William S. Hart Union School District’s “Drug Free Youth In Town,” or DFYIT, program members taught Lifelines lessons in sixth grade classrooms Wednesday, and a Lifelines assembly for sixth grade students from Santa Clarita elementary schools is scheduled for Thursday, Hart District officials announced. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The ...

Santa Clarita officials, including the Sheriff's Station's J-Team, touted a dramatic decline in overdose deaths based on year-to-date figures Thursday

The third annual Heroin Kills Symposium at the Santa Clarita Activities Center Wednesday night drew a crowd of more than 300 people and discussed all aspects of the drug issue in our valley, including prevention and how to get help.

Santa Clarita Mayor Bob Kellar celebrates the first year anniversary of the DFYIT program in local junior high and high schools. The anti-drug program uses positive peer pressure to encourage students to all stay sober together.

All SCV Teens Grades 7-12 Invited to Santa Clarita Aquatic Center Saturday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. By Stephen K. Peeples The Santa Clarita DFYiT anti-drug program has just completed its first school year, and organizers have invited all Santa Clarita Valley students in grades 7-12 to celebrate the milestone at the DFYiT “Summer Splash” pool party at the Santa ...

Monday’s ‘Families in ACTION’ Show on KHTS Focuses on Staying Sober During School Break By Stephen K. Peeples Deaths due to heroin and prescription drug overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley have dropped by more than half in 2013 compared to 2012, according to SCV Sheriff’s Station authorities. Now that the school spring semester is over, Santa Clarita-based ACTION Family ...

Members of the Santa Clarita DFYIT clubs from all of the Hart District school met at the Activities Center to celebrate their first year successes.