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Child & Family Center Installs 2023-2024 Board Of Directors

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The Santa Clarita Valley Child & Family Center held its annual board installation on Tuesday at Sand Canyon Country Club. Stephanie English, Senior Field Deputy, Los Angeles County 5th District office, Supervisor Kathryn Barger, installed the new officers for the 2023/24 fiscal year and our newest incoming board member. This was the first in-person Board Installation since 2019, due to ...

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Henry Mayo Introduces Aquablation Therapy For Advanced Treatment Of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is now offering Aquablation therapy, a surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).  This minimally invasive procedure brings long-lasting relief to men suffering from BPH, Henry Mayo officials said. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or an enlarged prostate, is a prostate that has grown to be larger than normal. BPH is not prostate cancer, Henry Mayo officials said. ...

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Providence Holy Cross Named Among Top 83 Hospitals In U.S.

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Providence Holy Cross Medical Center was included today in Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2023 Great Hospitals in America list of 83 hospitals nationwide. The hospital in Mission Hills is the only hospital in the Greater San Fernando Valley and the only non-academic medical center in Southern California to make the list, one of many accolades it has received over the past ...

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Assemblywoman Schiavo Speaks On California 2023-24 Budget

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Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, spoke on the legislature passing an on-time budget that provides for the health, safety and general welfare of all Californians. “This is a budget reflecting our values: prioritizing housing, healthcare, solutions to homelessness, education, job creation, and protecting our environment,” said Assemblywoman Schiavo. “I am specifically grateful that two programs proposed by legislation I carried this ...

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Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation CEO Submits Resignation

The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation announced Thursday that President &  CEO Holly Schroeder has submitted her resignation, which will be effective September 15, 2023. The departure of Schroeder concludes a chapter of significant growth for SCVEDC, during which it helped bring thousands of jobs to the local economy, officals said. Schroeder has been instrumental in establishing SCVEDC as ...

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Schiavo, L.A. County Delegation Vote To Support Extending The California Film & Television Tax Credit

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Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, and the Los Angeles County Delegation (LACD) last week voted to extend the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program contained in Governor Newsom’s 2023-2024 budget with bipartisan support.  The LACD is composed of 39 members, encompassing 15 members from the California State Senate and 24 members from the State Assembly. “I am proud that my ...

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Rock Out This Summer At Concerts In The Park

The City of Santa Clarita’s popular Concerts in the Park series, presented by Logix Federal Credit Union, returns with free, live entertainment on Saturdays this summer.  Join thousands of your closest friends and neighbors at Concerts in the Park each summer Saturday and enjoy concerts from July 8 to Aug. 26 at Central Park, located at 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road. ...

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Assemblywoman Schiavo Advances Priority Bills With Bipartisan Support

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Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced Tuesday that she successfully advanced five priority bills through Assembly policy committees.  Four of the bills received bipartisan support, Schiavo said.  The bills that passed through include:   AB 911, Housing People Can Afford  AB 911 provides confidence to affordable housing developers who want to purchase real estate for 100 percent affordable development.   AB ...

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Senator Wilk Announces His Appointment To Serve On ‘Little Hoover’ Commission 

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Senator Scott Wilk R-Santa Clarita, announced FRIDAY his appointment by the Senate Committee on Rules to serve on the Little Hoover Commission, California’s independent oversight agency.  “Government transparency and efficiency have been two of my top legislative priorities since arriving in Sacramento,” Wilk said. “It is an honor to be appointed to a commission whose mandate parallels my interests so ...

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Early Prison Release Accountability Measure Blocked By California Senate Democrats

California Senate Democrats in the Public Safety Committee continued their destructive path of placing convicted felons first through early prison release and refused to support Senate Bill 288, officials said Tuesday.  SB 288 would require the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to make the calculations of a prisoner’s early release public, including what the inmate did to earn ...

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