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Various items, including cereal, pasta, and even toothpaste, were accepted during the Santa Clarita Valley Corvette Club Food Drive at Sam's Club on Saturday, Nov. 23. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: SCV Corvette Club Food Drive

Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Corvette Club gathered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sam’s Club to raise items for the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry on Saturday.

California Highway Patrol officers Carlos Burgos-Lopez, left, and Craig Sykes encourage residents to donate to the "CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive" at Walmart Supercenter at Carl Boyer Drive on Saturday, Nov. 23. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive

The California Highway Patrol is beginning its annual “CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive,” where residents are encouraged to drop off unwrapped toys for families in need until Dec. 20. Drop

SCV Food Pantry Executive Director Joanne Ainsworth (right) provides instructions to clients at the Turkey giveaway just days ahead of Thanksgiving. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

SCV Food Pantry hosts turkey giveaway  

Local dignitaries and volunteers were all hands on deck Monday morning in a small lot right behind the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry ready to give away hundreds of turkeys

Mayor Cameron Smyth and councilmembers stand with Isabell Yaralian, L.A. County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s field representative, during the Bouquet Canyon Trail ribbon-cutting ceremony at Central Park on Monday morning. Maya Morales/The Signal

City opens Bouquet Canyon Trailhead 

Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Bicycle coalition eagerly waited to be the first bicyclists on the newly opened Bouquet Canyon Trail at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Central Park on

Festival of Trees is back for its 22nd year 

A variety of trees of all sizes and themes encompassed the Canyon Country Community Center Friday night to kick off Festival of Trees, a weekend-long fundraiser where all proceeds go

The Valencia Town Center was visited by a Barbie Truck on Saturday, where customers could purchase merchandise ranging from jackets to jewelry. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Photos: Barbie Truck

The Valencia Town Center was visited by a truck fully decorated in Barbie theme last weekend. Passerbys could purchase clothes, and other kinds of merchandise Barbie themed.

Attendees were able to indulge in holiday treats, warm drinks and receive thank you gifts during the ZOE International Open House in Newhall on Thursday, Nov. 21. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: ZOE International Open House

ZOE International, a human trafficking prevention program, held an open house on Thursday in Newhall to share with residents its initiative to provide protection to victims aged 12 to 21

Senior Field Sales Manager Denise Cardamone (right) pours a glass of wine for volunteer John Burton at the Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative “Bringing it Home” fundraiser dedicated to raising funds to provide meals for local veterans in need for the holiday season on Thursday evening at Salt Creek Grille. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Photos: ‘Bringing it Home’ Fundraiser

The Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative held its “Bringing it Home” wine event fundraiser on Thursday evening at Salt Creek Grille with the aim to raise funds and provide meals

College briefs

College Briefs for Nov. 21

Phi Kappa Phi inducts 2 new local members  The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and collegiate honor society for