Hundreds of kids, parents and teachers came together to raise money for Santa Clarita Elementary School’s new Robotics Lab on Thursday. Plus: Single Mothers Outreach is teaming up with Closet on Main to host a pop up shop at the Valencia Town Center this weekend.

Also: Residents in a Canyon Country neighborhood were evacuated for hours Wednesday night and into Thursday morning after a man barricaded himself in a shed and later died.

A fatal motorcycle crash shut down parts of Sierra Highway near Placerita Canyon around 5 a.m. Thursday.

 

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