Dressed as superheroes, animals, a claw machine and everything in between, people gathered at the Haunted Jailhouse, hosted by the sheriff’s station and the Santa Clarita Boys & Girls Club, to celebrate the Halloween season with trick-or-treating, games, photo booths, food, costume contests, a petting zoo and a dollhouse-themed haunted maze.
The California Intercollegiate Federation Southern Section (CIFSS) has released the bracket for the Fall 2018 11-man football playoff games. All playoff games are scheduled to take place on Nov. 2 at 7:30 p.m.
SNAP Sports celebrated the end of their Skate-a-thon fundraising campaign with a skating and hockey event at the Ice Station Valencia.
The Boy Scouts of America from the Bill Hart District of the Western Los Angeles County Council held their “Scout Me Win” carnival fundraiser in conjunction with Gilchrist Farm’s “Harvest Festival” on Saturday.
The Filipino American Association of Santa Clarita Valley held their 35th anniversary gala at the Hyatt Regency Valencia on Saturday.
Twenty bands from across Southern California attended the Southern California School Band and Orchestra (SCSBOA) Marching Band Competition on Saturday hosted by the West Ranch High School band.
Ron Fulleman, an author and substitute teacher with the William S. Hart Union High School District, writes stories for students who have a high interest in reading but are at a low reading level, or Hi/Lo. His fourth and most recent book, “Faces in the Flames: A Ghost Story,” was published in August and is based on the real-life WWII oil tanker USS Mississinewa, which was the first ship to be sunk by Japanese suicide submarines and on which Fulleman’s father served.
The Bow-Wows & Meows Pet Fair, which held its 18th annual fair on Sunday at William S. Hart Park in Newhall, featured more than 200 dogs, cats and rabbits for adoption along with vaccinations, 70 different pet supply vendors, a raffle, dog show and performances by the Sundance Dog Team.
Kids Music Day is an international celebration created by the Keep Music Alive nonprofit in order to promote the importance of youth musical education. The event can take place any time Oct. 1-14, according to the Kids Music Day website. The Kids Music Day celebration was sponsored by Oksana Kolesnikova and and her husband, Alex Concas, through their education and lifestyle support agency, Oksana Management Group, or OMG.
Junior Chamber International (JCI) Santa Clarita will host their first Co-Ed Dodgeball Spooktacular tournament on October 13 at the Santa Clarita Soccer Center in an effort to help raise funds for the organization and its future events.
The Santa Clarita Comic & Toy Expo, hosted for the fourth time by Kimzar Kollectables, took place at College of the Canyons. This year’s event featured numerous vendors and artists, including Kimzar, Brave New World Comics and Dreamworld Comics, as well as raffles, a scavenger hunt, face painting and activities for kids.
The Child & Family Center is hosting its second annual Trike Derby on Saturday, Oct. 6, at Wolf Creek Brewery.
Koegle, who teaches biology, health and a biotechnology course framed as a murder mystery at Academy of the Canyons (AOC), was nominated for the 2018-19 national LifeChanger of the Year award by AOC Campus Supervisor Kane Crawford, and by an anonymous student, due to his passion and dedication toward teaching and his students.
The Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children’s Cancer hosted its 25th annual Evening Under the Stars Gala Dinner and Charity Auction Saturday at the Valencia Country Club, raising hundreds of thousands of dollars to support the fight against pediatric cancer and to provide help to families and children battling the disease.
College of the Canyons (COC) has been ranked as one of the top colleges in the nation and No. 1 in Southern California for adult students by Washington Monthly magazine.
After three days of work, artists proudly displayed 30 different pieces and original works of chalk art on the final day of the 2018 Santa Clarita Chalk Festival, presented by the Old Town Newhall Association (OTNA).
Rudy Pavini spent two and half hours on the morning of his 84th birthday recreating Monet’s “Red Boats, Argenteuil” out of chalk on asphalt. Pavini, a muralist and retired teacher, is one of the 34 artists and art groups participating in the 2018 Santa Clarita Chalk Festival presented by the Old Town Newhall Association.
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