By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer The U.S. military said it struck a drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Sunday, killing six people, the latest in a series of actions under the Trump administration’s…
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer The U.S. State Department on Sunday ordered non-emergency U.S. government workers and their family members to leave Saudi Arabia, citing security risks arising from the conflict with Iran. The U.S.…
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer A panel newly remade by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will no longer be convening in March, the Department of Health and Human Services says. The Interagency…
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer Dr. Vinay Prasad, the top vaccine official at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, is stepping down from the agency, his second departure from the role after briefly…
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were dispatched to a medical emergency call for a student at La Mesa Junior High School on the 26600 block of May Way in Canyon Country, according…
Hope Theatre Arts hosted its fifth annual space-themed presentation that included a bees-in-space-themed story that was acted out along with three separate activities to teach children about teamwork, positive reinforcement, and communication at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library on Sunday afternoon. The book…
The Missing Persons Unit of the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help to locate a woman and a man both reported missing from the same area on the same date. It has…
Aaryan Patel knew he wanted to go into a STEM field after his grandfather, who was also his closest family member, died from stage four lung cancer. Following his dream, Patel was accepted into the Research Science Institute,…
If there’s an easy way of explaining Academic Decathlon – that is, what it does and who it’s for – it’d be that it exists because some people love learning for its own sake. That doesn’t necessarily mean students…
By David Hegg Somewhere along the line, freedom went through a tragic redefinition. What once was understood and provided the basic foundation of our democracy has now become a primary…
Thanks, Mihran Kalaydjian, for your lengthy, scholarly warning about the L.A. mayoral race and how it might affect us in God’s country (letters, Feb. 20). You left out one important…
As winter rains taper off and days stretch a little longer, March quietly flips the switch on gardening season in the Santa Clarita Valley. Local experts say this is the month to…
For many people, the concept of “estate planning” seems distant, something reserved for the wealthy or the elderly. But according to Sonia C. Lee, partner at Thompson Von Tungeln, that misconception…
A big rig carrying Amazon goods driving 2 miles south of Quail Lake on Interstate 5 was engulfed in flames Friday night, according to the L.A. County Fire Department. Fire Department spokesperson Pauline McGee had no information about the…
“Are you still attracted to female children?” “Yes, I am.” That exchange comes directly from the official transcript of a California parole hearing for convicted child predator David Allen Funston.…
A community cannot thrive if it does not feel safe. This is not partisan. It is not ideological. It is foundational. Safety is what allows parents to walk their children…
On conservative media outlets like Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove is omnipresent. George W. Bush’s former senior advisor and deputy chief of staff can hardly be…
I was standing in my favorite bagel store recently, waiting for my order, when I struck up a conversation with a stranger also waiting for hers. She started bemoaning how much…
Question: Robert, I just discovered water on my fireplace hearth. We are in older Valencia with a concrete pre-fab chimney, still in good condition. I looked and the water is coming down the chimney from the…
Hope you all are having a fine Saturday morning. We have a great little adventure ahead of us, including the great discovery of gold in this here valley, and a band of Protestant lynchers…