The Domestic Violence Center of Santa Clarita Valley hosted a gala Friday to raise funds for the organization.
Dozens of attendees came to the event.

Linda Davies, right, executive director of the Domestic Violence Center of Santa Clarita Valley, chats with scholarship winners Johanna Jenneman, left, and Francisco Simplico, at the organization’s “Great Escape Gala” Friday at the Hyatt Regency Valencia.
Suitcases transformed into a work of art by local artists were auctioned off to the highest bidder. Each suitcase had a prize in it. Other prizes included bed and breakfast stays, golf packages, theme park tickets with hotel, massages and spa packages and more.