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Crown Fire burns up to 345 acres near Acton 

By Katherine Quezada, Habeba Mostafa and Susan Monaghan  Firefighters were called to a second-alarm brush fire that broke out at the 6800 block of Soledad Canyon Road in Acton, dubbed the Crown Fire, and quickly grew to over 280 acres as evacuation orders were issued on Friday, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.  

SCVi hosts inaugural Touch-A-Truck and Career Festival 

The Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School held its inaugural Touch-a-Truck and Career Festival, open to the public on Saturday.   Hosted by SCVi’s Parent, Teacher and Student Association, also known as PTSA, the event aimed at not only bringing the

Snowpack at second-lowest level on record for April 

The Department of Water Resources conducted what will likely be its last measurement of the California snowpack for the year Wednesday, finding no measurable snow at Phillips Station.  Phillips Station, just south of Lake Tahoe, is one of hundreds of snow courses

Rattlesnake season has slithered its way to SCV 

Rattlesnake season has come early this year with them being spotted more frequently throughout the valley.  Cort Klopping, a spokesman for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, said that due to the weather being much warmer early, rattlesnakes

Store assault prompts warning from victim  

An alleged evening-time sexual assault at a popular Valencia grocery store last week prompted a warning from the victim about situational awareness, especially for someone who may feel vulnerable.  The

Oil cleanup to enter 6th month  

The bill is continuing to add up for a cleanup operation near Castaic that’s now entered its sixth month, according to a state official.  A command center east of San Martinez Grande Canyon Road, north of

County denies appeal for Northlake; project moves ahead 

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors approved Northlake at an appeal, after hearing from the developer about the “environmentally superior” revise of the decades-old plan, despite the concerns of several environmentalist groups

The new buses were delivered earlier this month. Photo courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita's Transit Division.

City introduces hydrogen fuel cell public transit buses  

The city of Santa Clarita’s Transit Division is slowly making the change from compressed natural gases, or CNG, to hydrogen fuel cell buses, hoping the entire fleet will have zero emissions by the year 2040.  The Transit Division received seven buses earlier this