Valencia High graduate Max Homa took the reigning U.S. Golf Association’s Amateur champion to the limit, but fell short in the quaterfinals.
Homa, a sophomore at UC Berkeley, lost to Ben An of Fullerton, 1-up, missing a long birdie putt on the 18th hole that would have tied the match at the Chambers Bay course in University Place, Wash.
Officers from the California Highway Patrol found more than they bargained for when they stopped to help a disabled pickup truck on the 210 freeway Sunday morning.
An alert deputy, using basic, primitive techniques, tracked down stolen property and a suspect who probably had something to do with a theft Monday morning in Val Verde.
In 2009, the William S. Hart School District reported that more than 850 junior high and high school students in our valley were homeless, and the number is rising.
Military veterans from Santa Clarita are asking for your support as they raise money for a rehabilitation program that helps their comrades. 
This morning, Santa Clarita’s newest charter school welcomed almost 200 7th,8th, and 9th graders for the start of its 2010-2011 academic year. The Albert Einstein Academy was approved by the William S. Hart School District in April and school officials have rushed to prepare for the students.
Sen. George Runner announced that he and other GOP lawmakers, and California district attorneys, police and sheriff, filed a brief Friday in U.S. Supreme Court that seeks to reverse the order of the federal three-judge court requiring early release of some 38,000 California prisoners in order to improve health care provided to inmates.
By Carol Rock
College of the Canyons and has been awarded a four-year grant totaling $3 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant establishes the California Regional Consortium for Engineering Advances in Technical Education (CREATE) Renewable Energy Regional Center, and will create and expand courses and workforce training programs to help address the high demand for renewable energy technicians throughout the state.
The Los Angeles Kings have agreed to terms on a two-year contract with unrestricted free agent defenseman Willie Mitchell, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.
