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The California Department of Water Resources’ Andy Reising, Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit Manager, conduct the second media snow survey of the 2025 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada. The snow survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Photo taken January 31, 2025.

Sierra snowpack dips well below average 

News release  SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Water Resources has conducted the second snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 22.5 inches of snow

A water main broke at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Thursday morning on Feb. 6, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Water main bursts off McBean Parkway 

A water main break briefly flooded a portion of McBean Parkway between Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital and Valencia Boulevard Thursday at about 11 a.m.  “It was a water main break

This Signal file photo shows Pitchess Detention Center.

Patient transported after stabbing at Pitchess 

One person was taken to the hospital after a reported stabbing at the Pitchess Detention Center on Wednesday night.  L.A. County Fire Department Public Information Officer Fred Fielding said that

College briefs

College Briefs for Feb. 6

Cooper named to fall dean’s list at Lawrence Technological University  Lawrence Technological University has announced its dean’s list of top scholars for the fall 2024 semester.   Among those on the

Politics and government

Whitesides announces committee assignments  

News release   Rep. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, has announced his Science, Space and Technology Committee and subcommittee assignments.   Whitesides will serve on SST, as well as the House

TimBen Boydston, director of the Canyon Theatre Guild, suggests a city-run trolley to support Main Street business. Perry Smith/The Signal

City Council launches budget process 

Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Striplin provided an outlook of the city’s budget, a snapshot of the economic forecast and a few of the challenges ahead as the staff begins