A Los Angeles County Fire Department hazardous materials team member climbs on to a railcar "leaking chorine fumes" during a HAZMAT training exercise at HASA, a pool chemical manufacturer in Saugus on Wednesday, 032724. Dan Watson/The Signal

Fire Department simulates leak at HASA 

L.A. County Fire Department officials conducted a drill, hosted by local pool chemical manufacturer HASA, to simulate a “worst-case scenario,” officials said Wednesday, as giant

Santa Clarita City Hall

Council members OK 5% salary increase  

Santa Clarita City Council members approved a 5% pay hike for themselves at Tuesday’s council meeting.  The raise was authorized for next year after the

Council pay, contracts on city agenda  

The Santa Clarita City Council is expected to approve a pay increase and several contracts for upcoming events during the council’s meeting on Tuesday.  Those

Driver arrested after inadvertent drop

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested a man on suspicion of  drug possession after a traffic stop apparently yielded evidence prior to a search. 

Theft suspect stopped by store workers  

Loss prevention officers at Target helped Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrest a 19-year-old shoplifting suspect who’s being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. 

SCV Water, Whittaker argue over cleanup 

Nearly 40 years after The Whittaker Corp. stopped activities that contaminated the Santa Clarita Valley’s groundwater supply, a three-judge panel for the federal Ninth Circuit