Santa Clarita community holds vigil to honor victims of recent mass shootings
Mai Nguyen Do August 6, 2019 0 COMMENTSDozens of community members gathered in front of Santa Clarita City Hall on Monday evening to hold a candlelight vigil in memory of the victims of the mass shootings in Gilroy, California, Chicago, Illinois, El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio.
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Veronica Alvarez appointed as Director of CalArts Community Arts Partnership
Mai Nguyen Do July 20, 2019 1 COMMENTArts educator Veronica Alvarez was recently appointed as the new Director of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Community Arts Partnership, a program that provides free arts education to youth in Los Angeles County, including students enrolled in Santa Clarita’s local school districts.
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Forge Ahead Arts recruiting local artists to create giant garden for immersive play
Mai Nguyen Do July 17, 2019 1 COMMENTLocal arts nonprofit Forge Ahead Arts is currently looking for artists to help create a giant garden, which will be displayed at the California Institute of the Arts’ Tournament Valley and used as the set of an immersive show titled “Finding Wonder.”
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Military veteran Chris Werthe kicks off Santa Clarita City Council campaign
Mai Nguyen Do June 30, 2019 0 COMMENTSOn Saturday June 29, U.S. Navy and Army veteran Chris Werthe joined friends, family and other supporters to kick off his campaign for Santa Clarita City Council. Werthe, who has worked as Chief Safety Engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power since 2014, ran unsuccessfully for William S. Hart Union High School […]
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Santa Clarita sees 49 percent increase in homeless count since 2018
Mai Nguyen Do June 19, 2019 0 COMMENTSNewly released numbers from the Los Angeles County Homeless Services Authority’s annual Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count show that 234 people experiencing homeless were counted in the city of Santa Clarita earlier this year, an increase of 49 percent since the 2018 count.
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Valencia students develop award-winning water filter, device protectant concepts
Mai Nguyen Do June 7, 2019 0 COMMENTSTwo teams from Valencia High School’s Honors Nanoscience class competed in the finals of the California NanoSystems Institute’s third annual Nanovation Competition last week, with one team awarded second place for their product concept pitch.
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Official update: Rep. Katie Hill raised over $600,000 in first quarter
Mai Nguyen Do April 16, 2019 0 COMMENTSNew filings released by the Federal Election Commission show that Rep. Katie Hill (D-Agua Dulce) raised over $600,000 during the first quarter of the 2020 election cycle. According to official reports, the 25th Congressional District’s incumbent representative brought in $605,418.29 to her 2020 committee, exceeding the $560,000 estimate her campaign previously claimed to have raised. […]
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New data shows a continued decrease in Republican voter registration and a trend of increasing independent registration in Santa Clarita and its encompassing electoral districts, giving local Democrats a slight edge.
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The Master’s University remains on probation, lays off faculty
Mai Nguyen Do March 18, 2019 1 COMMENTThe Master’s University and Seminary will remain on accreditation probation and will receive another special visit review from accreditation officials in 2020.
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Parents partner with CalArts to bring arts into Bridgeport classrooms
Mai Nguyen Do March 7, 2019 0 COMMENTSThe Parent Teacher Association at Bridgeport Elementary School is collaborating with CalArts’ Community Arts Partnership (CAP) program to create and implement an arts curriculum at the elementary school.
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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