Good morning, Santa Clarita.

Santa Clarita will host FestAbility—presented by UCLA Health—on Sunday, May 4 from 12 to 3 p.m. at West Creek Park where families will enjoy free adapted sports, interactive arts and crafts, live performances, and a sensory-friendly Chill Zone with therapeutic animal interactions.

Bay Center Foods in Valencia juices thousands of golden lemons every day to make Chick-Fil-A's signature lemonade for local and national customers.

The plant also uses every part of the fruit by drying the peel into powder—feeding cattle and creating bioplastic to reduce waste.

SCVi Charter School in Castaic will host a DreamUp to Space Celebration on May 8 at 10:30 a.m. to honor students whose bamboo seed experiment launched to the International Space Station+ middle school and grade 6 students will also present aerospace projects on May 9 and May 15 as part of the school’s Aerospace Career-Connected Learning Pathway.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will conduct a traffic safety operation May 6 from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.—the operation will target speeding, making illegal turns and not yielding to pedestrians or bicyclists and is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

SCV Water Agency will hold its regular board meeting on Tuesday, May 6 at 6 p.m. at the Administration Building—EGJG Water Treatment Plant Boardroom at 27234 Bouquet Canyon Road in Santa Clarita; those unable to attend in person may join via Zoom or phone and submit written comments by 4 p.m. on the meeting day for board review.

Starting May 5, the southbound I-5 Calgrove Boulevard on-ramp in Santa Clarita will close for 30 days to let construction crews upgrade pavement, install guardrails, and do utility work — local motorists are advised to follow detour routes until it reopens on June 4.

Kevin Shorten has been named Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital — he will lead the hospital’s digital transformation to improve patient care and operational efficiency.

He brings over 20 years of healthcare IT experience from Alameda Health System to his new role.

On April 30 in the CIF lacrosse playoffs, Saugus boys lost 12-9 to Crespi while Valencia boys won 9-7 in triple overtime and West Ranch boys received a bye; West Ranch girls beat Santiago 16-12 and Crespi will face St. John Bosco on Friday at 5 p.m.—Chaparral, after beating Saugus girls 11-9, will meet Village Christian today at 5 p.m.—as playoff matchups are set.

Saugus leads the Foothill League softball standings with a record of 22—4 overall and 11—0 in league play, and the team will face Castaic Tuesday at 3:15 p.m. to try to clinch its first league title since 2022—Valencia holds second at 7—3 as West Ranch, Hart, and Canyon battle for third and playoff spots.