Santa Clarita

Nov 8 2012

Ron Smith headed from Lancaster to Sacramento

Veteran Antelope Valley legislators are returning to Congress and the state government facing a number of critical pocketbook issues. Below are those who have been re-elected as well as new countywide officials.

Buck McKeon will represent the 25th District which in part encompasses the cities of Palmdale, Santa Clarita, and Lancaster, all in the top 100 fastest growing cities of the U.S. The district also includes the Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys.

Sep 1 2011

Fort Collins, Colo. takes 1st place

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles is America’s second-worst driving city when it comes to frequency of vehicle crashes, according to Allstate Insurance Co.’s annual Best Driver’s Report released today.

Los Angeles drivers as a whole average a crash every 6.6 years, a figure that nationally trails only Philadelphia drivers at 6.5 years, according to Allstate.

Aug 2 2011

No computer, no problem

LOS ANGELES, Caif.—People without a home computer can purchase concert and sporting-event tickets at various Southern California Wal-Mart stores outfitted with touch-screen Ticketmaster terminals, the ticketing outlet announced today.

The terminals are available at 69 Southern California Wal-Mart stores.

Customers can use the terminals to browse available concerts, shows and sporting events. Once a customer picks an event, a Wal-Mart employee will help complete the transaction and immediately print the tickets.

Jul 27 2011

Youth ages 15 to 21

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The sheriff’s Transit Service Bureau announced today it is reinstating its Police Explorer Program for youth ages 15 to 21 interested in a career in law enforcement.

The agency that provides law enforcement services to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has seven locations where Explorers will be assigned to a variety of jobs.

Jun 29 2011

Renata died of asphyxiation

SANTA CLARITA, Calif.—A Jeep Cherokee belonging to a Canyon Country man whose wife was found slain along Big Tujunga Canyon road was found in North Las Vegas, but the man, who speaks with Czech accent, was nowhere to be found.

Dusan Klein, 59, has been sought since his wife, Renata, also 59, was found dead June 15 in the Los Angeles National Forest. A coroner’s spokesman said she had been asphyxiated.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.