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Search And Rescue Team Called Out For Missing Girl Search

Members of the Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team are combing the wash near Live Oak Springs Road in Castaic, where scent dogs picked up a possible scent from Brigette Kennemore, an 18-year-old Valencia High student who went missing Monday, Oct. 26. The dogs were in the area Friday, beginning their quest where Kennemore was last seen when she got off ...

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Burglary Suspects Caught In The Act In Canyon Country

Five suspects – one adult and four juveniles – were taken into custody this afternoon for residential burglary after an alert neighbor saw them inside a vacant home and called deputies. Deputies responded to a residence in the Cordova Mobile Home Park on Sierra Highway near Soledad Canyon Road and set up a containment after the neighbor said he saw ...

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Top Ten Slashers

My favorite holiday is Halloween because it offers three things that other holidays don’t:It’s an excuse to dress up as whatever you want (for guys this especially awesome considering how girls’ costumes are.) The decorating is way better than Christmas because rather than going “Griswold” on your house you get to go “CSI.” Halloween features the best genre movies. It ...

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Assemblyman Smyth’s Child Safety Event Prepares Families

Free kit given out to families. On Friday, Assemblyman Cameron Smyth and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department joined together to help prepare families for the worst case scenario. Free child safety kits, which organize a child’s fingerprints, picture and important information, were given out to all families. The fingerprinting was conducted on site with the help of Smyth’s district ...

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Kopitar Named First Star Of The Week

Kings center leads NHL in goals and points. Los Angeles Kings center Anze Kopitar has been named the NHL’s First Star of the Week for the week ending on October 25, the Kings and the NHL announced today. Former King and current Montreal Canadiens left wing Mike Cammalleri was named the league’s Second Star and San Jose Sharks center Patrick ...

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Don’t Get Tripped Up By The Fall Back

Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday. This year, thanks to a calendrical coincidence, Santa Claritans will get a little extra buffer against the alarm clock waiting on the other side of Halloween festivities. At 2 a.m. on November 1, clocks throughout the Pacific time zone will revert to 1 a.m., bringing Daylight Saving Time (DST) to an end in preparation for ...

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Valencia Football Team Tramples Hart, 56-7

VALENCIA – Steven Manfro scored five touchdowns for Valencia in a 56-7 rout over Hart at College of the Canyons on Friday night. Manfro rushed for four touchdowns and caught a 41-yard touchdown pass from Alex Bishop. Manfro had 81 rushing yards on 11 carries. He also caught three passes for 54 yards.   Bishop had a big night for ...

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CHP Designates Education As Their Driver

A million-dollar federal grant is helping the California Highway Patrol nip drinking and driving in the bud, with the money funding California’s Designated Driver Program through August 2010. “There’s no excuse for operating a vehicle after you’ve been drinking,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow. “Not only is it against the law, you’re putting your life and the lives of fellow ...

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High School Scoreboard: 10/30/2009

Here are the final score on local high school footballs games played in Santa Clarita on Friday, October 30, 2009: Valencia:  56 Hart: 7 (Final)   West Ranch:  23 Canyon: 18 (Final)   Saugus:  35 Golden Valley:  26 (Final)

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