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Pysanky Classes Offered At Golden Oak Adult School

Psyanky are Ukrainian Easter eggs artistically colored with the wax and dye method. By ancient tradition mothers customarily passed this art to daughters in the weeks prior to Easter. In Santa Clarita you can learn to this almost-lost art at Golden Oak Adult School. Golden Oak Adult School will offer a series of four Ukrainian Easter egg-dying classes on Saturdays ...

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Caltrans Freeway Closures For Carpool Lane Construction Project

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to close the lanes, ramps and connector listed below as part of a $140 million improvement project to construct High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV or carpool) lanes and a direct HOV lane connector at the I-5/SR-170 interchange. Ramp closures will be staggered. Closures are subject to change. Detours will be signed. Don’t miss a ...

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Auditions Open For Palmdale Playhouse Production About Triangle Factory Fire

The Palmdale Playhouse will hold open auditions for the upcoming Enhanced Readers Theatre “The Triangle Factory Fire Project” this Friday, Feb. 10 at 6 pm, and Saturday, Feb. 11 at 10 am at the Palmdale Playhouse, 38334 10th Street East in Palmdale. Roles are available for five men and four females each playing multiple parts. Performers should be prepared to ...

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Real Estate And Market Report February, 6 2012

By Fred Arnold Before I give this week’s Real Estate and Market Report I wanted you to know we moved our offices this past week to 28368 Constellation Road #398, Santa Clarita, CA  91355. Our numbers have stayed the same. Come visit our beautiful new home! After weeks of mostly positive economic news, we were destined for a step back ...

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Product Recalls Include Drugs, Peanuts, Egg Salad

The Food and Drug Administration issued recall alerts for three items today: dietary supplements with unapproved drugs; peanut butter bars with mislabled wrappers and egg salad sandwiches available at convenience markets, airports, etc. DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS Healthy People Co. announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of the company’s dietary supplements sold under the brand names Healthy People ...

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Hometown Recipes: Simple Carrot Soup With Coriander

by Erin Walgamuth This delicious recipe came to me from across “the Pond” from our friend Dick Jones. We were chatting on Facebook about cooking and he wrote that he was making carrot soup with coriander….yum! Having spent most of my life in Southern California, I, like many of you, know coriander as cilantro, which is the Spanish translation for ...

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Let The Sunshine In!

Springtime is so refreshing, the days are getting longer, the temperature is rising and nature is showing off her spring colors! This is the time of year to let the sunshine in your home and welcome the season. Wake Up With The Sun The bedroom is a great space to lighten up in spring and summer.  Lighten up the window ...

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How To Brighten Your Home With Decorating

As we move toward longer days and sunshine, it is natural to crave brighter light in our homes.  To lighten up and brighten your interior, I offer the following tips, excerpted from Fixandflipnetwork.com           1. Clean and DeclutterSometimes a good spring-cleaning can be enough to feel like redecorating. As you clean and declutter the layers of ...

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UPDATE: Fatal Crash In Valencia Friday Night

A woman was struck by a car and killed Friday night while she was walking along Orchard Village Road near Dalbey Drive in Valencia. The victim’s name had not been released as of midnight. Officials said she was walking on the curb – Orchard Village has no sidewalk; the shoulder is landscaped with grass and trees – when she was ...

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