, spirits from Vincent Hill Station and a demonstration by the kids of Carousel Ranch. Tickets: $85 each. VIP tickets $175. For information and reservations contact ...
Laurie Ender: Topping Out in the Santa Clarita Valley
Ever wonder what the community will look like 50 years from now? No one knows for sure, but in 50 years, Santa Clarita residents of the future will have a glimpse of local life in 2011.
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