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College Of The Canyons Receives Federal Grant To Support Cost-Efficient Textbooks

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College of the Canyons (COC) announced Thursday that the school is set to receive over $370,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education to further expand its Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative. The $370,149 grant gifted to COC is planned to benefit their OER program, an initiative that utilizes textbooks released in the public domain or under an intellectual ...

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Santa Clarita Officials Condemn Former Police Officer Filmed Using ‘Racial Slurs’ In Valencia

Santa Clarita Mayor Bill Miranda has released a statement condemning a retired Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detective seen using “racial slurs” in a social media video filmed in Valencia earlier this week. A video posted to social media on Monday shows a former homicide detective in a verbal altercation with a young Black motorist.  “The video of the racially ...

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How To Get Your Life Back On Track After A Serious Injury

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Suffering a serious injury can impact so many aspects of our daily lives. Aside from the obvious physical pain, it can leave us emotionally strained, and can even impact our finances especially if the recovery is long. This is why we’ve discussed how to get your life back on track after a serious injury down below. Spend Time With Friends ...

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One Hospitalized After 5 Freeway Crash In Valencia

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One person was sent to the hospital after a multi-vehicle collision on the southbound I-5 Freeway in Valencia Friday evening. Just before 4:15 p.m., reports were received of a traffic collision involving three to four vehicles on the southbound 5 Freeway near Rye Canyon Road, according to Marvin Lim with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “The call came in ...

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State Senator Scott Wilk – March 18, 2021

Host: Aaron De La Torre Topic: State and Local Issue Guest: Senator Scott Wilk Right Click Here To Download! Click Here To Listen! Senator Scott Wilk, representing the 21st district, encompassing Antelope Valley, Victor Valley, and most of the Santa Clarita Valley, joins Aaron on-air to discuss a variety of state and local issues, including school re-openings, EDD fraud, small business ...

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Over 1 Million Residents Fully Vaccinated In L.A. County

Frontline Workers, People Over 74 Recommended For Next Phase Of COVID-19 Vaccinations

Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LADPH) announced Friday that over 1 million people within the county had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As of Friday, Mar. 19, 3,234,989 doses of vaccine have been administered across the county. Of those vaccinated, 1,057,794 people have received second doses. Next week, the county is expecting to receive 280,000 ...

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5 Freeway Big Rig Fire Spreads To Brush North Of Castaic

A big rig fire on the I-5 Freeway spread to the surrounding brush Friday afternoon, prompting a response from firefighters. UPDATE (1:30 p.m.): Forward progress has been stopped on the Five Fire near Castaic at approximately one acre in size, firefighters are expected to remain on scene to mop up any hotspots related to the incident, according to the Los ...

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Santa Clarita Deputy Pelino Remembered 43 Years After Being Killed In Line-Of-Duty 

Deputy Arthur Pelino, was killed 43 years ago Friday in Gorman, after a detained suspect managed to gain access to the deputy’s firearm and shoot him.   On March 19, 1978, Deputy Pelino arrested a “mentally deranged” suspect, Terry Lynn Zachery, who was known to be violent, according to the Officer Down Memorial Website.  Once Zachery was in custody, Pelino canceled ...

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4 Tips To Hiring An Immigration Lawyer

Hiring an immigration lawyer is a lengthy and confusing process. You need to hire a reputable and dedicated attorney who is going to represent you and your case well. Handling immigration issues is a complicated process and you need to make sure you hire the correct attorney for your case. So in order to do so, it is imperative you ...

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I-5 Freeway Expansion Under Consideration For Santa Clarita Valley

A $679.4 million budget is set to be considered by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro Board) next week for the I-5 North County Enhancements Project, which plans to expand lanes on the I-5 Freeway in the Santa Clarita Valley. Introduced in a motion by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, the I-5 North County Enhancements Project plans ...

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