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International Chess Champion Rose From Uganda’s Slums, Will Visit Trinity

Phiona Mutesi may have grown up in the slums of Katwe, near Kampala, Uganda, but that didn’t stop her from becoming a fast-rising international chess star and a hope to other children in similar situations. During her brief visit to Southern California this month, the 16-year-old Mutesi is scheduled to come to Trinity Classical Academy in Valencia and speak to ...

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Local Organ Donors & Families To Be Honored Tuesday

Tuesday night Providence Holy Cross will remember those who died in the past year and donated organs. Their families will be honored by the medical center and OneLegacy – Southern California’s organ donation and transplant nonprofit. Santa Clarita firefighter Brian Hinsley will speak at the ceremony. After receiving a liver transplant in 2000, Hinsley was back saving lives at Fire ...

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Around the Barn – December 8, 2012

Host:  Nancy Pitchford Zhe,  Co-Hosts:  Bobbi Jean Bell and Julie Pomilia Guest: Southern California based award winning cowboy poet, Steve Deming, calls in. Poetry from his CD with the California Cowboy Band, Riding Catalina Again. Right Click Here to Download!   Around the Barn – December 8, 2012 Airing Saturday at 9:00 a.m., Around the Barn with Heads Up is ...

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UPDATE: Capt. Stuart In Stable, But Critical Condition

Capt. Carrie Stuart of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is in critical, but stable condition, and headed back into surgery Monday afternoon, according to officials with Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital officials. On Friday evening, Stuart was involved in a serious head-on traffic collision with another vehicle in an unincorporated area in the Santa Clarita Valley.  As a result of ...

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Providence Holy Cross Chapel Honors Our Lady Of Guadalupe; Fundraising Continues

By Stephen K. Peeples Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills will celebrate a new chapel with a high Mass honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012 at 12 noon, as the hospital’s fundraising effort to complete the chapel continues. Pastor Emeritus Monsignor Peter Amy of Saint Didacus Church will preside, and members of all faiths ...

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Case Continued For Man Who Pleaded Guilty In Crime Spree

A Chatsworth man who pleaded guilty to a Santa Clarita crime spree that included the stabbing of his mother, a series of car thefts, assaulting a peace officer and a kidnapping, had his case continued until February. Monday’s hearing was to determine the monetary restitution that would be owed for Aaron Clay Tanner, 31, who committed more than $100,000 in ...

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City Partners With SCV Food Pantry For Food Drive

The City of Santa Clarita is sponsoring a Food Drive benefiting the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry. During the month of December, SCV residents can drop off non-perishable food items to designated locations across the City. All donations will be given directly to the Food Pantry. “The City of Santa Clarita is partnering with the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry ...

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Canyon Boys Basketball Team Wins Canyon Classic Tournament

The Canyon boys basketball team won a thriller in the championship game of its own Canyon Classic against Saugus in a all Foothill League final. Canyon won, 43-42, in a tight, defensive-dominated game. Marc Carbrera hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 points for Canyon. He was selected as the tournament MVP. Chris Lockwood scored 10 points to lead the Centurions. ...

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Hart Board To Consider Charter; School Would Teach Chinese

BY LEON WORDEN/ SCVNEWS.COM The Hart School Board will consider an application Wednesday from a proposed charter school that wants to teach computer skills and Mandarin Chinese to seventh and eighth graders. In its application, Apollo Charter School describes itself as a “college preparatory charter school” whose mission is to “ensure that all students gain the cognitive skills, digital literacy, ...

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