Environment

Trump signs St. Francis Dam disaster bill

On the 91st anniversary of the second deadliest disaster in state history, President Donald Trump agreed to the formation of a national monument at the St. Francis Dam site Tuesday,

County renews landscaping contracts

With county landscaping contracts set to expire this month, county supervisors approved new contracts for each of the five districts, with District 5 getting the lion’s share of allocated money.

Workers battle landslide through storm

Nearly 2 inches of rain fell on the Santa Clarita Valley in the last 24 hours, and residents of two local neighborhoods are concerned about the impact this could have

Plan announced to swap noisy gas lawn mowers

State officials monitoring air pollution have a plan in place to swap noisy gas-emitting lawn mowers used by professional landscapers with quieter, no-emission electric mowers. The South Coast Air Quality

Sewer officials: Litigation costs have derailed plans

Facing the threat of stiff fines from state water officials several years ago, Santa Clarita Valley sewage treatment officials approved a multi-million-dollar plan to desalinate water sent downstream from the

Water GM holds hope that tunnel still on track

On hearing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s support for a one-tunnel — and not a two-tunnel — system for getting Northern California water to Southern California, the head of the SCV Water

SCV Water board re-elects Bill Cooper as president

President Bill Cooper and Vice President Maria Gutzeit were re-elected Tuesday night, and joining them in the winner’s circle was director Gary Martin, elected the board’s second vice president. The