A Val Verde couple is using playground programs to teach SCV about the power of play
Brianna Bricker July 21, 2019 0 COMMENTSJeremiah Dockray and Erica Larsen-Dockray co-founded the SCV Adventure Play Foundation to let children explore creativity through adventure playgrounds.
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Filipino immigrant Almira Javier persists through bullying, language barriers to graduate from College of the Canyons
Brianna Bricker June 11, 2019 0 COMMENTSThrough support from her family and faculty and through her own perseverance, Filipino immigrant Almira Javier graduated from College of the Canyons.
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Castaic Animal Care Center offering reduced cat adoption fees for “Adopt a Shelter Cat Month”
Brianna Bricker June 8, 2019 0 COMMENTSTo celebrate “Adopt a Shelter Cat Month,” all seven of the Los Angeles County Animal Care Centers — including the Castaic Animal Care Center — are offering reduced adoption fees for cats and kittens.
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Rep. Katie Hill raises over $560,000 in first fundraising quarter
Brianna Bricker April 3, 2019 2 CommentsFollowing the first fundraising deadline of the 2020 election cycle, Rep. Katie Hill’s (D-Ague Dulce) campaign announced that she raised more than $560,000 during the quarter. The campaign claims that more than 82 percent of Hill’s fundraising came directly from individual donors, with more than 6,200 individual contributions. “To start the 2020 campaign so strongly, […]
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Rep. Katie Hill, Democrats announce introduction of the Equality Act
Brianna Bricker March 13, 2019 1 COMMENTRep. Katie Hill (D-Agua Dulce) joined Democratic legislators Wednesday morning to announce the introduction of the Equality Act of 2019, which would provide federal anti-discrimination protections to LGBTQ Americans.
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Assemblymember Christy Smith introduces charter school accountability bill
Brianna Bricker February 26, 2019 0 COMMENTSAssemblymember Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) introduced a new bill on Monday, Feb. 25 to prohibit charter schools from operating outside of their authorizing districts.
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Local residents rally against Trump’s national emergency declaration
Brianna Bricker February 19, 2019 0 COMMENTSDozens of Santa Clarita residents gathered in front of city hall on President’s Day afternoon to protest President Donald Trump’s decision to declare a national emergency along the United States’ southern border. The rally was part of a nationwide day of action coordinated by Santa Clarita activists and MoveOn.org, a political advocacy organization, in response […]
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Crime rates are the lowest on record in Santa Clarita history, mirroring historic lows in crime across the state.
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CalArts animators rack up Golden Globes, Oscars nominations
Brianna Bricker January 28, 2019 0 COMMENTSGraduates of CalArts’ animation programs have historically brought home awards and billions in revenue, and they’re continuing the trend of success in 2019 with three alumni-directed films nominated for both Golden Globes and Academy Awards. At Sunday night’s Golden Globes, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” won the top prize for best animated feature. Out of this […]
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After losing hundreds of blankets in fire, local Project Linus chapter seeks community’s help
Brianna Bricker January 24, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Project Linus Santa Clarita Valley / Antelope Valley / Sylmar chapter lost over 200 blankets and $6000 dollars’ worth of supplies in a storage facility fire on Jan. 7.
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Coast Guard veteran Eric Ohlsen to challenge Assemblymember Tom LackeyAugust 15, 2019
Black ‘N Blue fights to break The SCV CurseAugust 11, 2019
Highlights from Mike Garcia’s interview with The Talk of Santa ClaritaAugust 9, 2019