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by Carol Rock It might be a simple patch of land right now, nestled against a hillside near schools, offices and health care facilities, but the small crowd gathered Monday afternoon have high hopes for it. Santa Clarita Valley Habitat For Heroes has a dream of building a village for veterans returning home from defending our country on native soil ...

Mark Figearo, CEO and co-owner of Green Convergence, a booming Santa Clarita Valley based solar energy company, recently met with local Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon. Figearo and McKeon discussed the future of the solar industry and how Green Convergence would continue to expand its business into the future. Green Convergence (GC) has continued to grow its business despite the ...

By Mark Archuleta Pro-life. Pro-choice. Those stances became a concern for seniors at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center in Newhall when they held a candidates forum last Thursday night. If you thought this was about abortion…you’d be wrong. For seniors, it’s about the right to decide how they want to end their lives. Four candidates showed up at the ...

By Leon Worden, SCVNEWS.com U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, introduced legislation to stop the CEMEX Mine from opening in the Soledad Canyon area. This bill, H.R. 6469, the Soledad Canyon Mine Mitigation and Relocation Act, forces the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) to determine the legal and administrative steps necessary to carry out the goals of Congressman ...

By Leon Worden, SCVNEWS.com The Boy Scouts of America have announced the honorees for the Seventh Annual Santa Clarita Valley Leaders of Character Recognition Dinner. The 2012 list of distinguished honorees from Santa Clarita Valley business, government, and philanthropy are Kiki and Jeff Hacker, Marian and Richard Sandnes and Eileen Mann and Marc Winger.  The honor is presented annually to ...

By Mark Archuleta On Saturday, U.S. Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon held his 3rd Annual Women’s Conference on the campus of College of the Canyons. On Sunday, he flew to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio where 17 training instructors are under investigation for the rape and sexual assault of 42 female recruits. In a report by The Hill newspaper, ...

By Mark Archuleta On Saturday, 25th District Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon will be holding his 3rd Annual Women’s Conference at College of the Canyons. The event described as “a morning filled with motivational speakers and educational sessions focused around issues most important to women today” will also include an unscheduled delivery of petitions to McKeon by a woman (Beatriz Topete, ...

By Mark Archuleta Labor Day might as well be the starting gun for the election season and the first event will be at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center where voters will have the opportunity to hear from candidates in the November 6 election – Democratic candidates so far. To date, scheduled to speak and take questions are Lee Rogers, ...

[SCV Senior Center] – Local seniors will have a chance to hear about Medicare from U.S. Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon on Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center. McKeon will discuss Medicare, related legislation and answer seniors’ questions. The forum is free and open to the public. For more information, call the SCV Senior Center at (661) 259-9444. ...

By Mark Archuleta Democratic Assembly candidate Edward Headington and Republican Scott Wilk broke bread at the Valley Industry Association’s August luncheon, then broke out their different views of the district’s political future. Wilk sees himself as picking up the flag of past Republican Assemblymembers Keith Richman and Cameron Smyth. “Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, who has endorsed me, is up there working ...