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Frank Ferry: City kicks off free summer concert series
As the nights of summer continue to heat up, so will the music in Santa Clarita. Come hear the sounds of summer with the popular, free Concerts in the Park series. For more two decades, the city's free Concerts in the Park summer series has entertained people of all ages, with a mix of nonstop, live music, popular cover bands and energetic nights, throughout the summer. From today through Aug. 27, the fields of Central ...
Jim Walker: We’re getting mugged by moisture
Muggy enough for you out there? Call me a whiner (why should you be the exception), but I'm not a big fan of the weather we've been having in the Santa Clarita Valley lately - of 100-degree-plus temperatures combining with air so damp that a loud noise can bring rain. Now, sure, I'm exaggerating, and, sure, I'm a big sissy. I realize that people in other parts of the country really know what "muggy" means. ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Get ready for the Fourth of July in SCV
Is it hot enough for you? For everyone who complained about our gloriously mild spring and early summer, I hope you're happy now!
Jim Walker: Roller coasters and flying denture danger
As you read this, it will be after the fact. As I write this, it is before. And I have given the newspaper permission to run this column, even if something goes tragically amiss. You see, at this point, which is Wednesday, I fully intend to be aboard the new roller coaster, Green Lantern: First Flight, when it launches off on its first Media Day runs on Thursday at Six Flags Magic Mountain. But my ...
Laurene Weste: City welcomes all to celebrations of independence
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights; that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Michele E. Buttelman: Second annual Old Town Newhall car show
Summer arrived with a scorching blast of heat this week. Okay, that was enough summer for me. I'm ready for fall.
Laurie Ender: A new public-library chapter in Santa Clarita
"The richest person in the world - in fact all the riches in the world - couldn't provide you with anything like the endless, incredible loot available at your local library." -Malcolm Forbes
Jim Walker: Breaking the code for ‘dumb’
Let's face it, websites are dumb. Oh, sure, they can be all artsy and full-featured and their servers as beefy as Popeye's biceps after spinach. But when it comes right down to it, their "intelligence" is totally dependent on their coding. And who creates the website codes? Why people do, of course. And that means there will always be oversights, dumb errors and shortcomings resulting from budget limitations - which often result in total embarrassment ...
Michele E. Buttelman: Happy Father’s Day to all dads in the SCV
I hope all the dads in the Santa Clarita Valley have a fabulous day. In addition, I want to say happy anniversary to my fantastic hubby of 35 years, Keith Buttelman.
Marsha McLean: Santa Clarita budget balanced and on-time
The local and national press are full of news stories about the economy and much of it is pretty grim.
Jim Walker: Why fathers are the way we are
The mother-daughter bond is generally revered in our society as the big one - hence, Mother's Day was cooked up nearly 60 years before dads got their due on the calendar. And a quick perusal of ancient lore will find that mother celebrations have been going on since time immemorial. A perfect example is a three-day Roman festival called Hilaria (um-hm, Hilaria, which needs no further comment). However, another quick perusal of ancient lore will ...
Welcoming the new and the classics in the SCV
Vine 2 Wine Classic at Mann BioMedical Park The weather should be great today for wine tasting at Mann BioMedical Park. Could this be the long-awaited successor to the failed Loose Goose wine tasting extravaganza? Circle of Hope Vine 2 Wine Classic The Vine2Wine Classic presented by Circle of Hope will offer hundreds of wines to be tasted as well as rare and unique library wine. The event will be held 1-4 p.m. today at ...
Laurie Ender: City welcomes film companies to the SCV
In an effort to bring more studio and location filming to our community, the city of Santa Clarita launched its own Film Incentive Program on July 1, 2009. Key to the program was a new refunding of permit fees and transient occupancy tax for qualifying TV/film productions filming in the Santa Clarita Valley. The launch of the film incentive program makes Santa Clarita the first City in the 30-Mile Studio Zone to offer such a ...
Jim Walker: It’s a ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ world
So, Jack Kevorkian, the infamous Dr. Death, the controversial retired pathologist who claimed he had assisted in the suicides of 130 gravely ill people, died a few days ago. And, yes, you guessed it, he died a "natural" death. Now, I don't know whether this qualifies as true irony, but the headline that stated the situation sure caught my attention. And the judgmental words that popped out of my mouth when I read it rhymed ...
Beneficial events in the SCV
I'd like to pay tribute to my uncle, William G. Briggs of Othello, Wash., one of the finest men I've ever known. May 15, 1928-June 2, 2011. There are no words to express all that I owe to him.
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