While it’s more than 7,500 miles away, continued activity in the Strait of Hormuz could have an impact on the city’s budget projections, City Manager Ken Striplin said Tuesday. Demonstrating the myriad factors that go into
Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Striplin shared updates on several capital improvement projects and the city’s spending plan Tuesday in a meeting of the city’s Budget Committee. Striplin said the
By Jackson Richman Contributing Writer U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, are heading to Pakistan on Saturday, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Leavitt confirmed
News release Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Acton, co-chair of California’s bipartisan and bicameral Problem Solvers Caucus, joined fellow caucus members in sending a letter Thursday to state energy officials demanding
By Jackson Richman Contributing Writer The White House said on Thursday that China and other foreign adversaries are carrying out “industrial-scale campaigns” to extract advanced American artificial intelligence technology. In a
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer The United States and foreign partners stopped a go-fast vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and seized 359 kilograms (roughly 792 pounds) of cocaine and 886 pounds
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer The U.S. Senate voted early on Thursday to advance a $70 billion funding blueprint for immigration enforcement agencies, moving Republicans a step closer to unlocking a party-line bill to fund
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer President Donald Trump on Thursday said he authorized the U.S. military to “shoot and kill” Iranian boats placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz in a
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sided with the city of Santa Clarita in a fight with residents over the Wiley Canyon development, but he left 30 days for the plaintiff to amend its
News release Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Acton, announced that two of her public safety bills unanimously passed the Senate Public Safety Committee and will advance in the legislative process. “Both of these bills
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer Supreme Court justices on Monday declined to take up a case involving a Massachusetts schoolgirl whose parents say officials wrongly hid their daughter’s purported identity as a male from them. At least
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer The Department of the Air Force has announced a budget proposal seeking a record $338.8 billion for the Air Force and Space Force to meet the “challenges of
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer Iranian forces fired on two commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, UK maritime authorities said, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump announced an extension of
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer U.S. military forces boarded an oil tanker that was previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. In a
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer The FBI said it is leading federal efforts to investigate potential connections in reports of dead or missing U.S. scientists in recent years, coming days after President
By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer FBI officials and partners have carried out what they call a “violent gang takedown” in Columbus, Georgia, as part of Operation Sweet Silence, which has resulted
By Aldgra Fredly Contributing Writer U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he believes Iran will eventually return to negotiations, after Iranian officials said they would not participate in talks due to the U.S. naval blockade
The Santa Clarita City Council’s Budget Committee is meeting Tuesday to discuss an update on the city’s spending plan for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. The Santa
By Jackson Richman Contributing Writer The United States has rejected 27 vessels around the Strait of Hormuz since beginning its blockade in the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea, U.S. Central
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer Iran signaled fresh uncertainty around U.S.-backed peace efforts on Monday, saying it has yet to decide whether it will attend a new round of talks in Pakistan,