The Blaq Square
April 14, 2017
The food is as fresh as the ideas at The Blaq Square, a new Valencia restaurant with a name that reflects the edgy, pioneering style of owners Brad Slaughter and
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Cottontail Day Festival at Ventura Harbor
April 7, 2017
Now that spring is in full bloom, families are on the hunt for the Easter Bunny, and they can spend an egg-citing day with him by simply hopping to the
‘Kong: Skull Island’ a wildly entertaining monster movie that also has a sense of humor about itself
March 10, 2017
We just won’t leave Kong enough alone, will we? For some 80 years now, through movie after movie after movie, the giant ape has been minding his own giant ape
800 breweries in California!
March 10, 2017
This past week the California Craft Brewers Association announced that the state of California has hit the 800 mark for licensed operating breweries. That is an amazing milestone for California
Marciano’s Chicago Style Deli celebrates its first year in Canyon Country
March 10, 2017
If you’re craving food from the windy city, you don’t need a plane ticket, just a drive into Canyon Country. Marciano’s Chicago Style Deli was not only deemed the go-to
Santa Clarita and the kindness of strangers
February 17, 2017
“I’ve always depended upon the kindness of strangers,” said Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. For me, what has struck me most about the Santa Clarita Valley is that
‘Fist Fight’
February 17, 2017
If I were to rate my favorite BatmYou can tell me “Fist Fight” is a live-action, R-rated cartoon, and I shouldn’t take any of it literally. You can tell me
Cowboy Festival honorees announced
February 13, 2017
It is the Santa Clarita equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame – and it’s now getting three more stars. The annual Walk of Western Stars inductees, who will be
Farmhouse Breweries
February 10, 2017
In the world of Craft Beer the terminology of “Farmhouse Brewery” has different meanings. There are “Farmhouse Breweries” and there’s also “Farm Breweries and there are differences. Farmhouse Breweries actually
How patience can pay off in France
February 3, 2017
Oh, well, another day at the office. How boring! I swear, if only I could get something interesting with some stability and security. You know, like selling insurance or driving
‘The Comedian’ has one-ill-conceived set piece after another
February 3, 2017
With “The Comedian” arriving in theaters, it’s safe to say I now have only nine spaces left on my list of the 10 worst movies of 2017. What’s more painful
Knight pushes resolution on pediatric brain cancer
January 31, 2017
Janet Demeter of Agua Dulce first heard the words “diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma” in 2012, just after her son Jack celebrated his third birthday. The little boy whom Demeter remembers
‘A Dog’s Purpose’ pup-point-of-view film is melancholy and sometimes even grim
January 27, 2017
All the best dog movies make you cry — but it’s usually because by the time we say goodbye to the beloved canine, we’ve shared an amazing journey with the
City leases Repertory East Playhouse, enters show biz
January 26, 2017
Hey, gang, let’s put on a show! Mickey Rooney proposed that in the movies. Now the city of Santa Clarita is getting into the act. The City Council on Tuesday
‘Split’ is a creepy, bold and sometimes bat-bleep absurd thriller
January 20, 2017
The writer-director M. Night Shyamalan shook up the movie world in the late 1990s and early 2000s with beautifully constructed, breathtakingly original films such as “The Sixth Sense,” “Unbreakable” and
Colorado Craft Beer
January 13, 2017
Last week my family and I had a chance to visit our good friends in Colorado and spend time relaxing, skiing/snowboarding and of course sampling some of Colorado’s excellent Craft
‘Patriot Day’ recounts another real-life tragedy in exciting but reverent fashion
January 13, 2017
We go from breaking news alerts to “based on a true story” movies in fairly rapid fashion these days. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of New Orleans
Merry Graham, of Newhall, claims top prize in Maple Leaf Farms’ 2016 Consumer Duck Recipe Contest
January 6, 2017
From a tropical Jamaican dish to an entrée that fuses Mexican and Middle Eastern flavors, winning recipes in the 2016 “Strut Your Duck” Recipe Contest showcased the versatility of Maple
Clean Food on Clean Plates
January 6, 2017
How often do we ask ourselves if the food we are eating is safe? This new year will bring in some new changes – but the most troubling one may
‘A Monster Calls’ is an unabashedly sentimental and wonderfully inspirational story
January 6, 2017
Even with all the special effects and practical effects wizardry available to the movie world, sometimes you see a fable brought to live action on the big screen and you