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County files preliminary injunction motion in Chiquita lawsuit

May 29, 2025 3:04 pm

News release Los Angeles County filed a motion for preliminary injunction Thursday in its ongoing lawsuit against Chiquita Canyon Landfill, marking a significant legal step toward holding the landfill accountable for persistent and harmful odors impacting nearby communities, according to a news release from the office of L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger. The motion seeks immediate court action

Whitesides introduces Chiquita Canyon tax relief amendment

May 20, 2025 4:38 pm

Schiavo camps overnight near landfill to draw attention to crisis

May 19, 2025 12:32 pm

Chiquita Canyon Landfill ceased operations on Dec. 31, 2024. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Public Health directs Chiquita to reinstate relief program

May 15, 2025 4:24 pm

L.A. County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger, R-Santa Clarita, speaks at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill Community Advisory Committee meeting held at Castaic Middle School on Oct. 28, 2024. Katherine Quezada/The Signal.

Barger authors motion calling for support of Schiavo’s landfill bills

May 9, 2025 12:33 pm

Whitesides introduces Chiquita Canyon tax relief amendment

May 20, 2025 4:38 pm

Schiavo camps overnight near landfill to draw attention to crisis

May 19, 2025 12:32 pm

Public Health directs Chiquita to reinstate relief program

May 15, 2025 4:24 pm

Barger authors motion calling for support of Schiavo’s landfill bills

May 9, 2025 12:33 pm

Sheep and goats graze in a new initative to eliminate brudh fires during fire season at the L.A. County Summer Fire Safety Press Conference at Towsley Canyon Park on Friday, June 21. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

City, county host summer fire safety event

June 21, 2024 6:05 pm

The city of Santa Clarita, in partnership with the L.A. County Fire Department, held a Summer Fire Safety Press Conference on Friday morning aimed to educate residents about the mitigation

Free tire collection event scheduled Saturday

June 18, 2024 5:22 pm

News release The city of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County Department of Public Works have partnered to offer a free option for residents to dispose of their used tires.

Castaic school district looking to expand on landfill concerns

June 17, 2024 1:43 pm

The Castaic Union School District governing board last week chose to table a resolution that would have signaled the district’s stance on the odor issues stemming from the Chiquita Canyon

More than 4 million chickens to be culled at Iowa farm where bird flu was found

May 30, 2024 3:23 pm

By Lorenz Duchamps Contributing Writer More than 4 million chickens will be slaughtered to prevent the spread of bird flu after the virus was detected at a commercial egg-laying facility in

COC to hold screening and discussion of ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’

May 20, 2024 6:06 pm

A screening and discussion of the controversially titled film “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” hosted by the College of the Canyons philosophy department, is meant to spark a discussion

Map of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Biden signs 105,919-acre expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

May 2, 2024 10:53 am

By Signal Staff President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Thursday expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, a move that extends the monument further into the Santa Clarita Valley and

The free Countywide Household Hazardous and E-Waste Roundup Program is brought to residents by the county of Los Angeles and presented by county Public Works and the county Sanitation Districts in cooperation with the city of Santa Clarita. Oscar Sol/The Signal

Residents take advantage of free hazardous waste disposal

April 26, 2024 10:41 am

Local residents converged upon the College of the Canyons parking lot last weekend for a free hazardous waste and e-waste disposal event. The Countywide Household Hazardous and E-Waste Roundup Program

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D- Chatsworth (center left), presented a check for $1 million to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency on Sunday morning. Courtesy photo.

Schiavo presents million-dollar state investment for river project

April 22, 2024 7:00 pm

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D- Chatsworth, presented a check for $1 million to the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency on Sunday morning with the goal of supporting the removal of Arundo,