Recently, the Planning Commission narrowly passed revised plans for Henry Mayo’s proposed expansion plan, adding to a whirlwind of emotions. Henry Mayo and its partner, G&L realty have approached the subject as a plan to better accommodate the health and well being of the city. Opponents, including a group of homeowners organized under Smart Grown SCV, do not oppose expanding ...

SCV’s best-selling author Kim Strauss, will be reading and signing copies of his new book, Kalan the Mighty Warrior, on Saturday, December 9, at Storyopolis in Studio City.   The reading will begin at 11:00am, and the signing will follow from 11:30 to 12:30. And don’t forget to tune into AM 1220 between December 4th and December 15th for a ...

A potential candidate for the city council has been disqualified. Wendy Hahn did not gather the 25 resident signatures needed to fulfill the application process, so the pool of 16 applicants has now shrunk to 15. Tomorrow, the candidates will interview with the public panels where they will be blind ranked. The top candidates will then be interviewed by the ...

An ordinance was on the calendar at last night’s City Council meeting that would make it mandatory for animals to be spayed, neutered, and micro chipped. The micro chipping is a procedure that involves injecting a dog or cat with a micro chip roughly the size of a grain of rice. The chip then acts as an identifying tag for ...

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the following lanes of the north- and southbound I-5, as part of a $41.6-million project to construct High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV), or carpool lanes, from State Route 118 to State Route 14. The schedule is as follows: Daily, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, November 28, 29, 30.   Westbound I-210: 9 a.m. to ...

This holiday season, our troops overseas aren’t wishing for Plasma Screens TVs or Stereo Systems. They need toothpaste, chap stick, deodorant, and maybe even a football. Their needs maybe be simple for us here, in our offices and in our homes, but they are everything overseas.  The Santa Clarita Chapter of Blue Star Mothers is collecting items for our service ...

American Red Cross will be conducting a volunteer orientation at 6:30 pm on Thursday Nov. 30, 2006 at Fire Station #126 in Santa Clarita. This is our chance to support the efforts of the Red Cross in our community by volunteering your time and skills and help make Santa Clarita disaster ready and trained in lifesaving skills. For info. please ...

At last night’s City Council meeting, City Manager Ken Pulskamp presented 16 names to sit on the 3 public panels that will interview candidates vying for Cameron Smyth’s council seat. The panel selections were approved by the council, and the names are as follows:   Jim Ventress Dan Masnada Dianne Van Hook Connie Worden Roberts Chris Fall Gary Marco Samantha ...

The City of Santa Clarita was given the names of three Sheriff captains from which to select the new Santa Clarita Valley Station captain.  The three captains are: Ed Rogner, currently assigned to contract law; Steve Johnson, currently assigned to major crimes; and Anthony La Berge, currently assigned to transit services, south bureau.  Currently, City Manager Ken Pulskamp is working ...

With the tens of thousands of people who drive Bouquet Canyon daily, I wonder how many know that if you keep going, past Plum Canyon, past Lombardi Ranch, even past that big lake up there, you’ll be in wine country. Wine country? Yes, wine country. It’s not just pretty up there folks, it’s actually the site of one of the ...