Officials with a Santa Clarita Valley community-based, nonprofit health organization announced their new CEO on Tuesday. Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers Inc. officials named J. Chris Mattingly as their new chief executive officers.“I am honored and humbled to be part of the Samuel Dixon team, where there is real dedication and spirit to serve the health care needs of others,” ...

Gloria Mercado-Fortine was installed as the new chairwoman of the Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers board of directors at their annual meeting on Monday. Mayor Bob Kellar conducted the installation.

Correction: The article orginally stated some misinformation about StudentsFirst and the organizations head, Michelle Rhee.  California is one of 11 states to recently receive an overall grade of F in a StudentsFirst report card evaluating education. The StudentsFirst report repeatedly emphasized using students test scores to evaluate teachers and decide how much funding schools would receive, but did not consider ...