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The proposed site of an Acton battery energy storage system near Angeles National Forest Highway. Photo courtesy of Hecate Grid.

East-side battery-storage concerns continue 

While Santa Clarita’s battery-energy storage facility in Canyon Country was recently the subject of safety talks, Acton residents are still hopeful they can keep one or more such projects from

Movement on affordable housing plans in CC 

Plans for 128 units of affordable-housing project just north of Flying Tiger Drive in Canyon Country appear to be moving ahead, based on documents recently submitted to Santa Clarita City

A fire hydrant sprays water onto Via Princessa near Sierra Highway in Canyon Country on Thursday afternoon, July 31, 2025. Photo courtesy of Nathan Meeks

Fire hydrant dumps water onto street near Costco 

A fire hydrant was spilling water onto Via Princessa Thursday afternoon near Costco Wholesale just south of Sierra Highway in Canyon Country.  According to Los Angeles County Fire Department spokeswoman

County OKs 510 homes west of The Old Road  

The L.A. County Regional Planning Commission approved Wednesday The Trails at Lyons Canyon, a plan for 510 homes on the west side of the Santa Clarita Valley.  The developer, New

Forged checks and other sensitive personal informaion confiscated from a Lancaster woman follwing a traffic stop on July 24,2025 in Saugus, Calif. Courtesy of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.

Traffic stop uncovers major fraud case  

A two-year expired vehicle registration led deputies to uncover a woman in possession of forged checks, cellphones, credit cards, and identification cards in what is now being investigated as a