• The area near Rio Vista Elementary School was enhanced Thursday morning as the Graffiti Task Force and ninth grade students from Trinity Classical Academy combined forces to remove tagging.
• Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich will present a motion to his fellow supervisors Tuesday to declare a state of emergency in Bouquet Canyon.
• Warm dry weather is continuing to plague an already dry Santa Clarita Valley.
• Newhall School District’s upcoming Parent Summit will give parents a chance to discuss significant education issues, such as the Local Control Funding Formula and Common Core.
• Tippi Hedren, famous for her starring role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds” and operator of the Shambala wildlife preserve in Acton, will lend her support to the SCV Senior Center Celebrity Waiter dinner on Saturday.

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