By Michael Zhuang Contributing Writer U.S. President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday for his first trip to China in nearly nine years. Ahead of the trip, Beijing has revived familiar rhetoric about “peaceful coexistence”…
By Andrew Moran Contributing Writer Kevin Warsh will officially become the new head of the Federal Reserve. The Senate voted 54-45 on Wednesday to confirm Warsh’s four-year term as the 17th…
News release Local nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence welcomed more than 70 community members to its first open house on Saturday, April 25. Attendees learned how FYI supports local foster youth who are aging out of the foster care system, equipping them…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting that around 1 in 4 older adults are falling every year, and a notable share of these falls are happening outdoors…
The gap between AI-powered fitness apps and traditional tracker plus video apps has widened dramatically over the last two years. ChatGPT-class models, real-time computer vision through Apple Vision framework and…
News release Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley recently received a $20,000 grant from Clayton, a homebuilder, to help the local nonprofit support local families in need of housing assistance. The grant is a portion of the $2 million Clayton is…
For most of the last two decades, Alabama was where coaching careers were made. Under Nick Saban, the Crimson Tide functioned as a launching pad -- not just for players,…
Photo by Kate Trysh on Unsplash Most event problems begin long before guests walk through the entrance. While attendees usually notice issues during the event itself, many operational failures actually originate during setup and preparation…
News release Assistance League of Santa Clarita, a chapter of Assistance League, a national nonprofit organization, invited 120 local students, referred by their schools, to a shopping event April 26 to prepare them for their upcoming promotion to middle school. Each…
Photo by Walls.io on Unsplash Feeling put together rarely comes from dramatic transformations or complicated routines. For most people, the difference often comes down to a handful of consistent habits that improve energy,…
News release Santa Clarita Elks Lodge No. 2379 proudly recognized Cooper Kehoe, an eighth‑grade member of the Santa Clarita Valley Young Marines, as the first‑place winner in the eighth‑grade division of this year’s Elks Americanism…
Photo by Robo Wunderkind on Unsplash Children develop communication skills at different speeds, but confidence often grows through repeated positive experiences rather than pressure alone. Early speech development is closely connected to social interaction, emotional…
By Kamryn Martell and Katherine Quezada A Santa Clarita city bus, a gravel truck and two white sedans were involved in a collision at Centre Pointe Parkway and Golden Valley Road, injuring more than a dozen…
There are pros and cons to Donald Trump. Both sides of his rise in American politics make serious arguments about his impact. That’s not the debate here. What concerns me…
After reading the April 14 opinion pieces by Andrew Taban and Lois Eisenberg, you would think Americans are suddenly living in some kind of police state. Honestly, I am tired…
To our neighbors and the broader Santa Clarita community, my family has lived in Placerita Canyon for about 50 years. We’ve watched this canyon grow from open land, where property…
One of the great ironies of our time is that 60 years after the 1960s, the “love children” spent their final years consumed with hate. Rob Kerchner Santa Clarita
Dear Savvy Senior, I want to leave something meaningful for my children and grandchildren, beyond just money or property. I’ve heard about “legacy letters,” but I don’t really know what they are or how…
The Center for Biological Diversity has once again filed a legal challenge to the Northlake project in Castaic, which opponents called the epitome of problematic “sprawl development.” The project’s developer,…
After intentionally missing two trial dates by refusing to leave his jail cell, a defendant accused of murder received a warning from Judge Hilleri Merritt: If he refuses again, they…