Innovation Show Choir receives arts grants
August 30, 2021
The Innovation Show Choir, a community-based youth performing ensemble, has been the recipient of a city of Santa Clarita Community Arts Grant for the past two years in a row,
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Veteran support comes to Veteran Center
August 29, 2021
Additional resources for the Santa Clarita Valley’s veteran community are now available at the Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative’s Veteran Center. A peer support specialist with Los Angeles County’s Veteran
International Dog Day: A Santa Clarita resident’s fight for her pup
August 26, 2021
When Santa Clarita resident Gina Moradzadeh adopted Penny, a pup rescued from the streets of Mexico, she never expected that what appeared to be a healthy dog would be anything
Santa Clarita eighth-grader works toward Eagle Scout
August 25, 2021
It wasn’t hard for Santa Clarita resident and eighth-grader Miranda Sotelo to come up with the perfect community service project. Though the 13-year-old has only been a Life Scout in
Encore Chorale: Sing for the love of it
August 25, 2021
News release Santa Clarita Encore Chorale, a nonprofit musical arts program for seniors, invites adults 55 and older to join their fall 2021 semester. The choral group offers seniors an opportunity to make
Marsha McLean | Back to School with the Library
August 24, 2021
The start of something new is always an exciting time comprised of feelings that range from nervous to joyful, anxious, uncertain and others. For you, these feelings may accompany the
Veteran Services Collaborative to host ‘Visit with a Vet’
August 24, 2021
The Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative is hosting an informational Visit with a Vet event Sept. 11. Visit with a Vet, which is free to attend, is set to allow
Samuel Dixon celebrates re-opening of Canyon Country Health Center
August 23, 2021
Community partners, staff and board members of the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center Inc. gathered Thursday to celebrate the long-awaited completion of the remodel and expansion of their Canyon Country
Canyon Country resident reflects on battle with breast cancer
August 20, 2021
Longtime Canyon Country resident Patty Rowdon had just lost her mother to cancer a few months earlier when she received the news: She had breast cancer. Rowdon’s mother fought a
Local foster youth get back-to-school shopping
August 19, 2021
More than 200 local youth in the foster care system were given the chance to shop for new clothes ahead of the school year Sunday. The Santa Clarita-based organization Tidings
Santa Clarita resident publishes book about life as photojournalist
August 19, 2021
Longtime Santa Clarita resident Rodger Howard has a lot of stories to tell after spending more than 30 years covering Los Angeles news as a photojournalist. “I covered all the
Santa Clarita branch of NAACP celebrates ‘A Night Out’
August 19, 2021
The Santa Clarita branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People celebrated its inception with A Night Out, its first in-person event, at California Institute of the
Santa Clarita family pushes for epilepsy education
August 18, 2021
From the time Vivien Knox was 2, her parents have been fighting for her — fighting for her to receive treatment for her epilepsy and fighting for her safety. Now
Zonta LifeForward workshop to offer help from expert
August 18, 2021
News release The Zonta Club of the Santa Clarita Valley’s LifeForward program offers free skill-building workshops that concentrate on topics useful to women of varying ages and interests. These include job
Hart Park Barnyard celebrates long-anticipated reopening
August 16, 2021
After a more than two-year closure, the William S. Hart Regional Park Barnyard staff and its animals were excited to welcome the public back Sunday. The barnyard first shut its
Santa Clarita resident tackles challenges, strives to inspire others
August 14, 2021
Santa Clarita resident Angela Fabian has never faced a challenge she couldn’t overcome, working hard through life to ensure that not even her hearing loss could stop her. Now, the
More programs return to Placerita Canyon Nature Center
August 12, 2021
Santa Clarita Valley residents have more opportunities to get out in nature, as some of the Placerita Nature Center’s most popular programs make a return, including its twilight hike this
Valencia grad tackles Olympic coverage
August 11, 2021
Valencia High School graduate and sports broadcaster Alexa Shaw recently had the opportunity to showcase her talent as an on-air personality for NBC during the Olympics. Shaw was part of
FYI holds Back to School Bash and career fair for foster youth
August 6, 2021
News release Local nonprofit Fostering Youth Independence held its fifth annual Back to School Bash, where students received backpacks and school supplies for the upcoming semester, and for the first time also featured a career fair
Tommy Ward’s 90th celebrated at Senior Center
August 6, 2021
Photo gallery: Santa Clarita Valley resident Tommy Ward celebrated her 90th birthday at the SCV Senior Center on Aug. 1.