The National Weather Service is forecasting more rain and high winds this week amid a historically wet winter that brought rain, snow and minor floods to the Santa Clarita Valley. The forecast expects just under 1.7 inches of rain to fall on the SCV Monday through Wednesday night, accompanied by Continue Reading
Man and woman arrested on suspicion of forging U.S. Savings Bond check
Two people, a 43-year-old man and a 36-year-old woman who share a home address in Canyon Country, were arrested on suspicion of forgery exceeding $950 on March 8 at approximately 6:30 p.m., according to Natalie Arriaga, spokeswoman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. Arriaga said the pair matched the Continue Reading
How to Attend Live Shows
A Day trip to Los Angeles is not complete without a bit of Hollywood show business on your itinerary. Luckily, there are multiple opportunities to see a taping of your favorite television shows live to get a sneak peek of the TV magic you see at home. Plus, good news: Continue Reading
California’s Literary Locations
By Michele E. Buttelman California may be most famous as the home of Hollywood and thousands of films and television shows, but it all starts with the written word. Here are but a few of the many literary locations to be found in California. Theodor Seuss Geisel National Reading Month Continue Reading
Lefties duel in Valencia baseball win over Castaic
A pair of marquee Foothill League left-handed pitchers dueled it out on Friday as the Castaic Coyotes baseball hosted the Valencia Vikings. Vikings ace Ricky Ojeda and Castaic pitcher Kyler Freude were lights-out in their performances. Ojeda took the win with six innings of work with six strikeouts while allowing Continue Reading
Canyon track off to hot start, beats Hart
Canyon Cowboys track and field continued its hot start in 2023 on Thursday, when the team won its dual-Foothill League meet over the visiting Hart Indians. Canyon’s boys won 104-27, while the Cowboy girls won 111-21, to both remain undefeated in league. The girls’ team was led by junior Briana Continue Reading
Scott Wilk | Homeless Crisis: More Money, More Problems
Aside from high-speed rail, which future generations will see as just a few mysterious Stonehenge-like ruins in the Central Valley, the state’s homelessness crisis is the most visible example of why money alone can’t fix California’s problems. People living in tents under freeways, in parks, in doorways, and spilling Continue Reading
Brian Richards | ‘Affordable Housing,’ COC-Style
I read with interest a recent letter from Steve Petzold about College of the Canyons’ plans to build “affordable” housing in Valencia. The plan is to build a three-story building that will house 100 students for a very unaffordable price of $62 million. Yes, for $620,000 per bed, COC is Continue Reading
Cost of retaliation allegations grows for D.A.
A recent judgment against District Attorney George Gascón could spell trouble for L.A. County coffers, with just the settlement costs for the complaints filed by his own prosecutors surpassing $2.5 million, and a growing list of similar concerns working their way through the system. All of the attorneys are claiming Continue Reading
John Boston | Creed & Rocky: An American Anthem of Soul, Heart & Can-Do
I have a few friends my age who are simply not wired to sit through a movie. We’ll be in the theater, chomping down popcorn. Bristling with impatience, they’ve gotten up to “…change the oil in the tractor before the film starts and maybe run a few errands…” Going back to Continue Reading