SCV Signal September 1, 2018 By Crystal Duan Rep. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, said he stands with the U.S. Air Force and its authority in knowing what is best for the aerospace industry, regardless of a perception that he’s breaking with the Republican Party on certain issues, like the creation of a space force. “I am a 100-percent supporter of the U.S. Air Force, and this has zero to do with the president — this has to do with my opinion on what could happen in the future,” Knight said on Friday,...
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AVPress August 30, 2018 By Allison Gatlin MOJAVE - NASA is moving forward on a number of fronts in both aeronautics and space to expand knowledge and advance technology, paving the way for commercial firms to move that technology into use. "This is what NASA does; we push the very edge of the envelope," NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said Tuesday during a visit to NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base and the Mojave Air and Space Port. NASA has been assessing risks ...
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AVPress August 30, 2018 LANCASTER - The Antelope Valley Transit Authority implemented the addition of a new stop on the 786 Commuter Route, which now services the West Los Angeles Veterans Administration Medical Center. To celebrate the new service, which provides greater access to health care for local veterans and active duty service members, Rep. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, joined a few representatives from various branches of the armed forces Wednesday morning on a trip aboard the bus down to ...
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Antelope Valley Press August 29, 2018 A place AV Veterans can call "Home" By Dennis Anderson A significant emotional component of the "American Dream" is a place to call home. It has been that way for generations, since so much of America ultimately achieved a dream of having a home of their own. The non-profit military support group, Vets4Veterans, finally has a home to call their own, and they want to share it, with a couple of veterans in need, or a veteran family in need - whichever meet the...
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KHTS August 28, 2018 By Caleb Lunetta KHTS sent out requests to Santa Clarita’s leaders in Sacramento and Washington D.C., asking them how they took the news of John McCain’s passing: Senator Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park: “John McCain was a patriot. And while I don’t agree with every vote he ever took, there is a duty to country that transcends politics, and Senator McCain was the standard bearer for that selfless tradition. He will be sorely missed at the dark time of self-importance and false gr...
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SCV Signal August 27, 2018 By Crystal Duan The 25th Congressional District candidates both offered praise for John McCain in the aftermath of the Republican Arizona senator’s death on Saturday. Rep. Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, said he had met the senator and prisoner of war several times as a conferee on the National Defense Authorization Act. “I got to talk to him a few times,” he said. “He was a very nice man to everyone he dealt with, an honorable person, and you felt that when you talked to hi...
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SCV Signal August 22, 2018 By Crystal Duan Lockheed Martin honored local aircraft contractor Crissair Inc. on Tuesday with the 2017 Elite Supplier Award for the company’s work on products for the F-35 fighter. Local business leaders, high school students and dignitaries attended as the Valencia firm, which has been in the SCV for four years, received the honor. After the presentation, attendees had an opportunity to “fly” the F-35 in a simulator. The “Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II” was devel...
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Antelope Valley Press: August 21, 2018 By: Julie Drake LANCASTER - Congressman Steve Knight stopped by Fulton & Alsbury Academy of Arts and Engineering Monday afternoon to talk politics with student Valerie Padilla. The congressman and the seventh grader met in Principal Andrew Glatfelter's office. They had pepperoni pizza and sodas in the conference room. (Knight had a Diet Coke; Valerie had a Sprite.) Valerie explained she wanted to get into politics to help people, students in particular. She...
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KHTS August 15, 2018 By Michael Brown Perdue wrapped up a three-day swing through California by taking part in a panel discussion at the College of the Canyons Valencia campus about fire preparedness and recovery. Perdue and Knight met with officials from local Fire agencies, as well as City officials to discuss how to address fires in the Santa Clarita Valley. “When it comes down to it, these fires are one of the most devastating things that happen to California,” Knight said. “And they happen ...
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KHTS August 9, 2018 By Louie Diaz County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who represents Santa Clarita as part of the county’s fifth district; Daryl Osby, chief of LACoFD; representatives from State Senator Scott Wilk’s office, Rep. Steve Knight’s office, Assemblyman Dante Acosta’s office; and members of the Santa Clarita City Council attended the event. The officials all grabbed shovels and moved the first mounds of dirt where the new Fire station will stand. Station 104 is being built on Golden Vall...
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