The CIF Southern Section football playoffs begin tonight with four teams from the Foothill League in first-round action.
Valencia, the Foothill League champions and the No. 4 seed in the Northern Division playoffs, is home against Highland from the Golden League.
Canyon is home in the first round against Palmdale, another team from the Golden League.
On Thursday, a California appeals court placed a stay on a recent ruling by the Los Angeles County Superior Court that declared Jessica’s Law unconstitutional. 
As families across California are planning for holiday travel, the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) has completed California’s first-ever statewide survey to assess the opinions of motorists across the state on a multitude of important traffic safety issues. The results varied from surprising to reassuring that current efforts are paying off.
Photos by Will Davison 
Five local arts organizations received generous grants from the organizers of the TPC/West Ranch Art and Wine Gala during a special ceremony Thursday night at Valencia Wine Company.
Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc. which makes Darvon and Darvocet, the brand version of the prescription pain medication propoxyphene, has agreed to withdraw the medication from the U.S. market at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has also informed the generic manufacturers of propoxyphene-containing products of Xanodyne’s decision and requested that they voluntarily remove their products as well.
It could be worse.
