Archive By Section - SCV Life
ACS Cancer Warriors Honored
A record breaking year for the American Cancer Society Santa Clarita Unit brought dozens of attendees together to celebrate a year of success with a with a festive evening of recognition and rewards Thursday at the Robinson Ranch Clubhouse in Sand Canyon.
Your Community: Dates to Watch
Today Street Art Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Old Town Newhall. Watch artists create masterpieces on Main Street in downtown Newhall. Live entertainment, arts and crafts, hands-on crafts. For more information, visit www.streetartfest.com. Today-Oct.26 Lombardi Ranch Pumpkin Festival brings the fall harvest to life each weekend in October at Lombardi Ranch, a local family owned and operated farm. Lombardi Ranch offers fresh produce and pumpkins in numerous shapes and sizes. Band ...
Your Community: Upcoming Events
Evening of Inspiration LETMESAIL is planning an "Evening of Inspiration" featuring motivational speaker Patrick Henry Hughes at the College of the Canyons Performing Arts Center at 7 p.m. Thursday. For more information, call (661) 702-8555 or visit www.letmesail.org. Debate watching parties with DAA The Democratic Alliance for Action will host debate watching parties at Vincenzo's Pizza, 25404 1/2 Lyons Ave., Newhall on Thursday and Oct. 15 at 6 p.m. Info: (661) 296-2098. Save ...
Boys & Girls Club celebrating 40 years in the SCV
The year 1968 was a watershed year in the life of the United States - and for the Santa Clarita Valley. It was the year that Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King were assassinated. It was the year that the USS Pueblo was seized by North Korea, and in Vietnam, where the lives of nearly 300 American soldiers were lost each week, the village of My Lai was destroyed. In 1968 "60 Minutes," a news ...
Your Community: Dates to watch
Dec. 5 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital will host its 28th annual Holiday Home Tour Gala from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Dec. 5. Holiday attire suggested. Location released upon ticket purchase. Tickets: $150. (661) 253-8082, www.henrymayo.com. Dec. 6 Annual Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Foundation Holiday Boutique from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 23233 Lyons Ave., Newhall. Info: (661) 253-8082. Old Town Newhall Children's Holiday Parade, 8:30 ...
Klymshyn is a Giant of a fan
It would be more than appropriate for Valencia resident John Klymshyn (pronounced CLEM-SHIN) to come out of nowhere and take the grand prize in DIRECTV's current search for "America's Ultimate Displaced Football Fan."
Magic of the Lights Gala kicks off holiday season
Didn't it look a lot like Christmas at the Magic of the Lights Gala held at the Hyatt Valencia? The festively attire crowd of more than 300 raised nearly $60,000 during the live auction to benefit the Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club during the sixth annual Festival of the Trees gala. The gala was held after the public display closed for the evening.
Your Community: Upcoming Events
Alternative Christmas market The First Presbyterian Church will host an alternative Christmas Gift Market on the church patio from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today and Dec. 7, 24317 N. Newhall Ave. (661) 259-0555. LETMESAIL Nov. Calendar LETMESAIL (Lifestyle Enrichment Through Meaningful Exercise, Social Activity and Independent Living) for teenagers and adults with disabilities will host the following November events for registered clients: Today - 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. SNAP Flag Football Pick-Up Game, College of ...
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
Yes, the holiday season is now upon us. The social whirl has slowed and I know everyone is searching for that perfect turkey to serve up to family and friends on Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving! Festival of Trees
Your Community: Upcoming Events
Submissions sought for mag The College of the Canyons literary magazine is seeking contributions of poetry, visual art, photography, fiction and creative non-ficton from COC students for its fall publication "cul-de-sac." Submission deadline is Oct. 10. To submit e-mail culdesacmag@canyons.edu or visit www.culdesacmag.org. REP presents 'Of Mice and Men' The Repertory East Playhouse continues its Main Stage Series with John Steinbeck's classic, "Of Mice and Men." The production will run through Oct. 18. ...
Funding SCV Smiles
Celebrating a special 15th birthday, the Foundation for Children's Dental Health threw itself a Quinceanera party in the backyard of Santa Clarita Mayor Bob Kellar.
Your Community: Dates to Watch
Today Celebrate "The Miracle of LARC" today. Luncheon starts at 1 p.m. A concert with Raymond Michael as "Elvis." starts at 2 p.m. L.A.R.C. Ranch, 29890 N. Bouquet Canyon Road, Saugus. Proceeds benefit the Los Angeles Retarded Citizens Foundation. $125 per person, $50 for children. For more information, call (661) 296-8636. Friday The Boy Scouts of America will present the Third Annual Santa Clarita Valley Leaders of Character Recognition dinner on Friday at the Hyatt ...
Tea, entertainment and hope
It was a weekend where iced tea might have been more appropriate than steaming Earl Grey, but two days of sold out crowds didn't seem to mind the warm weather at the fifth annual Circle of Hope Theatrical Tea.
Calendar
Book signing at Zonta event Doni Jones, of Santa Clarita, will sign her new book " Divorce L.A.P.D. Style" at a special event hosted by the Zonta Club of the SCV, 2 to 5 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 21, at the home of Judy Penman, 24410 Zermatt Lane, Valencia. The book recounts Jones' marriage to an LAPD officer and how she ended up terrorized by her husband and his badge. Info: (661) 254-5931. Day for Kids ...
The prescription for ‘Fever’
So a doctor walks into a bakery ... That might sound like the beginning of stale joke, but in this case the doctor is Tish Oney, DMA and the bakery is Los Angeles' famed Jazz Bakery. On Sunday night Oney and her band will take to the stage for two sets of music to celebrate the release of her CD "Dear Peg," a 14-song tribute to the songwriting of Peggy Lee. The album features faithful ...
Articles by Section - SCV Life
SCV Scene: Happy Mother’s Day to SCV moms
Happy Mother's Day to all the hard-working mothers in the Santa Clarita Valley. I hope you have received breakfast in bed, or a nice Mother's Day Brunch at the very least! One of the truest statements I've ever heard is "No one ever loves you as much as your mother." It's something to remember, always.
The Men of Harmony want you
The Santa Clarita Men of Harmony Chorus will be searching for a few good men to join its ranks when it hosts auditions at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Valencia Library in the Civic Center.
Miss SCV Pageant contestants sought
The Miss Santa Clarita Valley Scholarship Pageant will celebrate its 34th year with a pageant to be held at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center on Saturday, June 15.
Kudos to Hopp and Sturgeon
It should be a cooler day today to enjoy the annual Taste of the Town at Mann Biomedical Park in Valencia.
2013 SCV Man and Woman of the Year
Bill Lively did the honors again as he "sang in" the winners at the annual SCV Woman and Man of the Year banquet held Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
Hopp and Sturgeon are SCV's Woman and Man of Year
Bill Lively did the honors again as he "sang in" the winners at the annual SCV Woman and Man of the Year banquet held Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
The SCV's best home cook
The best home cook in the Santa Clarita Valley found her passion for recipe contests in 2009 after winning a trip to the Aspen Food and Wine Festival.
Merry Graham is the SCV's best home cook
The best home cook in the Santa Clarita Valley found her passion for recipe contests in 2009 after winning a trip to the Aspen Food and Wine Festival.
Nature on view at Placerita
By James Harris
Eat, drink and be merry for charity
The 25th annual Taste of the Town to benefit the Child & Family Center of Santa Clarita will offer a record number of food and beverage vendors and a new way to contribute to charity.
Looking for love in all the right places
Maverick has spent several months at Advanced Care Animal Care Center in Canyon Country, but the senior cat is far from sick. He's looking for a new home and veterinarian/owner Amanda Gillen felt her office was a good place to start.
Elks presents NICU with Community Service Award
The Kim and Steven Ullman Neonatal Intensive Care Unit team at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital was honored recently with a Santa Clarita Elks Lodge Community Service Award.
Merry Graham cooks up more wins
I've just returned from my retreat on Whidbey Island, Wash. It was a lovely week which I spent visiting with friends, drinking salted caramel hot coco at the Local Grown coffee shop and taking in a great community theater production of "The Full Monty." I also had a fantastic seafood dinner of salmon, fresh Dungeness crab and fresh crab cakes. It really doesn't get any better than that!
Nurse gives back to the world
It's the simple things that we take for granted that Maureen Wright, R.N. thinks about in relation to her visits to Africa.
