The College of the Canyons Center for Early Childhood Education Circle of Friends, a support and fund-raising group for the college's Children's Center and Early Childhood Education Training Program will hold their sixth annual "drum circle" event at 5 p.m., Saturday, March 4, 2006. The event will be held in the Vital Express Center for the Performing Arts and will be a prelude to that evening's performance by the Soweto Gospel Choir.

Sacramento – This week Assemblywoman Sharon Runner (R-Lancaster) was the guest host for Governor Schwarzenegger’s weekly radio address. In the radio address Runner discussed the importance of passing her Jessica’s Law legislation that Governor Schwarzenegger sponsored “Governor Schwarzenegger, Senator Runner and I call upon my fellow legislators to pass Jessica’s Law and protect the millions of vulnerable children in our state,” Assemblywoman Runner said during the radio address. Jessica’s Law is the most comprehensive sex offender punishment and control law ever introduced.

Eight Golden Valley High School students were arrested Friday after a lunchtime brawl broke out, which involved 60 students and forced the campus to be on lockdown until the school’s 3 p.m. dismissal. Worried parents stood by for nearly two hours at the school’s front gate after receiving cell phone calls from their children just after a brawl broke out between Hispanic and black students, just after 1 p.m. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station deputies are investigating the cause of the melee but have not said whether the violence was racially motivated.

Fighting between students erupted at Golden Valley High School around 1pm Friday, injuring several and prompting the arrest of 8 juveniles and one adult, according to the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station. As many as 20 students were involved in the fracas, which the sheriffs quickly had under control. It's unknown at this time the exact cause of the fighting, but sheriff officials are continuing to investigate.