On Thursday morning, November 14, 2019, a shooting at Saugus High School claimed the lives of two students and left the community of Santa Clarita in mourning. Immediately following this tragic event, The Santa Clarita Community has come together to support those affected by way of prayers, donations, mental health resources, and spiritual support.
As we continue with the healing process, many Santa Clarita businesses and support organizations have offered their help in many ways to assist the many students and families affected by Saugus High School shooting. We continue to stay #SaugusStrong
Here is a list of resources and events organized by Santa Clarita support groups and businesses to benefit those affected:
Tranquility Salon and Spa – #SaugusStrong Blue Hair Extensions offer
Tranquility Salon and Spa
Tranquility Salon and Spa, located above StoneFire Grill is offering $10 blue Hair extensions and all the proceeds will go to Saugus.
Thank You
Lahoma & Laura
Salon owner/stylist
Salon number is 661-255-5635
Strength United – Free Counseling Available
From Shari Tarver Behring, Ph.D., Dean of College of Education at CSUN: “As Dean of the College of Education at CSUN, I’d like to extend free counseling support for the recent shootings through our Strength United Counseling Center.”
Strength United
(818) 787-9700
www.strengthunited.org
SPECIAL THANKS TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THOSE AFFECTED BY THE SAUGUS HIGH SHOOTING BY DONATING TO THE SANTA CLARITA DISASTER COALITION
Zachary Rowbotham, Store Manager of Pet Supply at 26831 Bouquet Canyon Rd., Saugus, CA brought in a $1200 donation for the Santa Clarita Disaster Coalition to help support those affected by the Saugus High Shooting. Thank you, Pet Supply! You are #SaugusStrong
Hector and Norma Perez, owners/co-founders of Bagger Sports in Santa Clarita, donated $22,000 to help support those affected by the Saugus High Shooting. Thank you Bagger Sports! You are truly #SaugusStrong
Pam Stephenson, owner of P.S. Apparel Design in Saugus, donated $20,000 to help support those affected by the Saugus High Shooting. Thank you Pam for your donation and your dedication to #SaugusStrong
Steve Dinkowitz, owner of The Backyard Grub N’ Brews, held fundraiser last week, donated $4,300. Your support and generosity are very appreciated! Thank you Steve for being #SaugusStrong
Damien is a Sophomore at Saugus High School and a member of the Saugus Band. Saugus Band donated $3,300 for the Santa Clarita Disaster Coalition Saugus Strong Fund to help support those affected by the Saugus High Shooting. Thank you, Saugus Band for always being #SaugusStrong
Saugus High Shooting Articles:
November 14, 2023 - 3:45 pm
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Families and friends are remembering the Saugus shooting on the four year mark. “Not a day goes by without a yearning in our hearts to hold our babies one more time. Not a day goes by without missing the laughter and joy you both brought to ours, and so many other lives.” Tuesday morning, four bouquets of flowers lay on ...
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November 3, 2023 - 2:33 pm
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Sheriff Robert Luna presented medals to deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) including two retired SCV personnel for their “courageous acts” during the active shooting incident at Saugus High School at the 2023 Medal of Valor Awards. The annual Valor Awards Ceremony saw Sheriff Luna awarding the “highest honors” to the deputies of the LASD alongside retired ...
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October 5, 2023 - 12:15 pm
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A joint lawsuit brought by the parents of two students killed on November 14, 2019, in the Saugus High School Shooting is likely to proceed to trial, according to a preliminary Los Angeles Superior Court ruling. The parents of Gracie Muehlberger, 15, and Dominic Blackwell, 14, allege that the William S. Hart Union High School District missed “numerous red flags” ...
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June 1, 2023 - 3:00 pm
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Saugus High School Celebrated the graduation of hundreds of students in the Class of 2023 on Wednesday, but the celebrations were tempered by the somber recognition that two students would never receive their diplomas due to gun violence. On the morning of Nov. 14, 2019, a 16-year-old student walked into the quad of Saugus High School, pulled a .45-caliber semi-automatic ...
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November 14, 2022 - 4:45 pm
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Saugus High School senior Katie Rey released a song she wrote about the Saugus High School Shooting on the third anniversary of the incident. Rey joined the KHTS Morning Show on the third anniversary of the Saugus shooting to discuss her song “Peace,” which is about her experiences during the 2019 Saugus High School Shooting. The then-freshman was in the ...
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September 4, 2022 - 1:00 pm
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Sandy Hook Promise’s “Teenage Dream” won Emmy Awards’ Outstanding Commercial honor for 2022, featuring appearances from teenage survivors of school shootings, including a survivor of the 2019 Saugus High School Shooting. On Sunday, Sandy Hook Promise’s “Teenage Dream” PSA was selected as the winner of the Outstanding Commercial Award, as celebrated in an announcement by Saugus High School Shooting survivor ...
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July 14, 2022 - 3:30 pm
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A mile-long school bus procession stopped at Senator Ted Cruz’s house in Houston on Thursday– 4,368 empty seats symbolizing the thousands of children killed by gun violence in the last two years, while memorializing two teens who lost their lives here in our very own Santa Clarita Valley. A gun control and anti-gun violence advocacy organization organized a mile-long convoy ...
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June 28, 2022 - 3:30 pm
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With school safety expectations shattered following local and national gunfire on school grounds, the “Saugus Strong Act” – introduced by Santa Clarita Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares – aims to reinstill hope in campus safety with a 24/7 crisis center. Even with the Wiliam S. Hart Union High School District doubling down on emergency training and introducing bullet-resistant window film at each ...
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April 11, 2022 - 1:27 pm
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Saugus High school shooting survivor Mia Tretta introduced President Joe Biden during a press conference in the White House Gardens on Monday, announcing new regulations to manage unserialized “ghost guns” like the one used in the Saugus shooting. In 2019, a 16-year-old student at Saugus High School shot and killed two other students, and injured three others, including Tretta, before ...
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June 4, 2021 - 4:15 pm
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Two memorial obelisks installed at the entrance to Santa Clarita Central Park were revealed to the public on Friday by the families of the two children who were killed in the Saugus High School Shooting. The families of Saugus High School Shooting victims Gracie Muehlberger and Dominic Blackwell were joined by members of the community and local officials on Friday ...
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