Home » Author Archives: Andrew Delgado (page 55)

Author Archives: Andrew Delgado

Hometown Recipes: Grandma Walgamuth’s Persimmon Cookies

By: Erin Walgamuth These delicious cookies are perfect for fall and the holiday season. They are tender, slightly sweet and a bit spicy. I must say that they are wonderful with a hot cup of tea or coffee. You can find persimmons in the grocery store usually until late December. The most common varieties are Fuyu and Hychia. I like to ...

Read More »

Valencia Football Wasn’t Intimidated; Trinity Football Wins Championship

  By: Tim Haddock   The Valencia football team wasn’t intimidated with Hart’s No. 1 ranking in the CIF Southern Section Northern Division poll. The Vikings rolled up their sleeves and took care of business, beating Hart, 31-20, in a game heard live on AM 1220 KHTS. Stone Jackson scored three touchdowns for Valencia and helped the Vikings snap Hart’s seven-game ...

Read More »

3,000 Ducks Compete At 10th Annual Gotta Regatta

Professional rubber duck’s took to the course at Bridgeport Park Saturday for Samuel Dixon Family Health Center’s 10th annual Gotta Regatta. The annual fundraiser for the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center made a course at the park where rubber ducks which were sponsored by people throughout the community would race down in effort to be the first to cross the ...

Read More »

Gotta Regatta – October 27, 2012

On Saturday October 27, the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center hosted their 10th annual Gotta Regatta fundraiser. People were able to adopt a rubber duck and enter them in a race which was held for the first time at Bridgeport Park. Over 3,000 ducks were adopted and raced. The winner recieved a $2,500 gift certificate to Southwest Airlines. Along with ...

Read More »

County Health: Abuse Of Bath Salts Poses Health Danger

With drug abuse and drug-related deaths on the rise in the Santa Clarita Valley, county health officials are warning about use and abuse of “bath salts,” a synthetic drug that can cause severe side effects such as kidney and liver failure, seizures, increased suicide risk and even death. The drug has been gaining popularity in recent years, leading to increased ...

Read More »

Council Member Wants City Health Care Plan Discussion

Santa Clarita City Councilman TimBen Boydston will be addressing fellow council members as a private citizen regarding the city’s two-tiered health care plan at Tuesday night’s meeting at City Hall. An $800-per-month discrepancy in benefits between what Boydston takes home compared to his fellow council members are part of the issue — but it’s also about fairness, he said. “I ...

Read More »

Santa Clarita Young Adult Dies Of Alleged Heroin Overdose

By: Andrew Delgado An alleged heroin overdose may have claimed another life of a young adult in the Santa Clarita Valley, as Carlie Renee Coulter, 22, was found dead in an apartment Wednesday morning. Action Family Counseling and Action Parent-Teen Support Group held a press conference Thursday to address the issue within the Valley. Cary Quashen, founder of Action, has ...

Read More »

Action Family Counseling Holds Conference After Alleged Heroin Overdose

By: Kyle Jellings Action held an emotional press conference at its headquarters on Thursday following the death of 22-year-old Carlie Renee Coulter from an apparent heroin overdose. Cary Quashen, founder of Action Family Counseling and Action Parent-Teen Support Group, sent a clear message that enough is enough. “It’s terrible that we have to come together for a reason like this ...

Read More »

McKeon, Rogers Face Off In $45-a-Plate Debate

U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, and Dr. Lee Rogers, a podiatrist and Democrat who resides in Simi Valley, faced off in a forum/debate in front of 235 local residents at the Hyatt Regency Valencia Wednesday as the two candidates vie to represent the 25th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. The hour-and-a-quarter-long debate/forum — the ...

Read More »