Signs on three consecutive lawns along Woodside Drive on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025, calling for the cancellation of a planned detour that will route drivers away from Bouquet Canyon Road for 11 months.

Closure plan prompts protest signs  

Saugus residents who are upset that a developer’s plan is closing their main arterial for 11 months have taken to bright-yellow signs protesting the closure, which is planned for “mid-January,” according to a community

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City graffiti team removes hate speech in Summit Park  

The city of Santa Clarita’s anti-graffiti team documented and then deleted hate speech spraypainted onto a paseo Saturday at Summit Park in Valencia, according to accounts from city and sheriff’s officials.   A nearby resident

Chiquita Canyon lets hard-to-reach leachate spill ‘evaporate’ 

The discussion around Chiquita Canyon Landfill’s latest plan to address a leachate spill drew another violation but no financial penalty for the landfill, which closed off local assistance for impacted residents months ago despite multiple indicators the problems are worsening. 

Santa Clarita City Hall

Santa Clarita budget adjustments in the black 

The number-crunchers at Santa Clarita City Hall have some good news to report in the annual midyear budget picture: The city now expects to receive nearly $5 million more than

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on Golden Valley Road.

Newhall man held on warrant for DV charge 

A Newhall man wanted for an outstanding domestic violence warrant was arrested by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies on suspicion of a “ghost gun” charge Monday, according to L.A. County Sheriff’s

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Arguments over Realtor-rape allegation move to federal court in LA 

A thumb drive full of evidence could prove important in a yearslong lawsuit that alleged former local Realtor Mike Bjorkman committed multiple sexual assaults that were covered up by the billion-dollar real estate firm that employed him.  A federal judge granted an

County to hold hearing for thousands of homes in Castaic 

A plan more than 30 years in the making for thousands of homes in the NorthLake community of Castaic is nearing another public hearing with the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission, based on a legal notice published

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Charges reduced in Canyon Country dispute  

An L.A. County Superior Court judge Wednesday reduced the charge that stemmed from an alleged fight between a security guard and a tenant in Canyon Country, after a preliminary hearing last week.  Judge Robert Sanchez

Placerita Canyon told to wait until next year 

 Placerita Canyon residents expressed no desire to wait until “sometime next year” to address their concerns about The Master’s University, but city officials said last week there wasn’t much they could do in the

SCV’s top cop speaks with business community 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Capt. Brandon Barclay, the SCV’s de facto “chief of police,” shared a message with the business community Thursday, touting another month of reduction in overall crime numbers