Santa Clarita Weekly | March 31, 2026

This week on Santa Clarita Weekly, we cover a packed news cycle from the SCV to Washington. We recap the No Kings Rally, where roughly 1,000 locals joined more than 8 million Americans nationwide in protest — with speeches from Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo on Trump's funding cuts to California and the Democrats' shot at flipping the Santa Clarita City Council, and Julee Brooks, who is challenging Bob Jensen for the Hart School Board in Trustee Area 2. Special thanks to Rise Up SCV for the rally audio. We then turn to the War in Iran, now over a month in with 15 American service members killed and no exit strategy in sight — Senator Adam Schiff breaks down the human and financial cost hitting families right here at home. Finally, we cover the double assault on your right to vote: Trump's executive order signed today directing the Postal Service to restrict mail-in ballots to a federally approved list — already headed to court — and the SAVE America Act moving through the Senate, which California's own Senator Alex Padilla has been fighting tooth and nail on the floor all week.