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Council committee recommends opposition to state land-use bills

The Santa Clarita City Council Legislative Committee briefly met Thursday morning to recommend that the City Council oppose four pieces of state legislation that would expand the state’s land-use authority.  Councilmen Cameron Smyth and Jason Gibbs voted

RedState editor, Daily Mail dismissed from Hill’s ‘revenge porn’ case

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Yolanda Orozco dismissed Thursday RedState.com managing editor Jennifer Van Laar as a defendant in former Rep. Katie Hill’s lawsuit related to the publication of intimate images of Hill. The decision comes one day after Orozco dismissed the Daily Mail as a

UPDATE: Missing Valencia man found

A Valencia man who was reported missing Wednesday has been found, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide and Missing Persons Unit. Anthony Orellana had last

Simi Valley councilwoman joins 25th district race

Simi Valley Councilwoman Ruth Luevanos announced Monday her candidacy to represent California’s 25th Congressional District in the November 2022 midterm election.  Luevanos, a Democrat, said she was encouraged to run for Congress by activists and grassroots organizers from

Laemmle Newhall prepares to open doors Friday

Cassie Gratton knows how to open a Laemmle theater. The general manager of the Newhall Laemmle, which will open its doors with a ribbon-cutting this Friday, also helped to open Laemmle’s Glendale and Claremont locations.  “I feel pretty privileged that

Detectives seek help locating missing teen

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station detectives issued a news release Wednesday seeking the public’s assistance in locating 16-year-old Adelina Grifsha. Grifsha was last seen on Friday evening at her grandparents’

Recognizing local heroes in the SCV

Dear readers,  The Signal would like to feature local everyday heroes, the ones whose acts of kindness have a big impact on others. It could be the man who spends

Anti-CEMEX bill heads to Senate floor

State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, received unanimous and bipartisan support from his Senate colleagues in the Appropriations Committee for Senate Bill 520, which he coauthored with Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita.  The bill allows the public to comment on large mining projects — like the

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LASD anticipates body cameras in SCV by end of summer

Sheriff’s officials anticipate deploying body-worn cameras at the new Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station by the end of summer, according to an email statement provided Tuesday from the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.   Camera deployment is “completely dependent” on meeting the anticipated construction completion date in May and “(ensuring) the network

Spot fire breaks out in wash

Firefighters quickly extinguished a small spot fire in the wash area in Canyon Country Tuesday. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to reports of smoke coming from the wash

Water pipeline replacement campaign begins

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency broke ground Monday on a three-month-long water pipeline replacement project on Decoro Drive between Blueridge Drive and Bidwell Lane.  Four large mainline breaks have scarred Decoro Drive between Blueridge and Vista Delgado drives in Valencia over the last year, according

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Man arrested on suspicion of breaking into ex’s home

Deputies arrested a man early Friday morning on suspicion of breaking into his ex’s home in an attempt to commit burglary.   At approximately 5 a.m. deputies responded to the 31300 block of Quail Valley Road