Residents host Chiquita Canyon media event  

More than three dozen residents, upset by Chiquita Canyon Landfill’s repeated claims of progress amid their ongoing claims of health problems in lawsuits seeking compensation for the problems caused by

Woman gets 10 years in crash that killed 3 

A San Fernando Superior Court judge sentenced a 20-year-old Redlands woman to state prison Wednesday as part of a negotiated plea deal for her conviction in a DUI crash that

Kirk attorney hopeful on sentencing  

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Valencia man convicted of deprivation of rights under the color of law will face sentencing for a misdemeanor at his hearing next week,

City OKs trash-rate increase 

The Santa Clarita City Council on Tuesday authorized a rate increase for its commercial and residential waste-management services, which is associated with cost increases due to the closure of Chiquita

Chiquita offers tour of work on leachate, gases 

Two nauseating smells — one likened to rotten milk, another, the acetone in nail polish remover — permeated Chiquita Canyon Landfill on Wednesday during an invite-only media tour of the

Man hopes video will help lead to justice 

A Sand Canyon man is hoping some attention on a crime that happened almost at his front doorstep will help bring some accountability and justice, he said Tuesday.  Especially after

MetroWalk seeks changes from City Council  

Santa Clarita city planners are recommending the City Council on Tuesday approve some developer-requested changes to MetroWalk — plans for nearly 500 homes in Canyon Country — but not all

Chiquita Canyon Landfill ceased operations on Dec. 31, 2024. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Landfill closure prompts new trash rate 

For months last year, Chiquita Canyon Landfill officials forewarned of cost increases if the ongoing environmental crisis there forced it to close.  Then on Jan. 1, they abruptly closed the

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Judge sets hearing for deputy sentence 

The sentencing of a Valencia man convicted by a jury for his response to a Lancaster grocery store incident is set for next month, according to a federal docket posted

LASD mourns local losses at memorial run 

Sheriff Robert Luna called for a moment of silence Wednesday at the start of the 56th annual L.A. County Peace Officers Memorial Run after what he described as a heartbreaking

Planning wants more retail in Newhall plan 

The city of Santa Clarita’s Planning Commission ordered a developer Tuesday to come back with more information and more commercial space on a property planned for 106 market-rate homes on

Plea deal discussed in deputy assault  

The case of a Hollywood man in custody since his September 2023 arrest after Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies said he responded violently to a DUI investigation is now