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Residents protest 'green' power lines
Second in a two-part series A row of towers topped with electrical transmission lines slashes through the hills above Mike Milligan's restaurant in the Angeles National Forest. The towers are visible from the back of Milligan's Cavi at The Big Oaks, but he says it's not those power lines that concern him. The restaurateur is bothered by the lines that Southern California Edison will soon install midway down the slope in Bouquet Canyon as part ...
Fight cancer with music
Local singer-songwriter Stephen Sorenson was recently diagnosed with liver cancer. The doctors gave him 12 months to live.
Flag football fun
This is the second year that LETMESAIL has teamed up with College of the Canyons.
Piercing studio may get booted for books
In quest of the final piece of property to build a new Newhall library, the Santa Clarita City Council will take up the possibility of eminent domain at Tuesday's meeting.
Magic Mountain hosts annual food, toy drive
Six Flags Magic Mountain is offering two ways for the community to help others during the holiday season.
Alternative Christmas Market
Carolyn Ritchie informs local visitors about the Medical Benevolence Foundation at the Alternative Christmas Market at the First Presbyterian Church in Newhall on Sunday.
Lombardi Ranch rises from the ashes
The handful of red tomatoes sat in wooden boxes as customers passed by to pick their favorites.
Yes I Can fundraiser tonight at Islands
The Yes I Can students at William S. Hart District high schools are throwing a fundraiser this afternoon and evening at Islands restaurant in Valencia.
'He's a really good con man'
From 3,000 miles away, Jennifer is paying close attention to the identity theft trial of William Schaeffler.
Inventory 80,000 trees? No problem
From a laptop sitting in the bed of a pickup truck, Jeff Melin opened a computer file to show a map of Fedala Road.
Beware of holiday season freeway closures
Caltrans advises motorists traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday on the northbound Interstate 5 about five miles north of Santa Clarita to plan ahead and leave early to avoid holiday-related traffic delays.
News briefs
Detectives investigate baby's death A baby was pronounced dead 10:35 a.m. Saturday at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, said Lt. Tom Bryski of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station. The child was a one-year-old boy, said Melanie Flores, supervising fire dispatcher with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Sheriff's deputies received a call about 9:50 a.m. from a home in Valencia. The boy was then taken to Newhall Memorial, where he was pronounced dead. The ...
Shoppers find crafty gift ideas
Oversized pajama-blanket pants, mini-guitars and holiday license plates were just a few creative items for sale to the community Saturday at the 19th College of the Canyons Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair.
Surging issues over wind power
First in a two-part series It's considered a major "green energy" achievement. Electricity generated by a massive "wind farm" of giant windmills near Tehachapi will be carried through transmission lines to Southern California. "It's the largest transmission of renewable energy in the country," said Don Johnson, Southern California Edison project manager. Edison is also considering tapping into solar power sources in Tehachapi and the Antelope Valley, Edison spokesman Steve Conroy said. Pushing the Tehachapi Renewable ...
Baby dies in Valencia, detectives investigating
A baby was pronounced dead 10:35 a.m. Saturday at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, said Lt. Tom Bryski of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
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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.
