Chiquita Canyon Landfill has been ordered to cover its entire landfill by the end of August to stop odors from spreading into nearby communities, after an appeal filed by the landfill’s owner was denied. According to a news release from the L.A. County
The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency cut the ribbon on its fourth PFAS treatment plant Wednesday, bringing the number of local wells brought back into production since 2020 up to
Vegetation along the Bouquet Creek bed used to look like this: in the winter, the spindly gray trees that had shed their leaves would be crowded on all sides by suspiciously vibrant green stalks, reaching as high as two-thirds their height.
News release The city of Santa Clarita is inviting volunteers to pre-register for the annual Neighborhood Cleanup in celebration of Earth Day, scheduled for Saturday, April 25, where volunteers will be able to help remove litter
The Department of Water Resources conducted what will likely be its last measurement of the California snowpack for the year Wednesday, finding no measurable snow at Phillips Station. Phillips Station, just south of Lake Tahoe, is one of hundreds of snow courses
News release The city of Santa Clarita is encouraging residents to dispose of their unwanted household hazardous and electronic waste at the free Household Hazardous/E-Waste Collection Event on Saturday, April 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This event will
For those in the Santa Clarita Valley fighting its environmental battles – advocates for the unique fish that swim its streams, the forests to its north and east, the quality of its air and water – opportunities to find their audience can be precious. Filmgoers
Santa Clarita’s local rainfall is in a better place than this time last year, and with more Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency wells back in production, the agency will likely have more locally sourced water available
News release The city of Santa Clarita invites the community to celebrate the official designation of La Puerta as a California Point of Historical Interest on Tuesday. The event is scheduled to start
News release The city of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County Department of Public Works have partnered to offer a convenient and free option for residents to dispose of their used tires, the city announced in a news release.
College of the Canyons became the only Southern California community college affiliated with Bee Campus USA last week, pledging to become a better place for pollinators of all stripes. The Bee Campus USA program is run by the Xerces Society,
As the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency prepares to submit its updated Urban Water Management Plan to the state by July this year, the agency is sharing its water supply outlook and drought plans with the valley residents it stands to affect. The UWMP
By Travis Gillmore Contributing Writer WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday announced the elimination of a 2009 finding that served as the basis of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse
The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency is scheduled to host its third Urban Water Management Plan community workshop on Wednesday, giving SCV residents the chance to continue learning about the agency plan as it’s being updated. The UWMP is a state-mandated document that helps water agencies forecast future
The city unveiled what might be a first for Santa Clarita during an unseasonably beautiful afternoon at Duane R. Harte Park Tuesday – a meditation garden. City leaders gathered for the garden’s ribbon cutting
The cleanup for an oil spill off San Martinez Grande Canyon Road near Val Verde is taking longer than expected due to weather conditions, a Department of Fish and Wildlife
A baby mountain lion found a little over a week ago in the middle of a Castaic roadway has been transported to a wildlife rehabilitation center in Northern California after biologists couldn’t locate the mother, according to a
A baby mountain lion found in the middle of a Castaic roadway last week has now been transported to the Los Angeles Zoo for temporary housing after reunification efforts have
Biologists are working to reunite a mountain lion cub with her mother after the cub was found earlier this week in the middle of a Castaic roadway, a California Department of Fish and Wildlife spokesperson said. Initial reports indicated that a mountain lion cub may have possibly been hit
The Santa Clarita Valley Groundwater Sustainability Agency gave a virtual update Wednesday on the agency’s efforts to monitor groundwater in the valley, highlighting a few areas where groundwater data could be more robust –