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Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth Proposes Roundtable To Promote Community Discussion

Mayor Smyth talking to Black Lives Matter community members out front of City Hall.

Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth is expected to propose a roundtable to promote community discussion during the City Council meeting Tuesday after over a week of protests in the Santa Clarita Valley. Smyth is restarting a previously-active City of Santa Clarita “Human Relations Task Force” from over 20 years ago, which is expected to be changed to a new name, ...

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Black Lives Matter Demonstrators Stage ‘Sit-Out’ In Front Of Santa Clarita City Hall

A sign in front of City Hall reading "The polive have innocnet blood on their hands."

Supporters for the Black Lives Matter movement organized a“sit-out” demonstration outside of Santa Clarita City Hall Tuesday. Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside of Santa Clarita’s City Hall Tuesday afternoon, hours before the regularly scheduled Santa Clarita City Council meeting, in a sit-out style presentation. “There’s been a lot of marches the past few days, which are great, but I think ...

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Hart High Principal Responds To Student Call For Retiring ‘Outdated’ Indian Mascot

Hart High School principal Jason d’Autremont has responded to student calls to retire the school’s Indian mascot after a graduating senior sent him an email, sharing that an online petition calling for the removal of the “outdated” mascot had garnered thousands of signatures. On Sunday, graduating senior Julia Estrada wrote an email to d’Autremont in which she called on Hart ...

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Additional COVID-19 Death Reported At Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital

An additional COVID-19 death has been confirmed by officials at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Tuesday. Tuesday’s confirmed death brings the death total for the Santa Clarita Valley to at least 22, according to public health officials. Due to patient privacy laws, the age and any information regarding underlying health conditions about the patient are unable to be released, according to ...

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Movie Theaters Allowed To Reopen In California With Limited Capacity, Safety Protocols

Bars, Gyms, Movie Theatres To Close In L.A. County; Public Gatherings Limited To 10 Due To Coronavirus COVID-19

Movie theaters are allowed to reopen in California as early as Friday, but Regal has not announced the reopening of theaters in Santa Clarita.  The reopening of movie theaters has been approved with guidelines from the state including, limiting the number of attendees in each theater to 25 percent of theater capacity or a maximum of 100 attendees, whichever is ...

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Santa Clarita Ranked 7th Safest Midsize City In America

Safe Ways To Stay Active During Coronavirus Social Distancing

Santa Clarita has been ranked the seventh safest midsize city in America to live due to the City’s low crime rate, officials said Tuesday.  AdvisorSmith, a resource for business advice and original research, released a new study that put Santa Clarita as the seventh safest midsize city to live in due to low number of violent and property crimes.  In ...

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L.A. County Public Health Officials Urge Protesters To Self-Quarantine

Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health are urging residents who participated in protests over the past two weeks to self-quarantine, as well as get tested for COVID-19. https://www.facebook.com/countyofla/photos/a.1454805651219401/3469296676436945/?type=3&theater Black Lives Matter protests broke out across Los Angeles County, as well as throughout the country and around the world, over the past several weeks following the death ...

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COC Chancellor Dr. Dianne Van Hook Appointed To County Economic Resiliency Task Force

College of the Canyons Chancellor Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook has been appointed by the County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Economic Resiliency Task Force, officials said Tuesday, Van Hook was appointed to the Education Sector Work Team, which is set to focus on creating a framework for the reopening of colleges and universities in the County, according to ...

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Eye On The Valley – Having the Conversation, Part 1 – June 9, 2020

Eye on the Valley

Host: Matt Watson Topic: Having the Conversation, Part 1 Guests: Jim Ventress, Retired CEO of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita; Kristina de Bree, MA, LMFT, EMDR Click Here to Listen! Right Click Here to Download! Having the Conversation, Part 1 — June 9, 2020 On this episode of Eye On The Valley presented by SCVi & iLEAD Schools, Matt Watson talks to Jim ...

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Eye On The Valley – Services for Veterans – June 8, 2020

Eye on the Valley

Host: Matt Watson Topic: Services for Veterans Guests: Cheryl Sena, Senior Adviser at SCVi Charter Schools; Kristina de Bree, MA, LMFT, EMDR; Renard Taomas, Director of the College of the Canyons Veteran Resource Center Click Here to Listen! Right Click Here to Download! Services for Veterans — June 8, 2020 On this episode of Eye On The Valley presented by SCVi & iLEAD Schools, Matt ...

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