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On August 23, 1926, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department dedicated its Newhall Substation No. 6, giving the Santa Clarita Valley its first permanent local base of operations. Before then, law enforcement in communities like Newhall and Saugus was handled by elected constables, while deputies often had to ride from Los Angeles — leaving plenty of time for suspects to ...

On August 16, 1947, Newhall Hardware opened its doors at 725 Spruce Street, marking the start of what would become one of the Santa Clarita Valley’s most beloved and enduring businesses. Founded by Don Guglielmino, a former Notre Dame football player and World War II Army Air Corps veteran with family ties to a local ranch, the store quickly became ...

On July 19, 1946, Chief Frances Garcia Cooke, the hereditary leader of local Tataviam families, died from injuries she sustained in a car crash. Born April 17, 1883, Frances Cecilia Garcia Cooke was a descendant of the Tataviam people, the original inhabitants of the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas before European incursion.  Her father, Isidore Garcia, had been chief ...

On this day in Santa Clarita history, MannKind Corporation announced the FDA approval of AFREZZA, a fast-acting diabetes medication that is taken through inhalation. The medicine was introduced as an alternative to injection; patients are given an inhaler to use before meals, with the levels peaking 12 to 15 minutes after administration and lasting up to 3 hours. “Approval of ...

This free, open-to-all-ages Water Safety Day event demonstrated procedures on how to stay safe in the summer sun! Families, girl scouts, deputies, fire fighters, and lifeguards all gathered on the grounds of the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center this morning to watch live demonstrations that will ensure their safety during a day at the pool. Different stations were organized around the ...

On this day in 1841, Antonio del Valle, a Mexican soldier and grantee of over 48,000 acres of land that would eventually form the Santa Clarita Valley, died. Born in 1788 in Compostela, Jalisco, Mexico,  del Valle served as a lieutenant for the Mexican army, fighting for his home country against Spain during the Mexican Revolution of the 1820s and ...

On this day in 2016, Measure E, a bond that gave College of the Canyons $230,000,000 for construction upgrades, was passed by Santa Clarita Community College District. By the mid 2010s, enrollment at College of the Canyons was skyrocketing, with many students waitlisted due to limited classrooms and labs.  There was an urgent need for new facilities to train future ...

On weekends from June 7 to July 6, children have the opportunity to play and learn the importance of health at an interactive exhibit held by LEAP Children’s Museum. This is the second annual event held by LEAP, an acronym for Learn, Explore, Act, and Play, and is taking place at Valencia Town Center every Friday (except July 4), Saturday, ...

The Salvation Army celebrated its traditional Donut Day celebration with a competitive eating contest at the Canyon Country Community Center. Salvation Army’s “Donut Day” goes back decades; during World War I, their “Donut Lassies” fed the delicious pastry to soldiers braving the European fronts. Then in 1938, they established “Donut Day” as a fundraiser at the height of the Great ...

On this day in 1824, significant events that ended the Chumash Revolt took place in the Santa Clarita Valley. It all started in February of that year, when a Chumash boy was severely beaten by a Mexican soldier as he tried to visit a relative imprisoned at San Ynez. The soldier, Valentin Cota, was the son of Manuel Cota, who ...