Students hope to solve water woes

A local scholarship program called the High School Water Challenge is not about swimming, diving or even getting wet.

No bullying after Jan. 1

California Assembly Bill 86 will allow school districts to suspend and recommend expulsion for bullies beginning Jan. 1, a Hart District official said.

Reading can be a hair-raising experience

It's happened before - Mint Canyon Elementary School Principal Betsy Letzo has come up with some pretty wild ideas. But none have been as hair-raising as her latest reading-enhancement scheme.

Real estate affiliates party it up

Dozens of Realtors and real estate affiliates put aside gloomy market conditions to celebrate new leadership on Friday in the Hyatt Valencia Grand Ballroom.

Raining gravy

A rainy forecast could bring flash floods and release gravy-like debris flows just in time for Thanksgiving, a weather service official said.

Fire victim phone number

California residents in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and Santa Barbara counties who had their homes damaged during the recent wildfires can register for federal and state disaster assistance and get claims help by calling 1-800-621-3362 (FEMA) (TTY 800-462-7585).

Missing boy found in home

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's deputies didn't need to search long or far for a missing 4-year-old Saturday evening, a sheriff's officials said.

Reader Meter results, Sept. 15-23, 2008

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News briefs

One arrested in iPod theft Alfredo Enriquez, 19, was arrested Friday after he allegedly stole an iPod from a Newhall man in Valencia. The man initialy refused demands by two men to hand over the MP3 player, but gave in after two more men joined in the intimidation, said Sgt. Darren Harris with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station. The theft is under investigation, and the other suspects are described as Hispanic males. Walk, or ...

A neighborly send-off

Nicholas Herrera deploys to Iraq next month, but before the 23-year-old Saugus resident left for his third tour of duty, his family and neighbors gave him a proper send off with a Saturday night block party.

Miss White goes to Washington

When June Bailey, a teacher at Charles Helmers Elementary School, needed to nominate a class leader for the People to People Student Leader program, one student immediately came to mind: Rachael White.

Bring back those positive feelings

Locals are coming together next month to focus on ability rather than disability. Congress designated October as National Disability Employment Awareness month, and to kick it off LETMESAIL will host "An Evening of Inspiration" at 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center on College of the Canyons' Valencia campus. Patrick Henry Hughes and Kathy Buckley will deliver messages of inspiration. A virtuoso musician and singer, Hughes plays in the University of ...

There's a new CEO in town

Santa Clarita's Child and Family Center board appointed Darrell Paulk as the new CEO to replace co-founder and longtime chief executive officer Liz Seipel.

Taking their pole positions

The last piece of the water puzzle

Local water officials put the last piece of their overall water supply puzzle in place Monday when they agreed to replace the Sand Canyon Reservoir's dirt road with a paved one.

UPDATE: Officials probe incident where pedestrian was hit running across I-5

A man seriously hurt when he was hit by two cars Friday had been running across the freeway at the time of the collision, an investigator with the California Highway Patrol reported.

Clothes for a cause

Santa Clarita Valley fashion icon Margo Hudson has a new mission in life: clothes for a cause.

Captain to make full recovery

Carrie Stuart, a captain in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department who nearly died in a fiery two-car crash before Christmas, is out of the hospital and expected to make a full recovery, her daughter says.

3-D presentation teaches water pollution prevention

The city of Santa Clarita went 3-D to teach students how to prevent pollution at the Newhall Library one day last week.

Today in the SCV: Monday Feb. 18, 2013

SCV Mindful Meditation Group

Angeles National Forest roads may be closed

Commuters returning to work Tuesday after the long weekend and contemplating a short cut through the Angeles National Forest - you may want to think twice.

Firefighters douse Canyon Country brush fire

County firefighters jumped on a brush fire in Canyon Country Sunday, extinguishing it quickly and containing it to a quarter acre.

Motorcyclist hurt in Stevenson Ranch crash

A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital Sunday after he crashed his bike in Stevenson Ranch, Fire Department sources confirmed.

Motorist survives 100-foot plunge near Pyramid Lake

A motorist walked away from a crash today after his van blew a tire on the freeway, then plunged 100 feet down a ravine, a fire official confirmed.

"Wrong way" driver sought in Castaic crash

A motorist is being sought today after driving the wrong way on Interstate 5 in Castaic Friday night causing two on-coming cars to collide, sending four people to the hospital, an investigator with the California Highway Patrol said.

Today in the SCV: Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013

Today is Sunday, Feb. 17, the 48th day of 2013. There are 317 days left in the year.

Vietnam veterans reunite for show

Those who showed up recently for a reunion of Vietnam veterans at the Valencia home of Bill Reynolds brought with them a storehouse of compelling stories - of sacrifice, dedication and loss.

Kids read aloud to dogs to help overcome fear

Reading aloud went to the dogs Saturday at the Newhall Library.

City talks future public art

Bike racks at City Hall, public art at the McBean Regional Transit Center and a new website to house Santa Clarita's arts and cultural resources are all on tap for the city Arts Commission in the coming year.

Car goes over the side of Interstate 5

Officials from the California Highway Patrol shut down one lane of traffic on northbound Interstate 5 on Saturday to retrieve a vehicle that went off the freeway Friday night, an officer said.