SANTA CLARITA: BRIEFLY : ACTON MAN KILLED IN WEEKEND CRASH.

SANTA CLARITA - The holiday weekend claimed one life in the Santa Clarita area and resulted in 23 drunk-driving arrests on local highways, the California Highway Patrol reported Tuesday.

A man identified as Theodore Kilian was killed Saturday evening when he was thrown from his pickup truck on Soledad Canyon Road in Acton.

Kilian, 49, who lived in Acton, was not wearing a seat belt when his truck drifted onto the dirt shoulder near Bootlegger Canyon, skidded more than 100 feet into a concrete abutment and rolled, said Officer Wendy Moore, a CHP spokeswoman. He was thrown through the passenger window.

There was no sign that alcohol was a factor in the crash, Moore said.

But that wasn't true Friday night when a special CHP task force saturated local roads in search of drunk drivers, Moore said.

Twenty-three drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The task force worked the Antelope Valley on Saturday night.

SOURCE: Daily News

Opening day set for therapy group

SAUGUS - An organization that provides therapy to all age groups and special programs for babies will hold a grand opening ceremony at 5:30 p.m. today at its new facility in Saugus.

S.C.V. Therapies and Baby Steps has invited city and county officials to help celebrate its opening at 26111 Bouquet Canyon Road, Suite G-1.

S.C.V. Therapies, a division of the Antelope Valley Language Movement & Speech Therapy Center, provides speech and occupational therapy and counseling for all ages.

Baby Steps, a state and federally funded program, caters to children with special needs such as those born prematurely or with Down syndrome, low birth weight, cerebral palsy or to a mother who abused drugs.

Information is available by calling the organization at [phone].

SOURCE: Daily News