Supervisors to consider Castaic-area trails plan

    The county Board of Supervisors might deliver this message to Castaic-area residents on Tuesday: Happy trails. The supervisors are expected to consider the “Castaic Area Multi-Use Trails Plan,”

Acosta: Christy Smith campaign ads ‘racist’

Dante Acosta, the Mayor Pro Tem of Santa Clarita and Republican nominee for Assembly in the 38th District, gathered with several other Latino leaders at a news conference outside Democratic

Santa Clarita unemployment holds steady

Unemployment in Santa Clarita held steady at 4.8 percent in September compared to August, according to figures released Friday by the state’s Employment Development Department. That non-seasonally adjusted figure reflects

38th Assembly mudfight taken to Smith’s home front 

  Christy Smith, the Democratic nominee for the 38th District Assembly seat, advised voters back in September to check out Republican opponent Dante Acosta’s Financial Industry Regulatory Authority broker page.

Area parks will get facelifts

Several parks in Castaic, Stevenson Ranch and Val Verde will get facelifts under grants approved by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. The supervisors this week approved a resolution authorizing

Pitchess jail transfer plan finally OK’d

    What everybody agreed was a routine matter — allocating $5.6 million to contract out mental-health services for county prisoners, and transferring 320 of them from the Twin Towers

Hotel developer revising plans

The developer hoping to build a hotel at McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard has begun work on Plan B — after designs for Plan A left the Planning Commission underwhelmed

City unveils traffic-safety plan, goals

While stressing that Santa Clarita’s traffic-collision injury rate remains below the state average, officials on Tuesday unveiled a three-pronged “comprehensive traffic safety plan” they hope will make the city’s 60