The Canyon boys basketball team is in position to win the Ventura tournament. Canyon needed a big game from Coley Apsay and Clay Kasdorf to beat Oxnard, 68-64, in the semifinals. Apsay and Kasdorf each scored 24 points. Canyon will play host Ventura in the championship game of the tournament tonight. The Hart boys beat Reseda, 81-58, on the second ...

Wednesday, the Kings were in Chicago to faceoff against the Blackhawks. Chicago was unable to connect with the net with Kings goals scored in the second and third period of play. The goal in the second was knocked in by Trent Hunter at 12:07 and in the third, Jarret Stoll scored at 1:16. The Blackhawks who lead the NHL with ...

Two suspects are in custody from an incident that started in Canyon Country and ended at the gates of Melody Ranch in Placerita Canyon, where the bad guys were taken from their cars at gunpoint. A call came in to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s station at 11:55 a.m. reporting a fight at Whites Canyon and Soledad Canyon Roads.   ...

By Leon Worden SCVNEWS.com “The Iron Horse,” a classic 1924 John Ford (pictured, right) film with important scenes shot in the Santa Clarita Valley, was added Wednesday to the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Every year since 1989, the congressionally authorized National Film Preservation Board has inducted 25 films into the national registry on the basis of ...

As Californians close out 2011 and welcome in the New Year, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson highlights some of the new education and child safety laws that go into effect in 2012. “Our goal for the new year and every year is to make education accessible and effective for all children,” said Torlakson. “These new laws will help ...

Los Angeles County prosecutors today charged former Canyon Country resident Brent Darrin Zubek with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of a man and a woman whose bodies were discovered in August in Chatsworth.   The 43-year-old Zubek, charged Aug. 24 with multiple counts of assault with a firearm on a peace officer and other charges following a ...

NorthPark Community Church has been giving away hope this Christmas.  On the Sunday before Christmas, Senior Pastor Dave White challenged the more than 1,000 people who attended church that day to give hope away in small ways that lend a little light to what might be a dark place in someone’s life. As an extra challenge, he asked for a ...

A free lecture, “Memory Loss, Dementia, and Alzheimer’s Disease: The Basics,”  will take place on Wednesday Jan. 18, 2012 from 1-2 p.m. at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, located at 22900 Market Street in Santa Clarita. Presented by the Alzheimer’s Association, the lecture will address memory loss and aging, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease – a condition that ultimately ravages ...

The City of Santa Clarita invites community members to sign-up for an excursion to the Los Angeles Art Show at the L.A. Convention Center on Wednesday, January 18. The trip includes admission to the exhibit, bus transportation, breakfast refreshments and pastries. The deadline to purchase tickets is at noon, January 13. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking news alerts delivered ...

As the busy holiday season comes to a close, most Californians take a timeout to draft their New Year’s resolutions. California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Director and State Public Health Officer, Dr. Ron Chapman, urges Californians to put health at the top of their list. “New Year’s resolutions can be overly ambitious, despite your best intentions,” said Chapman. “But ...