Politics/Govt

James C Ball makes a public comment on his appeal for a six-home development in Canyon Country. Courtesy LA County

County OKs 6 homes in Canyon Country 

A land owner who’s been fighting L.A. County for years over how he wants to develop his 20-acre plot south of Sand Canyon Road and Sierra Highway got his approval

City to look at $200K for new bus signs

As part of an upgrade to its new website, santaclarita.gov, the Santa Clarita City Council is also expected to spend around $200,000 to replace nearly 700 QR code bus signs

Politics and government

Garcia issues statement on Ukraine aid

News release   Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, has released a statement outlining conditional requirements that must be met for his support of any more American tax dollars being sent

Planning to consider cell tower, tattoo studio 

 The Santa Clarita Planning Commission isn’t expected to resolve a months-old request to put another wireless tower in Saugus at its Tuesday meeting, but there is a recommendation for a

Politics and government

7 Schiavo bills sent to governor’s desk

News release   SACRAMENTO – Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced Friday that, at the close of the legislative session, seven pieces of her authored legislation are now on the governor’s desk.  

City bus workers vote to authorize strike 

Following nearly a year of protracted negotiations, Teamsters Local 572 has notified MV Transportation that its workers have authorized a strike, according to an email Friday from Lea Campos, communications

Santa Clarita City Hall

Council suggests Smyth for homelessness committee 

The Santa Clarita City Council on Tuesday recommended Councilman Cameron Smyth to the L.A. County Executive Committee on Homelessness, a group proposed by 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger back in

City Council approves speed-limit adjustments 

The Santa Clarita City Council approved speed-limit changes for more than a dozen stretches of road and approved sheriff’s deputies’ ability to keep their radar guns at the ready during

A trash truck dumps its load at the Chiquita Land Fill in Castaic in 2018. Dan Watson/The Signal

AQMD issues orders for landfill 

Neither Chiquita Canyon Landfill nor the South Coast Air Quality Management District are sure how to stop the stink that’s prompted hundreds of complaints from Castaic and Val Verde residents,