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Voters turned out in record numbers for Santa Clarita elections in 2020, with no-party-preference (NPP) voters leaning towards Republican candidates in several key races. Over the past week, Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties certified their election results, marking the conclusion of several key races for the Santa Clarita Valley in 2020. After going through 30 years of voter ...

Regardless of how you feel about the winter season, nature will always follow its usual routine. With winter comes cold weather, and with cold weather comes a pest animal’s need to find a warm place to stay. This often leads them to the residence of an unprepared and unsuspecting homeowner. Luckily, there are some things you can do prior to ...

The largest one-day number of Los Angeles Coronavirus cases have been reported on Thursday, breaking the record from earlier this week, public health officials said.  An additional 7,854 coronavirus cases have been reported in Los Angeles County, the highest number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic, according to Dr. Muntu Davis, Los Angeles County health officer.  Davis added ...

Former Hart High School quarterback Brady White was one of 35 college football quarterbacks to be named to the Davey O’Brien QB Class of 2020, recognizing the best quarterbacks of the season. The selection makes White eligible to win the Davey O’Brien Award at the end of the season, which is given out each year to the best quarterback in ...

An alleged gang member from Castaic was arrested on charges of extorting a transgender woman, officials said Thursday. Margarita Valencia aka “Inquieta,” 23, of Castaic, faces one felony count of extortion, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Valencia is charged with extorting a transgender woman on or between June and August, according to ...

Santa Clarita has a long history of producing professional football players and several former College of the Canyons players and a Valencia Viking have continued to expand on that tradition during the 2020 NFL season. Marquise ‘Hollywood’ Brown  A former College of the Canyons wide receiver who was selected as a first-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft by the ...

Did you know that US passport holders will soon need a special electronic travel authorization to visit Europe? ETIAS, the European Travel Information and Authorization System, is currently under development and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2022. Once the system has been launched, ETIAS will become a mandatory entry requirement for Americans heading to the ...

A California stay-at-home order is expected to be issued by Governor Gavin Newsom Thursday, based on regional hospital capacity. The order is set to be grouped by regional hospital networks, not individual counties, and is set to take effect when ICU capacity in a region drops below 15 percent, said Newsom in a press briefing Thursday.  Newsom divided the state ...

The unemployment rate in the City of Santa Clarita has experienced a 144.8 percent increase in unemployment since January 2020, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In October 2020, Santa Clarita reported an unemployment rate of 10.7 percent, which while down from the pandemic peak of 20.3 percent in April 2020, is still significantly higher than ...

Santa Clarita residents have lost power Thursday morning for public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) due to high winds and fire risk in the area. As of 11:30 a.m. Thursday, a PSPS is in place near Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway in Canyon Country, according to Southern California Edison (SCE). In addition, many areas of Acton and Agua Dulce are ...