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Tesoro hosts open house and art show Dec. 6
Tesoro Adobe Historic Park and the Santa Clarita Artists' Association host an open house and art show from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 6. The event includes a potluck reception, music, poetry, a museum tour and a showing of the new exhibit, "The Harry Careys - A Legacy in Film." The event is free to the public.
CHP officer rolls car
A high-speed chase on Interstate 5 in Valencia sent a CHP car tumbling and an officer to the hospital with minor injuries Monday night, a CHP official said.
Santa Clarita unemployment rate at 5 percent
Santa Clarita's unemployment rate increased to 5 percent in October, the California Employment Development Department reported Friday.
Starbucks employees’ privacy breached
Starbucks employees could be seeing red soon - and not from the sea of holiday drinks surrounding them. Someone stole a laptop Oct. 29 containing private information about 97,000 Starbucks employees, according to a company news release. Keeping in step with other major companies that have experience a breach this year, Starbucks has informed their employees of the breach and offered them a free year of credit-monitoring services.
Winter shelter to open on time
The Santa Clarita Emergency Winter Shelter will open on schedule Dec. 1, according to shelter officials.
The bell tolls for historical artifact
The Santa Clarita City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to submit a letter to the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society requesting that a historical bell hanging at Newhall train station be returned to the Saugus Union School District.
Hospital proposal draws crowd
Plans to expand Santa Clarita's only hospital were praised and then attacked at Tuesday's City Council meeting, as the plans returned after a year-long period of revisions.
Locals gear up for ‘Great California Shakeout’
Lee Ryan will drop to the floor right there in the bread aisle of Ralph's if it means bringing attention to earthquake preparedness.
Half a continent away, cops nab SCV suspects
Kansas City cops nabbed one of two men suspected of attempted murder in the Sept. 6 Canyon Country Jack in The Box stabbing, a sheriff's official said.
Man pleads not guilty to I.D. theft
William Schaeffler smiled at a group of family and friends before entering not-guilty pleas for all identity theft charges during his arraignment Tuesday in Santa Clarita Superior Court.
Groups back school bond
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Hart District Teachers Association voted to endorse Measure SA, the Hart district's $300 million construction bond on the November ballot.
Man struck, killed by Metrolink train
A Metrolink train struck and killed and 50-year-old male pedestrian in Sylmar Wednesday morning, a Los Angeles Fire Department official said.
Candles light up memories
"It doesn't feel like a whole year's passed," Brittney Falsey said during a candlelight vigil for her cousin Joshua Pipho Monday night at Central Park.
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.
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Santa Clarita City Council weighs in on state legislation
Santa Clarita City Council members have heartily endorsed the Boxer-Feinstein bill to block the proposed open-pit sand and gravel mine in Canyon Country but turned thumbs-down to a bill that would open up public spaces to use by the homeless at any time.
Kids walk for arthritis awareness
More than 1,000 people turned out for the annual Arthritis Walk at Six Flags Magic Mountain Sunday morning, many of them children.
At least seven injured in two crashes on Highway 14
Two multi-car crashes involving five vehicles injured at least seven people and caused a backup on the northbound Highway 14.
Four-car crash causes traffic delays in Newhall
A multi-vehicle crash in Newhall stalled southbound traffic on Railroad Avenue Sunday afternoon, officials said.
UPDATE: Shooting victim identified
Officials with the County Coroner's office have identified the Canyon Country man shot and killed Thursday as 53-year-old Juan Mejia.
Tip leads to the arrest of a Canyon County man sought in shooting
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies arrested a man who allegedly shot his father in the head late Thursday night in Canyon Country thanks to a tip supplied by a citizen, a sheriff's spokesman said.
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.
