On Thursday, race relations scholar Dr. Shelby Steele spoke to a crowd of about 100 people on race relations in America at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center at College of the Canyons (COC). Throughout his one-hour interview with COC political science professor Lena Smyth, Steele continuously came back to his point that African Americans cannot continue to ...
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Metrolink To Offer Free Rides On Rosa Parks’ Birthday
To celebrate Rosa Parks’ birthday, Metrolink is providing free travel on Saturday anywhere their trains go. Metrolink invites all riders to “Take a Seat – Any Seat” on Saturday, Feb. 4 for Transit Equity Day declaring that access to public transit is everyone’s right. Public transportation systemwide is set to be free throughout San Bernardino county and L.A. Counties. Riders ...
Read More »Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Niece, To Speak At Golden Valley
Alveda King, Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, is expected to speak to Golden Valley High School students in Santa Clarita on Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. King was invited to speak at the high school by the Black Student Union Club. Her speech is set to cover the civil rights ...
Read More »Nation Remembers, Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.
In celebrating what would have been his 88th birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. continues to be honored throughout the country for the advancements he made in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. From CNN.com. In 1956, when Rosa Parks provoked the yearlong bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, ...
Read More »Valencia Woman Files Lawsuit Against City Of Carlsbad, Police Department
A Valencia woman has filed a lawsuit against the city of Carlsbad, alleging that officers with the Carlsbad Police Department brutally beat her in front of her children. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Cindy Hahn filed a lawsuit against the city of Carlsbad and the CPD officers involved in an incident that ...
Read More »Important Issues On Agenda For Closed Session, Council Meeting Tuesday
Topics on the agenda for the City Council meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday night include council salary and purchasing more than 302 acres of open space. A closed session to discuss the recent civil rights lawsuit against the city will be held at 4 p.m.
Read More »Sulphur Springs, COC District Hit With Discrimination Lawsuit Over Elections
Two local school districts, Sulphur Springs and the Santa Clarita Community College District, have been hit with lawsuit alleging civil rights discrimination
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