Community Stories

Local resident sworn in as CHP officer

News release  Freddie A. De La Cerda, of Santa Clarita, has successfully completed cadet training at the California Highway Patrol Academy. He is assigned to duty at the CHP’s Altadena

Local resident turns 100

Local resident and World War ll veteran Abe Nungesser celebrated his 100th birthday on Sunday at a party held at Christ Lutheran Church in Valencia.   About 70 of Nungesser’s family

Vietnam veteran Paul Gonzalez is wrapped with his custom-made quilt by Donna Kiger of the Quilt of Valor Foundation at the Denny's in Canyon Country, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.

Vietnam veterans honored with quilts of valor

The Quilts of Valor Foundation honored five veterans from chapter 355 of the Vietnam Veterans of America organization on Thursday.   The Quilts of Valor Foundation is a national organization that

College Briefs for Aug. 11, 2022

5 SCV students named to Baylor dean’s list Five Santa Clarita Valley students were named to the fall 2021 dean’s list at Baylor University: • Shelby Wilson, of Canyon Country,

Hart jacket mystery man identified

The mystery man wearing a Hart baseball jacket spotted before summer by a former Santa Clarita Valley resident in Haines, Alaska, has been identified.  In a July 7 story in

The band, Upstream performs Caribbean music on the steel drum during the Celebrate:Caribbean event at Canyon Country Community Center in Canyon country on Friday, 080522.

Santa Clarita celebrates Caribbean culture

The Canyon Country Community Center was filled with Caribbean music, food and dancing Friday as the city celebrated Caribbean culture with its fifth installment of “Celebrate.”   “Celebrate” is an event