The Santa Clarita City Council convened Tuesday evening to hear an overview of the city’s budget for the upcoming fiscal year. City Manager Ken Striplin presented the budget’s highlights during the hourlong meeting.
The new Canyon Country Community Center is still under construction, but that hasn’t slowed event and activity programming efforts. The Santa Clarita Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission on Thursday evening will receive “an overview of the site,
The city of Santa Clarita’s historic preservation grant funds may soon become available to help maintain local buildings with historic designations from the state of California and the federal government. The Santa Clarita Planning Commission is scheduled Tuesday to consider amending the city’s historic
The city of Santa Clarita hosted a public workshop Thursday evening to share information about the housing element. The element is one part of the city’s general plan and it allows “local governments (to) adequately plan to meet
The city of Santa Clarita placed an electronic traffic message board on Newhall Ranch Road near McBean Parkway on Wednesday to alert commuters of duck crossings on the eight-lane road. Councilwoman Marsha McLean proposed her idea for the electronic sign,
The Santa Clarita City Council has asked the city manager to prepare a letter to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors seeking the board’s support in adding sentencing enhancements to the case of murder suspect James “Matthew” Dorsey. Last week, L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón’s office charged James Dorsey with murder, attempted kidnapping, residential
State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Thursday his bill, Senate Bill 520, received the unanimous support of the state Senate. SB 520 would give the public the opportunity to weigh in before the CEMEX sand and gravel mine can proceed.
Seven electric circuits in Santa Clarita frequently impacted by Public Safety Power Shutoffs, or PSPS, will be improved to reduce the number of power outages triggered by extreme weather events, according to Liz Seelman, a representative for Southern California Edison. Edison expects to complete the improvements
The Santa Clarita Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SCV-GSA) is seeking qualified candidates for three openings on its Stakeholder Advisory Committee. The committee provides the SCV-GSA with insight and expertise on various
City Manager Ken Striplin reported Monday on the draft budget for the upcoming fiscal year, delivering his report to the Santa Clarita City Council Budget Committee, which consists of Mayor
The SCV Water board of directors is scheduled to hold a virtual public hearing on the Water Shortage Contingency Plan and ordinance at 6:30 p.m. June 9. The plan and ordinance are part of SCV Water’s
Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce hosted Isra Ahmad, a member of the California 2020 California Citizens Redistricting Commission, on Wednesday for a presentation on redistricting basics. “These maps are our
Proponents of the effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, have met the threshold for verified signatures, California Secretary of State Sherley Weber announced Monday. County election officials from across the state had verified 1,626,042 signatures — 130,333 over the 1,495,709 signatures required — by the
California will send one fewer person to the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Monday in a statement including U.S. population statistics from the 2020 U.S. Census.
As California experiences exceptionally dry conditions for a third consecutive year, Santa Clarita Valley Water said the SCV is prepared for a potential drought. “(SCV Water) and this community on the whole has done a really exceptional job of preparing itself
The Santa Clarita City Council will consider a request by the Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society on Tuesday to provide $125,000 toward seismic retrofitting for four historic buildings in Heritage Junction Historical Park in Newhall. Alan
Senate Bill 546, authored by Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, is slated to appear on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s docket after clearing the Senate Human Services Committee with unanimous support Tuesday. The bill would provide “LifeLine” phones to foster
The city of Santa Clarita is scheduled to host a virtual public workshop Thursday, April 29, at 6 p.m. to discuss the city’s housing element, which provides a framework to guide new residential development in the city. The housing
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) approved Thursday distributing federal coronavirus relief funds for highway infrastructure programs to Los Angeles County and the county’s 88 cities, including Santa Clarita. The city will receive $1,035,968 of the $47.5 million provided to the county “to
Santa Clarita Valley Water customers will receive a notice in the mail next week about proposed water rate changes over the next five years. The rate changes will bring customers in three separate divisions — Newhall, Santa Clarita