River Rally brings community together to remove trash from riverbed

Hundreds of Santa Clarita residents convened on a large dirt lot behind a shopping center on Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country Saturday morning to join the annual effort of cleaning up the Santa Clara River.  “This is our primary event for

Supervisors approve art fee for developments, Barger abstains

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved an ordinance Wednesday that would require developers of various types of residential, commercial and industrial projects to provide public art in private developments in the amount of 1% of the building valuation

City Council receives update on Camps Scott, Scudder

The Santa Clarita City Council received a brief report Tuesday about Camps Scott and Scudder, two Saugus facilities recommended by the Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council’s Juvenile Justice Realignment Block Grant Ad-Hoc Subcommittee in May to become the

100-acre fire closes I-5 ramps at Vista del Lago

A big-rig fire Friday afternoon rapidly grew to a 100-acre brush fire east of Interstate 5 at Vista del Lago Road.  Fire containment stood at 0% with the potential of growing to 400 acres, as of 2:45 p.m., according

County orders bars to verify vaccines

Bars, wineries, breweries, night clubs and lounges will need to require vaccine verification from their customers and employees in the indoor portions of those businesses by Nov. 4, per a modified health officer order to be issued later

And the first Mrs. Santa Clarita Valley is…

LaJuana Woelke remembers reading about the Mrs. Santa Clarita Valley contest for the first time in The Signal nearly 50 years ago. The former Saugus resident had just participated in

Early returns: California voters rejecting recall of Gov. Newsom

A majority of ballots counted as of Tuesday evening favored keeping the governor in office as county election officials across the state continued tallying ballots Tuesday night in the election to determine whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.  

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Chamber hosts employment law roundtable

Brian Koegle, a partner at Poole Shaffery & Koegle, LLP, spoke with a group of small-business owners and members of the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce recently about the latest changes in employment law. 

Pediatric COVID-19 cases declining in L.A. County

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced Thursday that COVID-19 cases among children have declined or remained even, following the pattern seen in the county’s adult population.  “Children under 18 comprised on average 27% of

City Council to meet Tuesday

The Santa Clarita City Council has a light agenda for its regularly scheduled meeting at City Hall 6 p.m. Tuesday, the night of the California gubernatorial recall election.  Council members will hold a

Barger’s homelessness commission holds first meeting

The Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness held its inaugural meeting Wednesday morning online.  The commission was established to prepare a report in six months’ time that analyzes homelessness governance reports, studies models

Five SCV teens published in popular preteen advice book

Five Santa Clarita Valley teens had their stories published in “Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 21st Anniversary Edition,” which was published last month.  The book includes 24 new stories, in addition to the many