This Wednesday, we take a look back at the famed western star, William S. Hart, in a publicity photo with Ford’s 10 millionth Model T car. In a moment that bridged the rugged spirit of the Old West with the rapid pace of modern innovation, William S. Hart, the iconic silent film cowboy, inspected the 10 millionth Model T Ford ...

On what would be his 203rd birthday, we take a look back at the life of surveyor Edward F. Beale, who owned the land through the Newhall Pass where the Beale’s Cut Stagecoach Pass sat, providing a route between the San Gabriel and the Santa Susana Mountains. Edward Fitzgerald Beale, born on Feb. 4, 1822, in the nation’s capital, led ...

On this day in 1943, the skies over the Santa Clarita Valley became the scene of a dramatic and tragic mid-air accident when an Army Air Force C-53 Sky trooper transport plane, towing a Waco CG-4A glider, broke apart over the rugged terrain between Piru and Castaic.  While three airmen lost their lives in the crash, the extraordinary bravery of ...