Eco-Chicos help clean up riverbed
June 7, 2022
Sixty members of Canyon High School’s Eco-Chicos Environmental Club teamed up with the Santa Clarita chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby last month to remove the equivalent of 89 large garbage
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Federal court reinstates CEMEX contracts
May 27, 2022
A federal court announced this week that it had reinstated CEMEX’s mining contracts, a decision that Santa Clarita City Council members are calling an “egregious precedent.” For roughly 25 years
City highlights environment in tree-planting, cleanup events
April 10, 2022
City Council members, children from the Newhall Community Center after-school program, and Mayor Laurene Weste all joined together on Saturday morning for a tree-planting ceremony in commemoration of Earth Day.
City-subsidized rain barrels sold out In event at SCV activities center
April 3, 2022
Around 20 people showed up at 20880 Centre Pointe Parkway on Saturday morning to attend a class on how to properly use rain barrels they pre-ordered, which were offered by
City gets $1 million grant to acquire open space
February 24, 2022
By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter A million-dollar grant to buy 400 acres in Tick Canyon helps city planners tie a big “green” ribbon of real estate around the Santa Clarita
Environmentalists object to county oak tree ordinance revision
February 21, 2022
By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter L.A. County supervisors authorized a “tune-up” the county’s planning code last week, a move Santa Clarita environmentalists told them would make it easier to cut
Protecting the SCV’s open spaces
December 17, 2021
As legislation to expand the Rim of the Valley corridor works its way through Congress, local conservationists are working to continue protecting the areas they say are crucial to maintaining
Stern rolls out roadmap to close Aliso Canyon
December 14, 2021
Following news that the California Public Utilities Commission had voted to approve an increase in the capacity at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility, Sen. Henry Stern, D-Los Angeles,
Legal deer shooting in Sand Canyon sparks residents‘ concern
November 11, 2021
Sand Canyon residents expressed concerns after a man legally shot and killed a deer in the area on Saturday. Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to the incident near
Aliso Canyon gas capacity increase approved
November 10, 2021
The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted 4-0 to approve an increase in the capacity at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility to 41.16 billion cubic feet. The decision
Residents attend ‘Santa Clarita River Lake’ presentation
November 4, 2021
During a presentation in the Main Theater in Newhall on Wednesday, Santa Clarita residents heard one community member’s idea on how to combat the California drought through a major feat of
Construction on Castaic Dam moving forward
October 25, 2021
Construction is underway at Castaic Lake, as officials from the California Department of Water Resources work to make seismic improvements on Castaic Dam’s tower access bridge. Castaic Lake is one
Eco Chicos work to promote environmental change
October 24, 2021
Known by students at Canyon High School as the biggest club on campus, the Eco Chicos Environmental Club is doing what it can to change the world one piece of
LARC pipeline moving forward
October 18, 2021
After years of trucking in water, LARC Ranch residents are finally set to get a permanent water supply via a pipeline being built with the help of the Santa Clarita
USDA closes forests until mid-September due to wildfire danger
September 1, 2021
Due to the ongoing wildfire threats plaguing the state of California, the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service has closed access to a number of nearby forests. Included in
Heat alert issued for the Santa Clarita Valley
August 9, 2021
The Santa Clarita Valley is set to be under another heat alert starting Wednesday, as triple-digit temperatures return. The SCV and other areas of Los Angeles County are set to
Smoke from northern California fires seen in SCV
August 8, 2021
Smoke from wildfires burning in Central and Northern California, including the second-largest wildfire in California history 450 miles away, reached the Santa Clarita Valley over the weekend. Of the 11
Civic activist, mother of three remembered as ‘pure energy’
August 2, 2021
A decades-long civic activist who died at her home last month is being remembered by community members as a mother of three and champion for local environmental issues. Following her
Open hydrant spills water into Valencia street
June 18, 2021
An open hydrant in Valencia spilled water into the street, resulting in firefighters needing to respond. The call came in at 1:11 p.m. on 25200 Via Tanara, a street in
SCV kids take gardening to space
June 2, 2021
Santa Clarita Valley residents Hutch and Sophia Siegen, sixth- and fifth-grade students at iLEAD Schools, are taking their science experiment out of this world. While participating in iLEAD’s DreamUp to Space mission, a program that