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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.
Amgen Tour unveils route through Santa Clarita
Amgen Tour of California officials announced Thursday the course the world-class cycle race will take out of Santa Clarita, a host city for the third consecutive year.
UPDATED: No raid at Alamo compound
Arkansas child welfare officials seized six more children Wednesday from the ministries of an evangelist who also has a compound in Saugus.
Jingle bells rock The Master's College
The Master's College presents the "Come ChristmasSing" concert, hosted by the music department. Students in TMC Collegiate Singers, Choral, and Majesty music groups will perform a variety of Christmas carols along with an excerpt of Johann Sebastian Bach's "Magnificat."
Fatal car crash on 14
A 45-year-old Palmdale woman died when the 1994 Toyota she was riding in rolled over on the southbound 14 freeway at 2:15 a.m. Thursday, a CHP official said.
HOA wants to hit the brakes on parking flap
In reaction to heated complaints from one family, two Castaic homeowners association board members said there are plenty of parking spaces for residents in garages and driveways so the need for handicapped parking on private streets is unnecessary.
‘Troops’ honor Henderson
In life, he always put his "troops" first. At the end of his life, the "troops" put Sgt. Archibald "Archie" E. Henderson Jr. first. On Wednesday morning, a Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department motorcade slowly wound its way through Santa Clarita, from one end of the city to the other, in a line of black-and-white patrol cars almost a half-mile long. More than 200 people, all but a few of them sheriff's deputies wearing green ...
Girl Scouts host food drive
Girl Scout Troop 7392 will collect food, diapers, toothbrushes and soap for the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Saddle up for horse care clinic at Melody Oaks
Melody Oaks Ranch will host a Natural Horse Care information clinic at 9 a.m. Saturday. The event was originally scheduled for Nov. 16 but was postponed due to wildfires. Topics include natural horsemanship, equine acupuncture, holistic veterinary care, equine dentistry, micro-organisms for horse and ranch, mustang rescue and equine marketing, barefoot trims, and cranio-sacral techniques with a special demonstration of a champion Paso Fino stallion. For more information call (661) 284-7778 or e-mail tanii@melodyoaks.com. ...
'Cowboys and Carols' at Hart Park
The Friends of Hart Park and Museum will host a holiday concert honoring the 144th birthday of William S. Hart in the William S. Hart Museum 7 p.m. Saturday.
Brad Howe sculptures on display at COC gallery
Works by internationally known sculptor Brad Howe are on display at the College of the Canyons Art Gallery through Oct. 23. "Brad Howe is a tremendously talented artist creating monumental sculpture, mobiles, floor pieces and wall-mounted artwork fabricated from stainless steel, steel, aluminum and painted with highly colorful enamels," said Larry Hurst, gallery director. "I have seldom met an artist with his enthusiasm and willingness to extend himself. He will be showing existing work as well as ...
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Santa Clarita: Shaping an arts district
More theaters, additional restaurants and open-air art galleries are all possibilities in the goal of turning downtown Newhall into Santa Clarita's arts and entertainment capital, according to members of the city's Arts Commission.
Public Art Piece to be featured in the Newhall Roundabout
The City of Santa Clarita is offering community members an opportunity to be part of Old Town Newhall's heritage as a sponsor for the new iconic, public art project, which will be featured inside the Newhall Roundabout at the intersection of Main Street.
Santa Clarita: Parents Invited to Register Their Child for 2013 COC Summer Institute
SANTA CLARITA - Registration is now open for the popular career exploration themed College of the Canyons Summer Institute, with three sessions running throughout the month of July.
SCV: Auditions held next month for this year's 'Shakespeare in the Park'
The Santa Clarita Shakespeare Festival is holding auditions for their summer production of Shakespeare's Henry IV part 1, directed by Stephen Whelan.
