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High-wind advisory in effect
A high-wind advisory remains in effect until 3 p.m. today, according to the National Weather Service.
Literary & Arts get festive
The city of Santa Clarita and the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation opens its Literacy & Arts Festival with three Christmas activities beginning Friday.
Healthy children bring in money
The new physical education program at Sierra Vista Junior High is paying off with increased student fitness scores and a $226.000 grant.
News briefs
Healthy Family enrollment set Local families can enroll in the Healthy Families program from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at the Newhall Community Center, located at 22421 Market Street in Newhall. Healthy Families provides health, dental and vision coverage for children and teens that do not have insurance and do not qualify for other assistance programs. The program is sponsored by the city of Santa Clarita and Institute for Local Government. Call Judy Woodworth ...
Cyclist races 508 miles to make a difference
While most Santa Clarita Valley residents ate breakfast this morning, Vinnie Tortorich was on his bicycle racing 508 miles from the Hilton Garden Inn to Death Valley and 29 Palms to raise money for those affected by life-threatening diseases.
Santa Clarita historical goodies on sale to public
When local historian Leon Worden found out some of A.B. Perkin's memorabilia lingered in the Santa Clarita Valley, he was shocked.
Election info available via the Web
Polling location, address information and images of sample ballot pages for the Nov. 4, 2008 Presidential General Election are now available online at www.lavote.net.
Medalist to ‘carry torch’
Olympic Gold Medalist Allyson Felix will help kick off Sunday's Kiwanis Club of Santa Clarita's 17th Annual Six Flags Magic Mountain 5K Run.
Bailout: Its impact on SCV
Congress approved a historic $700 billion financial industry bailout Friday and President Bush immediately signed it.
C.A.S.T. for Kids held in Castaic
Volunteers and parents can all attest to the far reaching effects of the CAST for Kids event hosted at Castaic Lake on Saturday.
Students travel to inauguration
Academy of the Canyons isn't the average school and its students don't take average field trips.
Scrooged! Edison says 'Bah, humbug!' to Christmas lights
One Clifton Place resident is calling it "The Utility That Stole Christmas." Many were shocked when they came home Thursday to find workers from Southern California Edison taking down Christmas lights that adorned streetlight poles. After all, the lights were plugged into metered outlets outside the Valencia residents' homes. Robyn Bloom said her neighbors wrapped the streetlight poles with brightly colored garlands intertwined with Christmas lights, turning them into gigantic mock candy canes. Edison workers ...
Doctor's sudden death shocks SCV
Popular Santa Clarita physician Patricia Lynn Wells died suddenly in her Stevenson Ranch home, a Los Angeles County Coroner's official said Thursday. She was 44.
Deputies scoot after criminals
It takes a little body English to ride the T-3 mobility device. "You need to lean into the turns," said Deputy Jeremy Conn of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station. Deputies stand up to ride the T-3 three-wheeled electric scooters designed to facilitate patrolling the paseos and trails in the Santa Clarita Valley, Sgt. Darren Harris said. "The thing that makes the paseos so attractive taking walks is the same thing that attracts criminals," he ...
Residents will pay more
The Manufactured Home Park Rental Adjustment Panel unanimously approved resolutions for rent increases at two local mobile home parks Wednesday despite objections from mobile home residents who crowded City Hall.
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State’s L.A. Civic Center Parcel Sold to City of Los Angeles
Sacramento, Calif. – The California Department of General Services (DGS) today announced the successful sale of the state's Los Angeles Civic Center parcel. The approximately 1.9 acre surplus state property, located at 1st St. and Broadway, was sold to the City of Los Angeles for approximately $7.5 million. The Los Angeles City Board of Recreation and Parks plans to turn the property into a park, as it currently sits adjacent to "Grand Park" in Los ...
COC adds new summer session
Bolstered by funds from the recent Proposition 30 sales and income tax hikes, College of the Canyons has added a new summer school session with more than 100 courses to its catalog.
Santa Clarita Valley Young Marines bid farewell to three graduates
Standing at attention, Master Sgt. David Stratton of the Young Marines fought a smile of pride and shook his father's hand as he graduated from the Santa Clarita Valley unit of the national coed organization.
First annual Father's Day 5K Run and Walk held in Santa Clarita Valley
What better way to spend Father's Day than to run with your 11-year-old son on a Sunday morning, only to hobble breathless over the finish line after him?
UPDATE: Brush fire near Paradise Ranch Mobile Home Park extinguished
Firefighters knocked down a brush fire near the Paradise Ranch Mobile Home Park in less than two hours Sunday afternoon thanks to a swift cooperative effort between two local fire agencies, a fire station captain said.
LAKE HUGHES: Rescue chopper called for injured motorcyclist
One person was injured in a motorcycle crash east of Quail Lake Sunday morning, prompting fire officials to dispatch a rescue helicopter to the scene near Lake Hughes, a Fire Department official said.
Scott Wilk, Steve Fox join for town hall meeting
About 50 people packed into a meeting room at the Santa Clarita Activities Center Saturday for a town hall meeting on the ongoing chloride compliance issue held by Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita.
Touch-A-Truck event held for a cause
Central Park became a parking lot Saturday as a variety of vehicles from emergency responders and local companies were lined up and on display for the first "Touch-A-Truck" event to benefit the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center.
Small brush fire in Castaic handled
Firefighters attended to a small fire that charred brush near the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 north of Castaic Road in Castaic on Saturday.
Newhall road to be closed for construction
The city roads department will shut down a street in Newhall this week to improve curbs, gutters and sidewalks and add wheelchair accessibility to the area.
Santa Clarita Valley water quality gets an 'A'
When Santa Clarita Valley residents turn on their taps, the water that comes out is rated A-quality - clean and problem-free.
Winkler residency remains a mystery to Saugus district
While questions continue to swirl about the legal address of censured Saugus Union School District board member Stephen Winkler, those issues may not be enough to remove him from office, an official said Friday.
Changing roles of America’s young fathers
Something is changing with today's young fathers. By their own accounts, by their wives' testimony, and according to time-use studies and other statistics, more men are doing more around the house - from packing school lunches and doing laundry to getting up in the middle of the night with a screaming infant.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles named to honor roll
For the fifth year in a row, Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been named to the honor roll of the nation's "best" children's hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report rankings released this week.
UPDATE: Two arrested for burglaries in Bridgeport
Deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station have arrested two men believed to be behind a string of vehicle burglaries over the past month in the Bridgeport area of Valencia, a detective said Friday.
