On April 29, 1944, the “Outlaw Trail,” a 53-minute black-and-white Western film, was released to the public. “Outlaw Trail” was filmed in a Western town at the Monogram movie ranch in Placerita Canyon, a location based in the southeastern Santa Clarita Valley. In 1952, Gene Autry purchased the ranch and mock Western town on the property and renamed it “Melody ...

The arts commissioners have narrowed it down to two proposals for the Newhall Roundabout Art Project from among six semi-finalists. Michael Clapper’s “Western Reel” and M.L. Duffy’s “Facing the Sun, Facing the Future” were selected as the two finalists.