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The Gonzalez family and the executive team at Vallarta celebrate the opening of a new corporate headquarters. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Vallarta celebrates new HQ in Valencia 

June 17, 2024 3:55 pm

Celebrating what Santa Clarita City Councilman Jason Gibbs called a “perfect example of the American Dream,” the Gonzalez family and the executive team for Vallarta cut the ribbon on the

San Fernando Superior Courthouse. Courtesy

CHP officer pleads to misdemeanor  

June 13, 2024 12:56 pm

A now-retired California Highway Patrol officer pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge that he struck a woman during a 2022 traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita.  Todd

Archie Alingran said he was “probably an unorthodox speaker” and read his prewritten comments that detailed his frustration with recommendations that were “throwing 799 commuters under the bus” in favor of local ridership. Perry Smith/The Signal

Commuters balk at transit proposals 

June 12, 2024 5:40 pm

More than a dozen residents came together Tuesday to express their concerns about what they called the city’s attempt to expand weekday or weekend service at the expense of its

The badge for a California Highway Patrol officer

LAPD motorcycle cop involved in minor collision 

June 12, 2024 11:25 am

An on-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer sustained minor injuries in a collision Wednesday morning.  Newhall-area units of the California Highway Patrol were called to the collision on the southbound

Brush fire quickly stopped near Golden Valley Road  

June 11, 2024 11:07 am

L.A. County firefighters quickly handled a 10,000-square-foot brush fire near the intersection of Newhall Ranch and Golden Valley roads on Tuesday morning.  No structures were threatened and no injuries were

Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene of a shooting in Newhall on Monday, June 10, 2024. No injuries were reported.

No injuries reported in Newhall shooting 

June 11, 2024 8:51 am

Detectives with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Juvenile and Gangs Team are investigating a shooting Monday night in Newhall off Walnut Street, according to station officials. No injuries were

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

EPA finds more violations at Chiquita 

June 10, 2024 5:15 pm

Federal Environmental Protection Agency officials said Chiquita Canyon Landfill “has violated, and continues to violate” the rules and regulations governing its waste-management operations, in a series of findings published June

Firefighters were called to handle a vegetation fire that broke out Friday night near the intersection of Valle Del Oro and Alder Street in Newhall. Oscar Sol/For The Signal.

Firefighters handle vegetation fire  

June 7, 2024 9:15 pm

L.A. County Fire Department officials responded to a 4- to 5-acre vegetation fire that broke out Friday night near the intersection of Valle Del Oro and Alder Street in Newhall. 

City sources: Massive studio project stopped 

June 7, 2024 3:52 pm

Progress on an international movie studio’s billion-dollar plans for the gateway to Placerita Canyon has stopped, according to several city of Santa Clarita sources with knowledge of the plans who