Fri 29 Aug 2008
The local hiking club will be traversing Bear Divide this Saturday August 30th at 8:15 AM. Bear Divide is the perfect, easy summer hike. There is a little bit of altitude, lots of shade, and it’s all downhill. We will be shuttling from one end of the trail to the other as this is not (more…)
A class of oral drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes may make heart failure worse, according to an editorial published online in Heart Wednesday by two Wake Forest University School of Medicine faculty members. 
Hidden within the positive statistic showing a 5 percent rise in the number of California high school students taking the SAT in 2008 is a disturbing trend. While more white and Asian students are taking the SAT and scoring above 500 on each of the college preparatory 
Lately there has been a lot of discussion and bickering going on it the Santa Clarita Valley revolving around growth. In particular the expansion of Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, the Smiser Ranch property, the problems out in Benz Road and so on. 
As students assemble on school campuses throughout the Santa Clarita Valley and school bells ring in another new school year, parents should discuss safety rules with their children, and motorists should remember to be alert for children near schools and bus stops. 
Los Angeles County sheriff’s transit investigators raided more than a dozen locations Thursday morning, arresting a crew of suspected graffiti vandals believed responsible for more than $1 million in damage to public and private property across three counties. 
New statistics from the Department of Public Social Services reveal that illegal aliens and their families in Los Angeles County collected nearly $37 million in welfare and food stamp allocations in July 2008, announced Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. 
Special thanks to one of our readers for flagging this interesting article from the Rasmussen Reports publication. With the November election just a couple of months away this is a worthwhile article to read about what Congress has been doing or not in this case! The majority party may be celebrating in Denver this week, but the percentage of voters who give the Democratic-dominated Congress good or excellent ratings has once again fallen to single digits. 
The Santa Valley Democratic Alliance for Action (DAA) will meet tonight, August 28th at Vincenzo’s Pizza located at 24504 1/2 W. Lyons Avenue in Newhall starting at around 5:30 PM. You are invited to watch Obama’s Convention acceptance with other Dems as well as learn about November’s election and how you can help. All SCV Obama Fans are welcome! For more information call Diana Shaw at (661) 296-0298.
At Tuesday night’s City Council meeting a presentation by Ken Striplin and Andrew Yi gave a very accurate accounting of the four proposals to correcting the traffic problems at Benz Road and the neighborhood’s response to each option.
