Community Stories

Hart High Schooll dance team, fall 2024. Courtesy photo.

Hart dance team to host youth clinic 

News release   The award-winning Hart High School dance team is hosting a youth clinic on Saturday, Oct. 12, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. The event is

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Saugus schools named among America’s healthiest 

News release  Alliance for a Healthier Generation has announced that the Saugus Union School District had 15 schools among the 879 schools nationwide to be awarded and named America’s Healthiest

Students to host inaugural cultural event 

Valencia High School students Maya Yiadom and Maddox Espinosa recalled their days of sharing food and learning about different cultures in elementary school.   They wanted to recreate their fond memories,

College briefs

College Brief for Sept. 12

Local students named to SNHU president’s list   Southern New Hampshire University announced that 14 local students were named to the winter 2024 president’s list.   Full-time undergraduate students who have earned

Nancy Roatcap of Nancy’s Ranch dies at 77 

Newhall resident Nancy Roatcap of Nancy’s Ranch, the former Christmas tree farm off Magic Mountain Parkway in Valencia, died of a stroke on Aug. 30, friends said.   According to Colleen

From left: Dragon Kim co-founder and CEO Daniel Kim, Abraham Lopez, Lorenzo Ibarra, and Gerardo Caravez of My Mom's Wishlist; Brandon Chang of GalaxSea Explorers; Ashima Sharma and Vedant Dayal of Heart-to-Art; Sofia Isabella Villacorta, Ava Villacorta, and Caitlyn Morales of Mālama; and Fellowship Program Director Amber Serafin. Courtesy photo.

Local student a finalist for Dragon Challenge 

News release  The Dragon Kim Foundation, an Orange County-based nonprofit whose mission is to inspire youth to impact their communities while discovering and pursuing their passions, has announced the four