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Occupational classes come to Hart district
Students in the Hart district will have access to free, hands-on occupational training this year.
Hart High Dance Team ready for season
The award-winning Hart High School Dance Team, headed by adviser Linda Martin and coached by Jenn Basse, has spent a very busy summer preparing for their 2008-09 school year.
Pomeranian, undergarments stolen
A series of luxury items stolen in the last couple of weeks suggests some Santa Clarita Valley residents are trying hard to maintain a high standard of living.
Tenth anniversary of drive-by shooting death
The night he was shot and killed in a drive-by gang shooting, 20-year-old Robert Aguilera had learned he was going to have a son.
Hart to offer job training
Students in the Hart district will have access to free, hands-on occupational training this year.
News brief: Vehicle collision on Bouquet adds congestion
There were no injuries, but a three-vehicle collision at Bouquet Canyon and Soledad Canyon roads on Thursday night caused significant damage to the vehicles and added to the congestion already caused by a broken water main in Valencia.
Sink hole repaired
More than a dozen city inspectors and traffic engineers worked through the night Thursday to repair a 12 by 14-foot sink hole in Valencia that formed when a broken water pipe flooded one of the city's busiest intersections.
Georgia: Could it be the beginning of World War III?
Kevin Anthony received another e-mail from a friend in the Republic of Georgia Wednesday, thanking him for his concern and describing the conflict with Russia "like it is the beginning of World War III."
Newhall schools ace STAR tests
Despite serving the largest population of English language learners in the valley, the Newhall School District outscored all other elementary school districts on the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program (STAR) tests.
Complaint filed with state against Weste
A Placerita Canyon resident filed a complaint with a state commission Friday, alleging Councilwoman Laurene Weste's involvement with Newhall redevelopment is a conflict of interest because she owns property in the north Newhall area.
Golden Oak school opens
A new technologically-advanced elementary school of the Sulphur Springs School District opened its doors to students for the first time Thursday.
‘Grand opening’
Thursday evening traffic in Valencia got doused by a water main break that resulted in a small sinkhole.
Guinness and politics?
They say you shouldn't discuss politics in polite conversation. But once a month at LB Mulligans Irish tavern, beer and politics go together like Guinness and Dublin. Every second Wednesday of the month is when local political aficionados get together in the back room for what they call "Spirited Political Discussions," or as organizer Michael Cruz puts it: "beer and politics." The group has met at Mulligans for the past year, and Cruz said there's ...
McKeon touts new law to address college
Congressman Howard "Buck" McKeon, the senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, Thursday heralded enactment of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, the first comprehensive renewal of federal higher education programs in a decade.
UPDATE: Valencia Blvd. reopened
Just in time for the Friday afternoon rush, Valencia Boulevard has been reopened to traffic, said Alisha Celestine, city of Santa Clarita communications specialist, at 3:50 p.m. today.
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Supervisors approve $1 million for roads near Acton
Los Angeles County supervisors agreed this week to spend $1 million to install new signs, markers, road striping and guardrails on Angeles Forest Highway near Acton.
$1 car wash Saturday
Members of New Life in His Presence church will hold a $1 car wash Saturday in the Kmart shopping center at 23222 Valencia Boulevard in Valencia, organizers say.
UPDATE: SCV man gets 30 days in jail for lewd conduct near school
A 19-year-old Newhall man arrested for indecent exposure near a Santa Clarita Valley school entered a plea of no contest to the charge against him Wednesday and was immediately sentenced to 30 days in jail, an official said.
Alleged gang members to stand trial for Canyon Country bank robbery
SAN FERNANDO - Three men identified by prosecutors as Rollin 40s Crips gang members were ordered to stand trial Wednesday for a take-over bank robbery in Canyon Country last September.
Valencia woman faces felony charge in hit-and-run
A Valencia woman faces a felony hit-and-run charge today for allegedly hitting a bicyclist in Newhall on Friday, then leaving the scene, court papers show.
Thousands of students sign on to use Canyons email addresses
A little more than 9,000 College of the Canyons students are active users of the college's relatively new email system, a college official said Wednesday.
Local Job Seekers Invited to COC Resume Rally
SANTA CLARITA - College of the Canyons Career Services will host a pair of Resume Rally events to help students and community members create, enhance and fine-tune their professional resumes in advance of the college's two upcoming Job & Career Fairs.
Hart Games draw hundreds of participants
Hundreds of special-needs athletes from local junior high and high schools exchanged smiles, hugs and high-fives during the Fourth Annual Hart Games Track and Field Meet at Valencia High School on Wednesday.
Saugus board raises concerns at Einstein charter hearing
The Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences began its fourth attempt to charter an elementary school in the Saugus Union School District with a public hearing Tuesday night.
Baca introduces new Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald, new Chief Ted Sexton
New Assistant Sheriff Terri McDonald and Chief Ted Sexton Introduced On Monday, March 18, 2013 at Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau, Sheriff Lee Baca introduced Terri McDonald as the new Assistant Sheriff of Custody Division. She will have the responsibility of overseeing the largest jail system in the nation with nine custody and correctional facilities and over 18,000 inmates. In addition, Assistant Sheriff McDonald will supervise the Education Based Incarceration Bureau, which is an important component within ...
Today in the SCV: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
'Teen Scene Plugged-In' event
