Letters to the Editor

Ken Keller | Check Those Hydrants Lately?

I’d like to ask a simple question to the powers that be: When was the last time the fire hydrants in the Santa Clarita Valley were checked by the L.A.

Letters to the Editor

Aran Dokovna | Protect Our Democracy

Is it time for Congress to act to protect our democracy? What does Congress not see in the actions of President Donald Trump and his alter ego president, Elon Musk?

Bill Miranda

Bill Miranda | Art, Innovation and Community

Since the beginning of time, art has been a unifying force, a medium through which people connect, express and envision the world in new and exciting ways. In Santa Clarita,

National News

Canned tuna recalled nationwide due to botulism risk 

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer  California-based Tri-Union Seafoods is recalling multiple brands of tuna sold nationwide, citing the possibility of a potentially deadly bacterial contamination, according to the U.S. Food and

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Trump says Putin agreed to start negotiations to end war 

By Ryan Morgan Contributing Writer   Following phone calls with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced Russia has agreed to “start negotiations immediately” to end the war

Letters to the Editor

Randy Miller | Confused Over ‘Anti-Christian Bias’

I have never written a letter to the editor before. However, after reading your article (“Trump announces DOJ task force to ‘eradicate anti-Christian bias,’” Nation/World, Feb. 8) and listening to

Letters to the Editor

Ben Mullen | A Constitutional Crisis?

On Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn into office where he promised to faithfully execute the duties of the office and “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and other Democrats protest outside the Department of Labor in Washington on Feb. 5, 2025. Labor groups and Democrats were opposing access to department data by the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk's time-limited commission. Photo by Nathan Worcester.

White House: DOGE cuts into the billions  

By Nathan Worcester Contributing Writer  After three weeks, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has made over $1 billion in cuts, according to numbers from the White House.  Some of the

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | Would a Cali-Canada Swap Work?

With Donald Trump back in the White House, he’s resuming his long-running feud with California and its political figures, most prominently Gov. Gavin Newsom. Trump refers to Newsom as “Newscum”

Letters to the Editor

Lois Eisenberg | Remembering the Holocaust

Monday, Jan. 27, was International Holocaust Day. On this day in 1945 during World War II, Soviet forces liberated the Auschwitz and Birkenau Nazi concentration camps in Poland. At this