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Wine Affair new in SCV
There's a new Soroptimist club in town - Soroptimist International of Greater Santa Clarita Valley - and the group's first fundraiser will be held Sunday on Town Center Drive in Valencia.
Hart welcomes new student board member
The Hart District Governing Board welcomed Abby Lim, this year's student board member, to the dais during Thursday's meeting.
Frozen in their tracks
Frustrated motorists stranded overnight finally fled the Santa Clarita Valley on Thursday after jamming hotels and motels to capacity.
Valencia woman searching for Jesus
Everything in Sally Ivankovich's nativity scene was there except for one thing: the baby Jesus.
As the clouds lift, attention turns to frosty plants
Many rain-soaked and shivering Santa Clarita Valley residents thawing out from Wednesday's snowstorm turned their attention to plants and trees exposed to freezing temperatures.
Daybreak: Dec. 19, 2008
First Word "We're utilizing some pretty cutting-edge technology at this year's (New Year's Eve) ball." ­- Dave Chase, LETMESAIL board member (click here for story) Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 19, the 354th day of 2008. There are 12 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 19, 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England. One year ago: Rescuers found Frederick Dominguez and his ...
Saugus man killed in crash
Rubin Villalobos, 41, of Saugus was killed at 5:50 a.m. after his 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee hit a patch of black ice and rolled over the southbound San Fernando Road offramp onto Highway 14, said Officer John Lutz of the California Highway Patrol.
UPDATED Traffic & Weather: I-5, 14 now open
UPDATED 4 p.m. Thursday: Both Interstate 5 and Highway 14 are now open in both directions, according to Caltrans. UPDATED 12:45 p.m. Thursday: The I-5 is now open to northbound travelers. Traffic is moving freely through the cities of Santa Clarita and Valencia, said CHP Public Information Officer John Lutz. Highway 14 is closed to southbound traffic from 6.6 miles south of Palmdale at Soledad Canyon to the Highway 138 junction due to snow. ...
Christmas comes alive in Saugus
For the past 26 years, the Santa Clarita United Methodist Church has presented its annual Living Nativity Pageant for the community.
City trolley takes to the streets
Local residents can ride for free on the city's Holly Jolly Holiday Trolley this holiday shopping season, giving them a way to commute to numerous local retail centers. The trolley operates from noon to 8 p.m.
Filling up their wish list
The Domestic Violence Center of the Santa Clarita Valley kicked off its holiday food basket wish list Tuesday with a $1,500 donation from Pardee Homes that helps pay for food baskets for about 40 families cared for by the center.
City helps give skaters a lift
The city of Santa Clarita hosts excursions to SkateLab, an indoor skating facility, in Simi Valley now through February.
Castaic high school site approved
It's official: In a few years Castaic high schoolers will be attending their own school in a residential area near the Sterling Gateway industrial complex.
Bankruptcy plan would liquidate properties
A plan filed in a bankruptcy court could lead to the sale of several high-profile SCV properties. Barclays Bank proposed a liquidation plan to turn all assets owned by LandSource Communities Development LLC into cash to pay its biggest creditors, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware heard this week.
Baby killer gets 25 to life
*UPDATE* A judge sentenced Jacquelin Linaras to 25 years to life Thursday for murdering her newborn baby and discarding the body in a mobile home park trash bin. Linaras smashed her baby's head into a cabinet shortly after giving birth in May 2006, said Deputy District Attorney Carolyn McNary. A resident discovered the infant's lifeless body in a trash bin the next day near Linaras' home in the Polynesian Mobile Home Park in Newhall. Because ...
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Ex-state official to oversee L.A. County jail system
A former California Department of Corrections official has been named assistant sheriff in charge of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Custody Division.
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.
