If you happened to be looking to the sky Wednesday morning sometime before 9 a.m., you might have seen a bright white light with a long tail traveling from the east.
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‘Gabriel’s House’ to open Dec. 19
The city of Palmdale and The Art Branch will host an open house at “Gabriel’s House” on Thursday, Dec. 19 from 5 to 8 p.m.
“Gabriel’s House,” the city’s third Neighborhood House, is located at 38533 4th St. East in Palmdale.
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City seeks feedback about billboard proposal
The city of Santa Clarita launched a new website, Billboards.Santa-Clarita.com, to provide the community with information on a proposal from Metro to remove all billboards in the Metro (railroad) right-of-way, within the Soledad Canyon Road and Railroad Avenue corridors.
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Lancaster Corporate Challenge deadline approaches
The Lancaster Corporate Challenge (LCC) is an Olympic-style competition which promotes team building, fitness and fun. The challenge was developed by the city’s Wellness Committee as a way to create a community movement towards a healthy lifestyle, a factor known to help reduce healthcare costs and increase quality of life.
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Palmdale ranked 16th top solar city
Sunible, a company started by solar market data resource PV Solar Report, has just released a new report detailing which California cities are installing the most solar power, and the city of Palmdale ranked 16th.
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New program offers job training
Job seekers interested in the fields of aerospace and biomedical manufacturing are invited to attend a free training program orientation at the Santa Clarita WorkSource Center on Monday, Dec. 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The orientation will be held at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, Room 107, located at 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road. All job seekers are encouraged to arrive at or before 9 a.m.
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Canyon Country man goes on ‘mercy killing’ spree
A 60-year-old Canyon Country man allegedly fatally shot his wife, who was suffering from dementia, then went to a North Hills nursing facility and gunned down his ailing sister Thursday in what police called an apparent pair of mercy killings.
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Healthy lifestyles urged in South L.A.
The Los Angeles Urban League and Kaiser Permanente will host a free viewing of the HBO documentary “The Weight of the Nation” and a panel discussing the state of adult and childhood obesity in South Los Angeles.
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Mel Watt confirmed to direct Federal Housing Finance Agency
Representative Melvin L. Watt, (D-North Carolina), was confirmed in a 57-40 by the U.S. Senate to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency, after a Republican filibuster to block the vote was torpedoed by Senate Majoirty Leader Harry Reid
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Compton Christmas parade set Saturday
The city of Compton on Saturday will host its 61st annual Christmas Parade, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. beginning at the corner of Compton Boulevard and Alameda Street and culminating about one and one-half miles south at the Gateway Town Center at Alameda Street and Greenleaf Boulevard.