Last week, the Presidents and Chancellors of over 100 colleges and universities issued a statement, “In Support of Israel and Against Hamas.” The list represents public and private institutions, including several community colleges.  The signatories requested that other institutions support this effort. To our knowledge, no California University or College has yet to sign the statement with their support. The ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, sent a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging them to expedite current Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Israel during the war with Hamas. In the letter, Garcia and his colleagues express the urgency with which we must provide our strongest ally the ...

Law enforcement officials say that there is no known credible threat to the Santa Clarita Valley Friday after a former Hamas leader called for a “global day of jihad.” Although there are no known threats as of Friday, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has provided the Santa Clarita Valley Station with “significant” additional resources as a precaution, according to Captain ...

Before Tuesday’s Santa Clarita City Council meeting, a rally for Israel was held, with hundreds of people showing up to demonstrate their support for Israeli citizens during the Hamas-Israel War. The people who came to show solidarity were passionate and heartbroken about the travesties in Israel. “How does it make you feel when you see children butchered, decapitated, families destroyed ...

By: Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe, Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester County, New York Dear Friends, Please forgive me as I act so boldly as to speak for our collective Jewish community.  I am writing in the fear that you may not know what your Jewish friends are currently going through.  Surely you have heard the news of violence in Israel ...

As the war between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas enters into day four, Santa Clarita residents have planned a rally at city hall, to show their support for all the Israeli and American citizens affected. The rally for Israel is set to take place Tuesday, Oct. 10 at 5 p.m. at the Santa Clarita City Hall to show their ...