City discusses potential open-space deal
April 17, 2024
The Santa Clarita City Council held a closed-session discussion April 9 over negotiations for a pair of properties near a project site on the west side of the Santa Clarita
Politics/Govt
Politics/Govt
Schiavo co-authors retail theft legislation
April 16, 2024
News release Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, alongside Attorney General Rob Bonta, State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, and a bipartisan coalition of Assembly members, has introduced a legislative package aimed at curtailing
Trinity government students take part in debate with local politicians
April 16, 2024
At Trinity Classical Academy, students are expected to learn about multiple world views. Those views may not always align with what each student actually believes, but Liz Caddow, one of
Wilk’s bill aimed at reducing animal shelter overcrowding passes first committee
April 11, 2024
News release Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced his bill to help reduce overcrowding at animal shelters across the state, by expanding access to low and no-cost spay/neuter services, was
Sunshine Canyon audit due back to county next month
April 9, 2024
An audit of the odor-mitigation efforts at Sunshine Canyon Landfill is due back to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors in 30 days to determine a strategy for long-term mitigation.
L.A. County supervisors proclaim Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
April 9, 2024
News release The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a motion introduced by Supervisor Kathryn Barger and co-authored by Supervisor Hilda L. Solis on Tuesday to commemorate
Planners to get first look at mall plans April 16
April 5, 2024
After hours of a Santa Clarita Planning Commission discussion last month for the Wiley Canyon Corridor that’s going to be continued June 18, planners gave a glimpse ahead at the
Water board hits landfill with another violation
March 28, 2024
The Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board has found Chiquita Canyon Landfill in violation of 11 terms of the 2010 stormwater-discharge permit the facility is operating under, which are
Residents appeal plan for apartments on Bouquet Canyon
March 27, 2024
A longtime local business owner and landlord is trying to stop the plans for a mixed-use, four-story apartment complex-commercial building slated for 7,200 square feet of parking lot next door
Council members OK 5% salary increase
March 27, 2024
Santa Clarita City Council members approved a 5% pay hike for themselves at Tuesday’s council meeting. The raise was authorized for next year after the second reading and approval of
Residents remain skeptical over response to landfill
March 22, 2024
Almost two weeks ago, Annika Oebel was at Valencia High School along with hundreds of other parents in a meeting about an upcoming school trip her daughter was taking. “It
Wilk’s bill to study feasibility of new CSU campus clears Education Committee
March 21, 2024
News release Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced his bill to study the feasibility of a new California State University Campus in the Victor Valley passed out of the Senate
Residents sound off on Wiley Canyon plans
March 20, 2024
Santa Clarita planners received a litany of concerns from residents over a proposal years in the making for a 31-acre property in Wiley Canyon, alongside Interstate 5, between Hawkbryn Avenue
Garcia, bipartisan group urges NASA to fully fund Mars Sample Return Program
March 20, 2024
News release Reps. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, and Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, led a bipartisan letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson urging him to fully fund the Mars
SCV Water, Whittaker argue over cleanup
March 20, 2024
Nearly 40 years after The Whittaker Corp. stopped activities that contaminated the Santa Clarita Valley’s groundwater supply, a three-judge panel for the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments
Schiavo wage theft bill clears Labor Committee
March 20, 2024
News release Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s bill targeting wage theft, Assembly Bill 2135, has moved past its first hurdle, passing out of the Labor Committee. AB 2135 is aimed at
County discusses tax relief, emergency for Chiquita
March 19, 2024
In response to 5th District LA County Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s call to see if county agencies can offer any tax relief to residents impacted by Chiquita Canyon Landfill, the assessor’s
Recall campaign drops suit, cites ‘stonewalling’
March 19, 2024
Nearly 18 months after filing a lawsuit against Los Angeles County over the disqualification of signatures in a recall effort against District Attorney George Gascón, the committee to recall the
Garcia announces bipartisan ANCHOR Act on cybersecurity
March 19, 2024
News release Reps. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, and Haley Stevens, D-Michigan, as well as Sens. Alex Padilla, D-California, and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, have introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to facilitate cybersecurity
Council’s Legislative Committee weighs in on bills
March 19, 2024
The City Council’s Legislative Committee expressed frustration over what being “tough on crime” looks like in 2024, during the committee’s discussion of bills on justice reform, as well as local