The Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) is commemorating National Crime Victims’ Rights Weeks (NCVRW) by posing the question “how would you help?” NCVRW is observed this year from April 21-27 with the theme “How would you help? – Options, services, and hope for crime survivors.” The OVC calls on residents, community leaders, victim service providers, criminal justice practitioners, and ...

Guest Editorial By: Mark Hershey For more than 130 years, the White House has held its annual Easter Egg Roll. This event involves the president, the Easter Bunny, and hundreds of colorful hard-boiled eggs. The Egg Roll is a race where children push an egg through the grass with a long-handled spoon. This year, the White House made the reprehensible ...

Here’s a sneak peek at the mouth-watering food trucks serving up good times at the 13th Annual KHTS Home & Garden Show this weekend! Featuring over 400 local vendors, fun for the whole family, and a flavor-fest of food trucks, the 2024 KHTS Home & Garden Show at Santa Clarita’s Central Park is sure to delight the senses this coming ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Media Collaborative invites local creatives, media industry professionals, students, parents, teachers and more to celebrate the next generation of media makers at the inaugural NextGen MediaMakers Festival on Saturday, May 18, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Canyon Country Community Center.  The NextGen MediaMakers Festival is a competition for local Santa Clarita Valley junior high ...

The “Creature Feature” art show is scheduled to run May 11 through June 30, 2024 in the TAADAA Art Gallery at Picasso’s Playmates (33330 Santiago Road, Acton). This is a juried art exhibition, with a theme of any living creature. The subject of your piece can be any creature, from insects to whales, according to the Acton Agua Dulce Arts ...

On Monday, Senator Scott Wilk R-Santa Clarita, announced his bill to help reduce overcrowding at animal shelters across the state, by expanding access to low and no-cost spay and neuter services, passed out of the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development. “Overcrowding at California’s animal shelters, especially in the High Desert, has been at crisis levels for too ...

This Wednesday, April 24, the Canyon Country Farmers Market will celebrate its two-year anniversary. The community is invited to come out to the market and enjoy free cake, giveaways, live music, free face painting and more! The Canyon Country Farmers Market is a certified farmers market that operates weekly and year-round. Every Wednesday, two dozen farmers and local food artisans ...

While television shows make up the bulk of the filming projects, there are also a number of feature films this week in Santa Clarita. Television: Family Business: New Orleans The American crime family drama series The Family Business: New Orleans was created by Carl Weber. Lela Rochon plays Big Shirley Duncan, the owner of the popular New Orleans club Midnight ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, is presenting The Healthy Homework Act (AB 2999) in the Assembly Education Committee Tuesday, legislation aimed at developing updated homework guidelines across California schools.  Recognizing the critical link between homework and impacts to student stress and well-being, the bill mandates Local Educational Agencies, including school boards, to establish homework policies that support developmentally appropriate homework practices ...

A graduate of The Master’s University (TMU) and deputy with the Ada County Sheriff’s Office in Idaho was shot and killed last weekend. Around 8:55 p.m. Saturday, Ada County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tobin Bolter made a traffic stop on a gray Chevy Suburban in the area of W. Overland Road, and S. Raymond Street in Boise Idaho, officials with the ...