Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Greatest Parade On Earth. We're talking, of course, about the Santa Clarita Valley Fourth of July Parade.

This year's version will be held on Saturday, which coincidentally, is the fourth of July (you'd be amazed at how many times we get asked when the parade is...).

Fire Department hopes people avoid the use of all fireworks during holiday.

When it comes time to party this Fourth of July, emergency officials hope that Santa Clarita residents will keep away from celebrations of the flammable variety.

Update: Thursday, July 2, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

A brush fire burned 75 acres in Castaic Wednesday afternoon off the I-5 near Templin Highway.

One lane of northbound traffic is still closed and crews remain in the area in an effort to control the fire, which is still burning, but has been contained at 75 acres.

A memorial has been planned for long-time community volunteer Sheldon Allen.

Friends and family are invited to gather at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 18 at the Santa Clarita Valley Boys and Girls Club, 24909 Newhall Avenue, Newhall.

Allen died Monday after a long illness. He had been an active volunteer with several charities in town, with the club leading the list. He was named SCV Man of the Year in 1995, served on the board of the local American Red Cross and was once a member of the William S. Hart School Board.

In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to the club and can be mailed to the above address.

Sherri Garber Mendelson, nurse manager for the maternity department at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center, received the Best of JOGNN Writing Award this week for a paper she co-authored titled "A Community-Based Parish Nurse Intervention Program for Mexican American Women with Gestational Diabetes."