
Marsha McLean | Public Safety is Top Priority
Santa Clarita has long been hailed as one of the safest cities in the nation. Year after year, polls and rankings place our city at the top. This was not

Santa Clarita has long been hailed as one of the safest cities in the nation. Year after year, polls and rankings place our city at the top. This was not

“Truth is the first casualty in war.” This oft-quoted truism attributes back to 1915 England. The news and views coming from the past five weeks of the Russian “Special Military

Re: Diane Zimmerman and Ron Perry, March 29. Alright Diane, I admit that I don’t know the difference between a “poll observer” and a “poll watcher,” nor am I aware

Recently the Florida attorney general and others alerted the public to a new street drug 20 to 100 times stronger than fentanyl. Street name “ISO,” the synthetic opioid isotonitazene is

Sequel to Capitol building break-in Jan. 6, 2021, part 6 of 6. (Part 5 was published April 1.) No one was killed by Donald Trump supporters. Two people had heart

I am a blinded U.S. military veteran (U.S. Air Force medic, Vietnam War) but I see clearly what is happening to America under the Joe Biden Administration. Recently, I sent

Yesterday (March 28) a federal judge ruled that John Eastman, a Donald Trump legal adviser, must release email communications to the Jan. 6 Select Committee. The judge also ruled that

According to the Centers for Disease Control, fentanyl overdose is now the leading killer for people aged 18 to 45, taking more lives since 2020 than COVID-19, car accidents and

After reading Gary Horton’s latest attempt (Feb. 2) to convince the remaining holdouts to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by “exposing irrationality as a weapon against cult and illogical thinking,” it

There is a story told about Abraham Lincoln who asked his audience, “How many legs does a dog have if you consider the tail to be a leg?” As you

In re: Jonathan Kraut, “A Fourth Branch of Government?” March 29. I have always enjoyed reading Mr. Kraut’s submissions and while he and I don’t share many views on most

I have one question concerning Camp Scott: Since when have 18- to 25-year-olds been considered as youths? Glenn MooreCanyon Country Editor’s note: Fair question. The violent criminals who would be

I’m writing this while sitting on a flight from Los Angeles to New York. This is a special flight, primarily because my wife and I are on our way to

Ben Franklin, known for his proverbs appearing in “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” authored a time-immortal quote recognized worldwide, “Our new Constitution is now established, everything seems to promise it will be

“It’s just to flatten the curve.” “It’s just for two weeks.” “It’s just a few more months.” “It’s just another year.” “It’s just a mask.” “It’s just non-essential businesses.” “It’s

It has been said, “Build it and they will come.” Well it has been built, and they are coming. I am referring to the ever-growing homeless encampment behind the Shell

Once again I am flummoxed! My wife and I each worked hard all our adult lives, paid our taxes and felt blessed to be in the working class in a

Question: Robert, thank you for the effort you put in to answering so many questions. I’ve utilized the information from many answers over the years. My question today is, how

This letter to the editor is a response to Jonathan Kraut’s opinion column published Tuesday, entitled “A Fourth Branch of Government?” Mr. Kraut asserted, “We need an agency to evaluate

Sequel to Capitol break-in Jan. 6, 2021, Part 5 of 6. (Part 4 was published March 25.) The FBI has conducted the biggest manhunt in American history to hunt down