Los Angeles County Sheriff's J-Team Deputies discuss drugs and paraphernalia on display with Duane Briggs, right, during the Parent Resources Symposium "Chasing the High" held at Santa Clarita City hall on Friday, 092322.

City, sheriff’s officials confirm loss of J-Team 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and city of Santa Clarita officials confirmed Wednesday the Juvenile Intervention Team, a respected unit that focused on a nexus of youth offenders, drug crimes

A sign points to the entrance of Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic. Dan Watson/ The Signal

Garcia calls for Chiquita landfill closure 

Schiavo issues call for state declaration of emergency  Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, called on Chiquita Canyon Landfill to cease operations while the facility addresses its growing problems, during a

Santa Clarita City Hall

City Council to discuss pay increase Tuesday 

Santa Clarita City Council members are expected to discuss a 10% pay raise for next year’s council at Tuesday’s meeting.  The first and only item of new business on the

Valencia resident Cory Balousek casts his vote at the Saugus Union School District polling place in Valencia on Saturday, 030224. Dan Watson/The Signal

Barger, Garcia lead big after Friday count  

L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger thanked her supporters Thursday in a statement noting she’s “positioned to continue representing our county’s large and diverse 5th District,” which includes the Santa Clarita

Council, public weigh in on Sunridge 

  The public discussion for a piece of land “that’s probably transcended every City Council we’ve had” as Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth put it Wednesday, didn’t really draw a

Supervising AQMD Inspector Larry Israel shares a photo of a leachate geyser that occurred while he was inspecting Chiquita Canyon with an EPA official. The text was the accompanying question asked by the AQMD official. Israel's answer was an emphatic no. Courtesy photo

Water Board denies Chiquita permit to expand 

  In the latest rebuke from Chiquita Canyon Landfill’s regulators, the L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board denied a Jan. 4, 2022, application the landfill sought to expand operations with

Shoppers run into WalMart in Valencia in a heavy rain on Wednesday, 030624. Dan Watson/The Signal

Forecast: Rain to clear out, weekend dry 

Meteorologists are calling for dry skies through the weekend after the latest in a series of storms dropped about a half-inch of rain in the Santa Clarita Valley.   A brief

City officials began outreach last year on the property for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the land’s potential to become something other than what city officials have said is desirable — a balanced, mixed-use project versus a massive housing development.

City releases EIR for mall’s planning area 

The city of Santa Clarita Planning Division released its Environmental Impact Report for the Town Center Specific Plan on Tuesday, kicking off a 45-day comment period for its proposal on

A Sheriff's Department's K-9 unit sniffs around outside a home on Via Kannela in Valencia on Feb. 7. Courtesy photo

Narcotics detectives investigate home in Valencia 

Detectives with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s Narcotics Bureau seized a bag of methamphetamine and several glass pipes from a home down the street from Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in