School buses arrive to help evacuate students from Northlake Hills Elementary School as the Hughes Fire grows in Castaic on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2025 Maya Morales/The Signal

Schools announce classes will resume Friday 

Local school districts announced they will be reopening campuses and resuming classes on Friday after having to close due to the Hughes Fire.     All schools in the Castaic Union School

Evacuees were able to come to the American Red Cross' Disaster Relief site at College of the Canyons' gym Wednesday night to seek food and shelter on Jan. 22, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Hughes Fire evacuees take shelter at COC 

Castaic and Valencia residents evacuated to the American Red Cross shelter set up at the east gym on the Valencia campus of College of the Canyons as the Hughes Fire

Sulphur Springs Union School District administrative offices.

SSUSD reviews Skyline school schematic design  

The Sulphur Springs Union School District governing board reviewed a preliminary schematic design for the future elementary school site going in the Skyline Ranch community on Wednesday night.   Scott Gaudineer,

Sulphur Springs Union School District administrative offices.

SSUSD names new board president, clerk 

The Sulphur Springs Union School District governing board elected Denis DeFigueiredo as the new board president for the 2025 year during the board’s December organizational meeting.  DeFigueiredo has not responded

A home on the 23100 block of Cerca Drive was taped off due to a tree falling and damaging part of the home on Tuesday night. Jan. 9, 2025 Maya Morales/The Signal

Wind blows city tree onto Valencia home 

A city tree fell and damaged part of a home on the 23100 block of Cerca Drive on Tuesday night due to the high windstorms blowing through Santa Clarita Valley. 

L.A. County firefighters responded to the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway in Canyon Country for a report of a structure fire on Wednesday morning, Jan. 8, 2025 Maya Morales/The Signal

Fire destroys Yoshinoya in Canyon Country 

An early-morning fire in a commercial center destroyed the Yoshinoya fast food location at the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway on Wednesday morning.  L.A. County firefighters were