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Hill ordered to pay defendants’ attorney fees

A judge has ordered former Rep. Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, to pay attorneys’ fees to local school board member Joe Messina and other defendants named in Hill’s lawsuit related to the 2019 publication of intimate images of Hill.  On May 4, Judge Yolanda Orozco ordered Hill pay Messina $29,906.44, a majority of the $37,587 he sought for attorneys’ fees

State Senate approves Wilk’s “LifeLine Foster Youth” bill

Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, received unanimous support Tuesday for Senate Bill 546, which extends the state’s iFoster Pilot Program. The program currently provides California’s foster youth with smartphones and free voice, text and data.  “The data on foster

Edison helicopters to check lines in SCV

Southern California Edison announced its helicopters and drones would be flying around the Santa Clarita Valley over the next few weeks, as crews work to conduct aerial inspections.   Edison inspectors are

Local teen premieres third feature film

Santa Clarita native Griffin Loch, 17, said being born into a family who loved movies definitely helped him along.   And it was only natural for him to become a filmmaker, he said, as he prepared for last weekend’s premiere

City Council committee requests research on workforce housing

The Santa Clarita City Council Development Committee asked city staff to examine workforce housing projects in other cities to determine if the housing option is a good fit for Santa Clarita.  The committee continued Tuesday afternoon a discussion started the

Proposed Sand Canyon Resort appealed to City Council

The Santa Clarita Planning Commission voted Tuesday evening to deny the Sand Canyon Resort project proposed by Sand Canyon Country Club owner Steve Kim.  Kim appealed the Planning Commission’s decision Wednesday and will

SCV kids take gardening to space

Santa Clarita Valley residents Hutch and Sophia Siegen, sixth- and fifth-grade students at iLEAD Schools, are taking their science experiment out of this world.   While participating in iLEAD’s DreamUp to Space mission, a program that

Schools temporarily lock down after shooting, fire

Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District campuses temporarily locked down in response to a Tuesday morning shooting at Los Angeles County Fire Station 81 in Agua Dulce.  “We are very grateful that no harm