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Central Park scores itself a new board
The city of Santa Clarita installed the first softball scoreboard at Central Park on Championship Field No. 2.
School: Give us back that bell
A local school district that gave up its historic school bell 30 years ago now wants it back. The bronze bell, first hung at Saugus Elementary School in 1908, now graces the Jan Heidt Metrolink Station in Newhall. But the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society is reluctant to part with it. City Council members voted 3-2 this week to submit a letter to the society requesting that the historical bell be returned to the Saugus ...
Dixon patients get 60 birds
Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers Inc. is one of six charitable organizations in the Santa Clarita Valley that received a turkey donation from Operation Gobble, a longtime program offered by Valencia Water Company.
UPDATED: City invokes use of eminent domain
The Santa Clarita City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to initiate eminent domain in order to obtain the last parcel needed for the new Newhall library, despite objections from the property owner.
Former Valencia resident sues Disney
Doctors performed several facial surgeries on 5-year-old Lena Dickerson after a dog named Hemmingway mauled her face when she was only two at a Disneyland petting zoo, her attorney said.
UPDATED EXCLUSIVE: Alamo arrested by FBI en route to Santa Clarita
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents arrested church evangelist Bernie Hoffman, aka Tony Alamo, in Flagstaff, Ariz. at approximately 2:45 p.m. Central time, according to an FBI official.
Dems host debate watching party
The Democratic Club of the Santa Clarita Valley hosts its first televised presidential Debate Watch Party of the 2008 campaign on Friday at Lamppost Pizza Parlor on Bouquet Canyon Road.
COC’s job fair attendance up
The fall 2008 Job & Career Fair presented by College of the Canyons and The Signal on Wednesday was one of the most well attended fairs in the past few years, according to the Career Services Center.
Council opts to revisit hospital expansion
Santa Clarita City Council members voted this week to revisit Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital's controversial expansion plans at a special council meeting Nov.19.
Metrolink train hits, kills man
A Metrolink train struck and killed and 50-year-old male pedestrian in Sylmar Wednesday morning, a Los Angeles Fire Department official said.
Theater fight case in court
A movie theater employee who beat a co-worker with a fire extinguisher is scheduled to go to court today, a sheriff's official said.
Local Alamo church raided
FBI agents, sheriff's deputies and county protective services agents stormed the Alamo Ministeries of Saugus compound at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, according to a sheriff's report.
Barriers infuriate drivers
Tracy Hild found a cement wall in the middle road as she drove her kids home from Bouquet Canyon Elementary School on Wednesday.
Water retailer finds a 'hole new way to work
A local water retailer plans to make potholes, not fix them. And it's going to spend close to $50,000 for a special pothole-making machine. The good news is that the potholes promise to save Santa Clarita Valley residents thousands of dollars. "Normally, we'd have a crew of about five, roping off an area, bringing in a backhoe and digging a large hole to find a pipe, and that takes a lot of time," said Stephen ...
Bird's the word for Scouts
More than 100 local families will have a turkey on their dinner table for Thanksgiving courtesy of a hefty donation from a local Girl Scouts troop.
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WE Build event exceeds goals
The Women Empowerment Build for Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys attracted a sold-out crowd Saturday.
Relaying a message of hope
With a ceremony that was at times somber and celebratory, the Santa Clarita Valley's annual Relay for Life event to raise money and awareness for cancer research kicked off Saturday morning in Central Park.
Several dozen protest Pitchess expansion proposal
Carrying signs that read, "No More Cages" and "Education not incarceration," about 50 people lined the intersection of The Old Road and Biscailuz Drive in Castaic to protest a potential expansion of the Pitchess Detention Center.
UPDATE: Castaic wildfire now fully contained
A brush fire that scorched more than 700 acres in Castaic is now completely contained, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
CalArts hosts nontraditional graduation
As is typical of the California Institute of the Arts, the school's graduation ceremony Friday was anything but ordinary.
City’s jobless rate falls below 6 percent
Santa Clarita's April jobless rate fell to 5.7 percent, a drop from 6.1 percent in March, according to statistics released Friday.
Hart district examines dissolving facilities foundation
With no new schools planned for the foreseeable future, the Hart district is taking steps to shutter the nonprofit foundation set up to manage land purchases and development, according to officials.
California Health Benefit Exchange to Register Voters
Sacramento– California is slated to be the first state in the nation to provide voter registration through a Health Benefit Exchange similar to "Motor Voter" registration through the DMV. Last year, Governor Brown signed Senate Bill 35, authored by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), which expands voter registration by requiring that California come into full compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), commonly known as Motor Voter. The new law became effective January ...
County air tower closures granted temporary reprieve
LOS ANGELES COUNTY – Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich released today the attached letter from the Federal Aviation Administration announcing that it will no longer close Los Angeles County's air traffic control towers. Congress passed the "Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013" act which allows the FAA to transfer funding from other accounts to keep the nation's 149 contract towers open.
UPDATE: SCV detectives seek man in shooting death of his father
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station detectives are asking for public assistance in locating a man who allegedly shot his father in the head late Thursday night in Canyon Country.
Free tennis festival Saturday in Valencia
The Paseo Club in Valencia will host a free tennis festival Saturday as part of United States Tennis Professionals Association's "Tennis Across America" month in May.
Closures for I-5 Pavement Improvement Project Vista Del Lago Road to Kern County Line
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to close the lanes, ramps and connectors listed below as part of a $100.1 million pavement improvement project on the Golden State Freeway (I-5) between Vista Del Lago Road and the Kern County line. Closures are subject to change.
Santa Clarita honors 16 as ‘teen heroes’
Santa Clarita and local government officials recognized 16 local students as Santa Clarita Valley "teen heroes" Thursday night for their courage and determination in the face of adversity.
California Public Utilities Commission panel hears from ratepayers about purchase
Two California Public Utilities Commission hearings about a proposed Valencia Water Company rate hike drew more complaints Thursday about the firm's takeover by another water district than about higher water bills.
Local business taking donations for USO care packages
Flair Cleaners, a family owned business with a location in Valencia, has launched its third annual Flair Care Package Drive in conjunction with the USO of Greater Los Angeles for care packages to be sent to troops.
