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COC Theater To Present “The Importance of Being Earnest”

College of the Canyons Theater Department will present Oscar Wilde’s classic comedy of manners “The Importance of Being Earnest” Nov. 14-18 at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center (PAC) Black Box Theatre. Poking fun at Victorian manners and commenting on the romantic entanglements of British high society, the play — which is arguably one of Wilde’s finest works — has ...

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Proposition 30 And Its Effect On The SCV

Voters passed Proposition 30 on Tuesday  with 53.9 percent  of the vote, increasing the state income taxes on earnings over $250,000 for seven years and the state sales taxes by a quarter-cent for four years.
 
The passing of the proposition means the state’s educational system will avoid several billion dollars in trigger cuts. The failing of Proposition 30 would have ...

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Top Things To Do This Weekend – November 7, 2012

  Festival of Trees Veterans Day Ceremony Child & Family “Ask the Psychiatrist” Grace Baptist – MOPS Boutique AV Party – Holiday Open House Green Thumb – Christmas Open House SCV Relay for Life – Holiday Boutique And More…     Festival of Trees When: Friday, November 9 through Wednesday, November 21 (times listed below) Where:  Westfield Valencia Town Center ...

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SCV Outdoor Report: Twitter Principles

  By:  Wendy Langhans It was the pun that first caught my attention – “Twitter Principles of Social Networking Increase Family Success in Nesting Birds”.  OK, so it wasn’t a great pun.  But it does illustrate that since the first “tweet” was sent on March 21, 2006, tweeting (among humans, not just birds) has become so popular that now even ...

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Santa Clarita Election Results: McKeon, Wilk, Knight Win

Measure QS wins big. Pavley pulls ahead of Zink to win the hotly contested District 27 State Senate seat. By SCVNews.Com Staff PRESIDENT & VP (98% reporting) PARTY VOTES / % Barack Obama / Joseph Biden D 59,972,951 / 50% Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan R 57,306,961 / 48% Gary Johnson / James P. Gray L 1,139,562 / 1.0% Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala ...

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COC’s Kristin Grimes Wins Southern California Regional Golf Championship

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State Senate Roundup

Democratic incumbent Fran Pavley looked to be holding off Republican challenger Todd Zink in her bid for a return trip to Sacramento for the 27th State Senate District. Pavley received 143,645 votes, while Zink received 130,303, with 99 percent of districts reporting. In the 21st district, Republican Steve Knight captured 59 percent of the vote, or 104, 862 votes, over ...

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McKeon Headed For 11th Term in 25th District Race

Wrapping up one of the more contentious races during his 20-year tenure in the House of Representatives, Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon led democratic challenger Lee Rogers with 55.5 percent of the vote in the 25th Congressional District race, with 93.8 percent of the districts reported. “When you’re given the honor of being elected, it makes you feel good and what ...

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Wilk Grabs Big Lead Early In 38th District Assembly Race

College of the Canyon governing board member Scott Wilk looks headed for the state Assembly, capturing 57.8 percent of the votes with 75.7 percent of districts reporting, in his race against Edward Headington for California’s 38th District race. Among his early priorities, Wilk said he wanted to find like-minded politicians on either side of the aisle who are willing to ...

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