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Press release

Church to host weekend grief and loss recovery group 

News release  First Presbyterian Church of Newhall is hosting a grief and loss recovery group this weekend, free to community members.   This weekend group runs 6-9 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday on the church’s campus in Newhall, near the DMV office.   Below are some common questions and answers about this program, called the Grief Recovery Method, according to a news release from the church:  • The Grief Recovery Method defines the broad extent of grief. How common is it? —  Grief is the normal and natural emotional response to change or loss of any kind: death, divorce, moving, financial changes, health changes, relationship changes and on and on. Grief is also the result of unmet hopes, dreams and expectations and the loss of intangible concepts such as safety, trust,

From left: Jacob Ortiz Pascua and Elisha Soronio practice their Filipino culture dance "Kuradang" at Filipino Night for St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church's 47th annual Lenten Fish Fry event in Canyon Country, March 28, 2025. Kamryn Martell/The Signal

Photos: Filipino Night at the Fish Fry

St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church hosted Filipino Night during the 47th Annual Lenten Fish Fry on Friday. The evening included Filipino culture dances like “Kuradang,” and “Danyang Danyang.”  Every

Vounteer Matt Smith performs a fry toss as he and a collective of volunteers cook hundreds of meals for the Lenten Fish Fry on March 7, 2025 hosted by the St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church in Canyon Country, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Photos: St. Clare’s 47th annual Fish Fry

The St. Clare of Assisi Catholic Church welcomed hundreds of community members to its first week of the 47th annual Lenten Fish Fry with this year’s proceeds donated to victims

Volunteers pass out items during the Venice Pizzeria and God's Glorious Praise Ministries food drive on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/The Signal

Food drive serves hundreds of families on Saturday

Hundreds of families came out Saturday to the parking lot of God’s Glorious Praise Ministries on Sierra Highway in Canyon Country for groceries. According to the church’s pastor Christopher Ethakpemhi,

Speaker Hila Oz speaks recounts her experince of Oct. 7 in Israel during the Santa Clarita Valley Jewish Community and Friends' celebration of Israel event at The Centre on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 2, 2025 Maya Morales/The Signal

SCV Jewish Community and Friends celebrate Israel 

Hundreds of attendees gathered at the Centre on Sunday to celebrate Israel with the Santa Clarita Valley Jewish Community and Friends committee.  Cheryl Thatt-Burbank, one of the event organizers, the