Max Homa, a Valencia High graduate, is tied for second after the first round of the U.S. Golf Associations’s Amateur Championship at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash.
Homa, a sophomore at UC Berkeley, shot a 3-under 69 in the first round of the tournament. He is tied with nine others after the first round.
Jeff Wilson, a 47-year-old car dealer from Fairfield, Calif., leads the Amateur Championship with an opening round 10-under 62.
As a second generation Italian-American, whose parents stressed the value of a good education and the importance of giving back to others, Diana Cusumano has done much to make her family, and community, proud.
Twenty inmates from the South Facility at Pitchess Detention Center were sent to area hospitals for treatment of injuries suffered in a melee that broke out around 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
On Wednesday, the Santa Clarita Valley Rotary Club will be holding a dedication service in memory of local heroes who have died overseas since September 11, 2001. The service will be at 11:00 a.m. at the Rotary Club’s garden located near the George Caravalho Sports Complex. A lunch will follow in the Community Room.
On Saturday, August 21, Michael Bolton made an appearance at the College of the Canyons Performing Arts Center while on his One World One Love tour.
If one needs any evidence that the recent fascination with food trucks has reached its peak, the presence of the television show “The Great Food Truck Race” should do the trick. 
The following is an editorial written by Carl Goldman, Co-owner of KHTS Radio
The City of Santa Clarita City Council will return from its six-week recess on Tuesday and make its final decision on whether or not to seize control of its libraries from the County Library system. 
An extended period of hot weather is expected across much of Southwestern California this week, due to a strong upper level high pressure system strengthening over the area from Monday through Thursday.
