Bridge to Home hosted their annual “Soup for the Soul” fundraiser virtually last Saturday night which featured auctions, live performances and more hosted by Shawn Parr, host of “Shawn Parr’s Across the Country.” The fundraiser and auction was livestreamed on YouTube, where Parr listed off the various items, packages and even a half-Goldendoodle, half-Labradoodle named […]
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Press release: Los Angeles County reports first case of the omicron variant
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has received confirmation of its first case of COVID-19 with mutations consistent with the new omicron variant. The individual returned to Los Angeles County after travel to South Africa via London on Nov. 22. This infection is most likely travel-related. The individual, who is a fully vaccinated […]
Deadline approaches for NAACP Santa Clarita Future Leader and Chanelle scholarships
The Santa Clarita chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or the NAACP, has announced that it is giving away $13,000 in scholarships to seven Black and African American student applicants. “Our main goal is to allow individuals that might not otherwise have an opportunity to continue their education, disadvantaged youth […]
Mandate flashpoint: SCV school districts show contrast to LAUSD with vaccine mandates, one claims Newsom “overreached his boundaries” to applause
Despite recent vaccine mandates for many Los Angeles schools going into effect this semester, some school districts in the Santa Clarita Valley have yet to entertain any. In an Oct. 1 press release, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office stated that a statewide mandate for the vaccine, for grades seven to 12, isn’t expected to go into […]
LAUSD president talks with Fernandeño Tataviam tribal president about people’s history
Los Angeles Unified School District president Kelly Gonez hosted an informational event via Zoom on Wednesday, featuring tribal president of the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians (FTBMI) Rudy Ortega, Jr. The event was introduced as part of Native American Heritage Month and part of the movement to get the Fernandeño Tataviam people’s federal recognition. […]
