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Drugs, weapons confiscated during sweep of Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys.   Sheriff’s deputies arrested five suspected gang members Wednesday and Thursday while conducting probation checks and executing search warrants in the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys. Along with the five arrests, they recovered a cache of drugs and weapons, including a handgun belonging to a deputy sheriff that was ...

Loss from theft or vandalism could far outweigh budget savings by darkening campuses.   In light of potential state budget cuts, Hart District officials are proposing that high school campuses go dark near the midnight hour to save money, something sheriff’s deputies find a little counterproductive. On a list of cuts proposed to accommodate an anticipated shortfall of state funding, ...

State Senator looks to northern Congressional district for a new political seat.[view:node_ad=5]Tom McClintock, who currently represents a small portion of Santa Clarita in his California State Senate District, has announced that he will be heading north to run for the 4th Congressional District. The Congressional district begins just northeast of Sacramento, and extends up the eastern border of California to ...

By Wendy Langhans To the casual observer it’s a funny-looking tree – gray patches of bark flake off the trunk like a bad case of psoriasis.  Not to mention the brown and prickly spherical balls dangling from the branches, like a cheap imitation of a Christmas tree. But to the birds and butterflies, a California Sycamore tree is a bountiful ...

The annual tournament will once again be held at the Valencia Country Club.   [view:node_ad=5]On Monday, March 10th, many golfers will come together to compete for the number one spot in the “AT&T Championship Classic” Golf Tournament, taking place here in Santa Clarita.  This annual event, which is a part of the Champions Tour put on by the PGA Tour, ...

Charity event had to be canceled 2 weeks ago during poweroutage.[view:node_ad=5]The first attempt at the Jim Tindell bowl-a-thon didn’t go so well. Sure, people showed up, registered, and got ready to bowl, but just as the games were about to begin, a power outage sent Santa Clarita Lanes into darkness   After nearly an hour of waiting, the event, which ...

Writers Strike took its toll locally.   Effects of the Writer’s Strike are reflected in local unemployment rates, which went up slightly more than a half-percent in January to 3.6 percent, as reported by the California Employment Development Department. With a reported work force of 91,400 in January, the area showed a slight increase in workers over the last year, ...

Class focuses on stopping fraud crimes before they occur. [view:node_ad=5]On Wednesday, March 19th, The City of Santa Clarita and the LA County Sheriff’s Santa Clarita station are teaming up to put on a bank fraud training program. The class has invited local bank branch executives and employees to take part in learning how to identify check fraud and identity theft. ...

Staff, program cutbacks projected if state cuts funding in 2008 budget. UPDATED 3/6/08 12:53 p.m.    After an extended meeting Wednesday night that went from frustration to compromise with a dash of hostage negotiation, the governing board of the William S. Hart High School District voted to accept a $10.3 million slate of cutbacks that would put them within a ...

U.S. Representative Howard P. “Buck” McKeon has issued the following statement on congressional Democrats’ FY 2009 budget, currently under consideration by the House Budget Committee.    [view:node_ad=5]The views expressed in this editorial are those of the author and not of KHTS AM-1220.    “Democrats have once again proposed a budget that calls for tax increases on the middle class to ...