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City employees and Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies responded to a downed tree that blocked the southbound lanes of McBean Parkway, after Summerhill Lane, late Wednesday morning on June 11, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Saugus residents approve new landscaping fees 

By a relatively slim margin, Saugus residents in three different landscape maintenance districts approved a city request that they raise their landscaping fees so the cost aligns with the requested

Santa Clarita explains curfew crackdown 

Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Striplin said Tuesday a recent crackdown on the city’s curfew law, which “has been on the books for a couple of decades,” has come from

FILE PHOTO A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene.

Commercial fire reported in Newhall 

An HVAC system failure prompted firefighters to respond to reports of a commercial fire in Newhall on Friday afternoon, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department official.   At 1:46

City thanks Schiavo for mobile command unit funds 

The city of Santa Clarita celebrated Thursday the delivery of a long-awaited resource intended to help the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department with its local emergency response: a mobile command unit. 

City hosts annual State of the City  

The city celebrated the progress of its five-year Santa Clarita 2025 plan Thursday as part of its annual State of the City celebration, which highlighted city programs aimed at helping

College briefs

College Briefs for Oct. 16

Kukaua graduates from McNeese State University   McNeese State University conferred degrees on 624 graduates during two ceremonies for the university’s 164th commencement Friday, May 9, in McNeese’s Legacy Center.    Among

Santa Clarita City Hall

City recommends ‘No’ vote on Prop. 50 

Santa Clarita City Council members shared several reasons Tuesday why they were unanimously recommending a “No” vote on Proposition 50 in November’s single-issue statewide election.  Proposition 50, the Election Rigging