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Local Hockey Player Signs With NHL Team

A local hockey player is making the jump to the big leagues, signing with a professional NHL team. The Everett Silvertips, a major junior hockey league within the Western Hockey League, announced that Forward Shane Harper has signed an agreement to play with the Philadelphia Flyers. Harper, 20, grew up in Valencia and has been playing with the Silvertips for ...

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Dodger Great Willie Davis Found Dead

  According to USA Today, former Los Angeles Dodgers centerfielder Willie Davis has been found dead in his home.   The Dodger legend, who was 69 years old, had an illustrious career with the club, playing centerfield from 1960 through 1973. He was a career .280 hitter and was deadly on the base path, stealing 398 bases over 18 seasons. ...

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Ready Or Not, Baseball Is Back

How will the Dodgers look this year?   With El Nino waning, the Super Bowl fading in memory and the hillsides in Santa Clarita turning greener, it can only mean that spring is fast approaching. With it, comes a new baseball season, one that carries high hopes for Dodger fans.   The season officially begins April 4, although the Dodgers ...

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Tour The St. Francis Dam With An Expert

The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society will host a tour of the St. Francis Dam Disaster site in San Francisquito Canyon on March 13 to mark the anniversary of the disaster. The dam break is the second-worst natural disaster in the state of California. The failure of the St. Francis Dam on March 12, 1928 killed more than 450 people, ...

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Antonovich Details Welfare Cost For Children Of Illegal Immigrants

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich has released figures from the Department of Public Social Services showing that illegal aliens’ children born in the United States collected over $50 million in welfare benefits (CALWORKS & food stamps) for the month of January. Antonovich says that approximately 23% of all CALWORKS and food stamp issuances in Los Angeles County are made to parents ...

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Two Flavors Of Pringles Chips Recalled

The Procter & Gamble Company, in response to a recommendation from the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to the food industry, announced today that it is voluntarily recalling Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger potato crisps and Pringles Family Faves Taco Night potato crisps as part of an industry ingredient recall to protect consumers from potential Salmonella exposure. There have been no ...

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Saugus Baseball Team Crushes Verdugo Hills, 15-4

The Saugus baseball team pounded Verdugo Hills, 15-4, in the Southern California Invitational. Nick Lombardi had a huge day, hitting two home runs and driving in six runs. Michael Soucy hit a home run and had two RBIs and Scott Kerrigan earned the win on the mound. Next up for Saugus is Newbury Park on Wednesday. The Canyon baseball team ...

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