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Hart District Offers Help De-Mystifying Flu Season

With flu season approaching, the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District has posted an information sheet from the California Department of Education and a Question-and-Answer sheet on the H1N1 Flu on the district Web site, where it is available to parents and staff members.   Both documents deal with H1N1 (swine) flu and “regular” seasonal flu and offer ways ...

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City Sets Up Meeting To Address Decoro Lanes

Residents That Regularly Drive Decoro Drive Invited to Discuss Options.   At the request of the Santa Clarita City Council, City Manger Ken Pulskamp will lead a community meeting on Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at Helmers Elementary School (27300 Grandview Drive) in the school’s Multi-Purpose Room.  The meeting will be held for residents living near Decoro Drive who ...

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College Of The Canyons Introduces New Program To Improve Student Success

College of the Canyons will introduce a new program in the fall for students who need additional academic support and skills to help them succeed in the college classroom.   Sponsored by the Skills for Success initiative, the new program will offer instructor-led one-hour workshops on a variety of topics from fractions to essay writing. The workshops are designed to ...

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Station Fire Just Outside Acton, Approaching Santa Clarita

UPDATE: 11:43 a.m. Active flames from the 35,000 acre Station Fire now visible from Acton. The fire line is reportedly three miles from the 14 freeway. Mandatory evacuations have now been issued for homes on Aliso Canyon, between Angeles Forest Highway and Soledad Canyon Rd. Homes off Soledad Canyon Rd. south of Crown Valley Rd. are also under mandatory evacuation orders. Update: ...

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Bryan Herta Autosport Wins First Indy Lights Race

Bryan Herta Autosport won its first race in the Firestone Indy Lights series on Saturday at Chicagoland Speedway in Illinois. Daniel Herrington, driving for the team owned by Valencia’s Bryan Herta, led the last 25 laps of the race after passing Wade Cunningham on lap 42.   Herta’s team is in its first year of operation and in its first ...

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Students Help Nab Suspect For Indecent Exposure

On Wednesday morning, August 26, 2009, three Placerita Junior High Students, advised school administrators of a suspicious man in a vehicle. They said that the man was parked on 15th Street and Chestnut Avenue, Newhall, for the past two days and possibly other days during the week. The students said that on one occasion they were able to see through ...

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Five Seats Open For City’s Arts Commission

New commission gives residents a chance to advise the City on the arts. The City of Santa Clarita is encouraging eligible residents to apply for a position on the City’s newly-established Arts Commission. Five positions are currently available to be filled. Applicants must be City residents, at least 18 years of age and able to attend Arts Commission meetings, held ...

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