Los Valles developer asked to tweak housing project
April 19, 2018
Regional planners reviewing the latest plan to build close to 500 homes on Hasley Canyon Road sent the developer back to the drawing board Thursday with a few questions
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SCV Water Agency to forgo November election
April 18, 2018
The November election will not include any of the 14 elected members of the new Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency. Agency members voted unanimously Tuesday night not to hold an
SCV Water Agency staffers poised to get 3 percent raise
April 17, 2018
Staffers at the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency are poised to get a 3 percent wage increase after a committee at the new water agency approved the suggestion Monday.
SCV building boom prompts concern over “cumulative” impact
April 17, 2018
With a handful of 400-home subdivisions soon to be planted in Castaic, adding to the more than 40,000 homes being ushered in with two major developments, residents are asking
Public meeting about SCV’s watershed tonight
April 11, 2018
Anyone interested in protecting the Santa Clarita Valley’s natural resources might want to consider attending a public meeting about the valley’s watershed Wednesday, April 11. The SCV Water Agency
Recycled water means purple pipe for green lawns
April 6, 2018
Plans to outfit the Santa Clarita Valley with purple pipe to carry recycled water are well underway, engineers with the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency reported Thursday night. Members
Magnitude 5.3 Channel Islands earthquake felt in Santa Clarita
April 5, 2018
Several Santa Clarita residents felt a brief, minor rumble Thursday for a 5.3 earthquake. The magnitude 5.3 earthquake hit about 35 miles southwest of Channel Islands Beach, according to the
Top Water official says goodbye to newly-created water agency
April 4, 2018
Santa Clarita Valley’s new Water agency is losing one of their top staffers, leaving agency heads to ponder their previously-stated attrition policy. Valerie Pryor, SCV Water Agency’s assistant general manager,
Spring cleaning in Neenach means tires, trash, must go
April 4, 2018
Neenach is gearing up for a big spring cleanup this month, with organizers of the annual community trash pickup event hitting the litter-strewn highway early, trash bags in hand. Photographer
Water heads consider plan to manage Santa Clara River watershed
April 3, 2018
Water officials developing strategy for better management of groundwater, recycled water, stored water and stormwater have come up with a brand new plan for the Santa Clara River Watershed. Board
Tesoro residents sound off about traffic implications of proposed housing plan
March 30, 2018
More than 50 people showed up to a public hearing Thursday night about plans to add 820 homes to the Tesoro community, many expressing concerns about the implication of
SCV residents offered hundreds of dollars in rebates for water saving devices
March 28, 2018
Now that spring has officially arrived, local water officials have come up with a variety of rebates that promise to make gardening less costly. Rebate programs offered by the SCV
Agua Dulce family shares gratitude for help in rebuilding home
March 27, 2018
An Agua Dulce family saw their property torched by the Sand Fire in July 2016, and then that same property flooded by a wall of mud, which “destroyed everything” the
Public hearing set for plan to build 820 homes in Tesoro
March 27, 2018
Plans to build 820 homes on the west side of San Francisquito Creek in Valencia have warranted a public hearing on the matter scheduled for Thursday evening. Two decades
Dry cold spell in the seven-day weather forecast for Santa Clarita Valley
March 26, 2018
Part of Santa Clarita are expected to get hit with cold weather, but it should be limited to high-altitude areas, a weather specialist said Monday. While there’s no rain slated
Heavy rain brings flooding, slick roads, water rescue, overturned cars and spin outs
March 22, 2018
The water rescue of a man “trapped” on a small island created by flooding rains in the Santa Clara River wash ended safely Thursday morning, after the man waded through
Public hearing on Centennial’s 19,000 homes put off until next month
March 21, 2018
The public hearing on the construction of more than 19,000 homes between Gorman and Neenach was postponed a month by regional planning still reviewing the plan. Wednesday was to
Prospective buyer of contaminated Lang Station calls site ‘extremely clean’
March 20, 2018
Businessman Louis McCutcheon, who wants to buy the Lang Station property — the contaminated site owned by the Lubrication Company of America — found the site to be “extremely
Work at Honor Rancho to create smell, noise
March 15, 2018
If you smell natural gas in Valencia over the next two weeks, SoCal Gas wants you to know it’s because of routine maintenance being done at its Honor Rancho
Rain prompts county to warn residents about ocean water
March 15, 2018
Because of the recent rainfall, the county’s Interim Health Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Gunzenhauser, is cautioning residents who are planning to visit Los Angeles County beaches to be careful of swimming,