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City Fights Sign Twirling

Sign twirling on city’s right-of-way is illegal.   In the past years, sign twirling has brought a new face to advertising.  Everyone has seen twirlers on street corners, showing off their tricks and stunts to get attention and some advertisement.    Yet, word from the city is that sign twirling on city owned property is illegal.  All signs on the city's ...

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Two Year Old Girl Airlifted After Head Injury

Door falls on little girl’s head. [view:node_ad=5]Wednesday afternoon a two year old girl suffered serious head trauma when a door fell on her head. It was not immediately known how the door came to fall on top of her.   Emergency crews responded to Isabella Parkway in Canyon Country in force after the incident, and the injuries were serious enough ...

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County Approves New Sexual Assault Team

Team will be dedicated to such crimes To enhance the Sheriff Department’s ability to investigate, prosecute and prevent sexual assaults, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $1.2 million grant from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. The Sheriff’s Department's SAFE Team program is a countywide effort to combat the non-compliance of ...

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City Financial Report Given High Mark

For the 18th year in a row, the City is commended   [view:node_ad=5]The City of Santa Clarita was awarded a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Financial Officers Association (GFOA) of the United States and Canada for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for fiscal year ended June 30, 2006.      The Certificate of Achievement ...

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Police Try To Identify Blimp Thieves

4 individuals intentionally release blimp from roof.   [view:node_ad=5] An advertising blimp, which was tied to the roof of a building adjacent to West Coast Coffee on Via Princessa Road was purposely released this month. Santa Clarita Sheriffs are seeking help in the identification of four individuals who intentionally released the West Coast Coffee advertising blimp.      As a result ...

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Buck Speaks On No Child Left Behind Act

McKeon issues statement expressing support of the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.    [view:node_ad=5] “No Child Left Behind is the law of the land because it balances real accountability with state and local flexibility and expanded parental choice like no education law before it.  Changes to the law that weaken any of these three pillars of NCLB ...

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