AOC students perform at Carnegie Hall
April 17, 2025
Friends who grow up together, perform at Carnegie Hall together. This is the case for Academy of the Canyons sophomores Sanjana Prabakar and Sahasra Ponnuswamy, both 15, who traveled to
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Local entertainment professionals to release new VR game
April 17, 2025
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Canyon Country resident and film producer Julie Pifher Cawood and her husband, Michael Cawood, got a virtual reality headset to pass the time. Cawood said it
8 arrested in Newhall raid on ‘generational gang’
April 17, 2025
Newhall 13, a “generational gang” in Santa Clarita that’s been responsible for violent crime for decades, including at least a dozen shootings over the past two years, was targeted by
City: Newhall railroad crossings down
April 16, 2025
City officials alerted rush hour commuters to avoid Railroad Avenue in Newhall due to railroad crossing gate issues on Wednesday evening. As of 5:30 p.m. the railroad crossing gates at
Eastside project to abandon rentals for condos
April 16, 2025
A statewide push for millions more homes notwithstanding, market forces and Sacramento policy were brought up several times Tuesday at Santa Clarita City Hall as the problems that plagued a
Duck, Duck, Goose: Bridgeport pond welcomes wildlife
April 16, 2025
It’s springtime in Valencia, and with the change of the season comes the familiar Bridgeport ducks and geese. With them come concerns from local residents about the health and safety
Campus safety provides update to COC board
April 15, 2025
The College of the Canyons governing board reviewed a presentation on campus safety last week and briefly discussed the response to recent invasion-of-privacy incidents. There have been three incidents that
Homeland agent gives parent talk about child sextortion case
April 15, 2025
A couple dozen parents stopped by Saugus High School’s auditorium Monday for a presentation from a local special agent for the Department of Homeland Security who shared why it’s so
Teen pleads no contest in 3 deaths from DUI
April 15, 2025
A Redlands teen pleaded no contest Friday to several charges for a fatal DUI crash July 3 that killed her three passengers, two teens from San Bernardino County — a
Deputies respond to bomb threat at senior living facility
April 15, 2025
No evidence was found by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies when they responded Tuesday morning to a possible bomb threat at the Santa Clarita Hills Senior Living facility, according
Former Pitchess deputy facing federal drug, gun charges
April 14, 2025
A former Pitchess Detention Center deputy who was relieved of duty after an investigation led to a 26-count indictment from the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office is now facing charges
County to take first look at budget plan
April 14, 2025
L.A. County officials Monday offered their first look at the $47.9 billion budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. The county’s Board of Supervisors is scheduled Tuesday
COC partners with federal legislative advocacy group
April 14, 2025
In an effort to secure more federal funding and grants for projects, the College of the Canyons governing board last week approved a federal legislative advocacy group to work on
‘Women in History’ a page turner for Saugus High students, faculty
April 14, 2025
Saugus High School’s 15th annual “Women in History” presentation on Monday highlighted six different authors with three faculty members and three students playing the women. The women were Laura Ingalls
Planners recommend flexibility for MetroWalk developer
April 14, 2025
Santa Clarita planners are recommending the city allow the developer less space between homes, more time to build and more flexibility in general on MetroWalk, a Canyon Country project being
Cell phone policy set to be introduced to Hart school board
April 14, 2025
In alignment with new California law, the William S. Hart Union High School District governing board is expected at Wednesday’s meeting to discuss the first reading of a policy concerning
Jews and Methodists share in Sunday Passover Seder meal
April 14, 2025
Santa Clarita Valley Jewish congregants helped the Rev. John Shaver from Community United Methodist Church of Pacific Palisades after his church burned down in January’s Palisades Fire. Shaver joined many
Collodion tintypes take Cowboy Festival down memory lane
April 14, 2025
What started as Brandon Schnittker’s eighth grade history project became his family’s hobby for the next six years and counting. With their own booth at the 29th annual Cowboy Festival
Cowboy Festival blacksmiths hammer out a good time
April 14, 2025
The blacksmiths at the 29th Annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival over the weekend at William S. Hart Park in Newhall had continuous lines of people waiting to get inscribed horseshoes.
Light shaking reported in SCV after 5.2 magnitude earthquake near San Diego
April 14, 2025
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake northeast of San Diego was recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey Monday morning, though there was little to no effect in the Santa Clarita Valley. The