Last week was a good week to be reminded of what kind of place Santa Clarita has become. The city celebrated the expansion of David March Park in Plum Canyon. More than $12 million has been invested into a beautiful collection of baseball fields, playgrounds, exercise equipment, shade structures and open space. It is exactly the sort of neighborhood asset
I am a resident of the Bridgeport community in Santa Clarita. Like many others, I was drawn here by the beauty of the lake, the wildlife and the sense of
Mr. Arthur Saginian (April 22, letters) rightly notes that the fall of the Roman Empire was far too complex to blame on immigration alone. But in making that argument, he
As we head into Memorial Day weekend, it’s a great time to read “Chicken Soup for the Veteran’s Soul.” One powerful story tells about Mike, shot down in 1967 and
In response to Gary Horton’s pontification of the military industrial complex (May 20), let us understand that President Dwight Eisenhower had just witnessed 400,000 Americans and millions of world citizens
This is a response to a column from Mr. Jonathan Kraut (May 19). I thought I was reading a letter from our enemy. Yes, there certainly is a cost of
Regarding Lois Eisenberg’s letter (April 2), fact-checking President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, you’re barking up the wrong tree. You might even be in the wrong forest. SOTU’s
Last week Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a revised version of his eighth and final state budget, which he said would not only be balanced for the 2026-27 fiscal year but
For the first time this term, President Donald Trump’s job approval rating has dipped below 40% in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. The newest rating is 39.9% approval and 57%
Eisenhower warned us this would happen. A victorious post-World War II America, armed with the most powerful military in human history, would eventually normalize militarism into everyday life. War would
I’m old so I love old sayings and one of my favorites is one attributed to Mark Twain that says, “There are Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics.” His point was
This weekend, I made my third trip in the last 12 months to Death Row at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. Eleven men sentenced to die have been working
Jack Crawford’s letter, “Blessed Are the Peacemakers,” in the May 13 edition, makes several assumptions while presenting them as settled moral truth. As a Roman Catholic, I also take seriously
I often disagree with many of your opinion columnists, sometimes to the point of writing and sharing my disagreement. Sometimes I think you publish your columnists for their diverse viewpoints,
Until recently, the Democrat frontrunner in the California governor’s race was a guy who spent years insisting that Donald Trump was a Russian spy, while he himself was canoodling an
When Donald Trump decided to go to war with Iran, of course Iran’s first move was to choke off the shipping route that supplies at least 20% of the world’s
On my five-minute drive to the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center the other day, I encountered seven e-bikes on the sidewalks and bike lanes. Two were performing dangerous maneuvers, including
Santa Clarita has long taken pride in thoughtful, locally driven growth, a city shaped by planning, community input and a clear sense of identity. But that balance is shifting. Increasingly,
Using a machine to think for you is a “route to mental flabbiness.” People who believe in artificial intelligence don’t approve that AI is a “route to mental flabbiness.” Their