Canyon Country News

A fire at a woodworking shop prompted authorities to shut down Sierra Highway near the College of the Canyons Canyon Country campus this afternoon.

CITY'S SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AT CANYON SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Projects Protect Community Kids on Crowded Streets Construction for the City of Santa Clarita's Safe Route to School program is nearing completion at Canyon Springs Elementary School.

What began as a purse-snatching in Canyon Country spun wildly out of control Monday when one suspect punched a sheriff's deputy and another holed up in a nearby apartment for hours with his girlfriend, authorities said.

The city of Santa Clarita incorporated in 1987 with an estimated population within the city limits of about 110,000. Twenty-two years on, the population stands at around 180,000 - not counting similar growth in the county areas of the SCV.

Authorities arrested four men Wednesday in connection with an auto-theft ring run out of a Canyon Country hot-rod repair shop, including the business's owner and a retired Los Angeles Police Department auto-theft detective, officials said.

Saturday Fourth of July activities in the SCV. Parade: 9 a.m. Downtown Newhall. Main Street to Lyons to Orchard Village to 16th Street.

ILL NINO guitarist Diego Verduzco has opened a tattoo shop in Canyon Country, California called Artifact Tattoo .

Assemblyman Cameron Smyth used to tell a self-deprecating story concerning his first effort to run for a seat on the Santa Clarita City Council.

It's the month for teachers at Una Mas. The Canyon Country eatery is giving one free meal each to teachers through the end of the month.

Every Tuesday, Tom Schmidt of Canyon Country makes house calls. He's not a doctor, but he brings something very important to the homebound seniors he sees on his weekly treks - hot meals and a warm hello.

A 45-year-old Latino man from Simi Valley and his family parked at a Canyon Country park-and-ride stop to use a restroom earlier this month when a man who later described himself as a Nazi charged at him, shouting racial slurs and swinging a baseball bat.

CITY STAFF, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS ASSIST LOCAL HOMEOWNER IN CORRECTING CODE VIOLATIONS Project Marks Extreme Neighborhood Makeover Program's 1-Year Anniversary The City of Santa Clarita, local landscaping companies and contractors, will be joined by community volunteers to assist a Canyon Country Extreme Neighborhood Makeover ...

Kimberly M. Olson Air Force Airman 1st Class Kimberly M. Olson graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.

The next Canyon Country Advisory Committee meeting will be held Wednesday, June 17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the George A. Caravalho Activity Center Banquet Room, 20880 Centre Pointe Parkway.

About two years ago, 12-year-old Emily Goldstein's grandparents noticed a subtle twist in her foot as she walked.

For 25 students at Canyon Springs Community School, a student-run greenhouse on campus has turned into a second classroom that gives the special-needs students opportunities to take part in hands-on lessons about solar energy, composting and conservation.

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The Santa Clarita City Council is set to approve tonight a 13-seat committee to oversee the selection of a site for a much-needed materials recovery facility, or MRF .

One reason the Santa Clarita Valley is a fire zone is the dry and hot weather. There is development in the mountains and canyons.

Academy of the Canyons' graduation ceremony Friday was, fittingly, different than those of the Santa Clarita Valley's other schools.