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Relationship between Weste, Lite goes south; planning commissioner calls it political retribution Santa Clarita Mayor Pro Tem Laurene Weste made an unusual request of her colleagues during council member comments Tuesday: She asked the City Council to agendize the removal of her planning commissioner, Denise Lite. The request came toward the beginning of the meeting, after the course of her
Compiled from news service reports Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called for cleaning up Los Angeles following violent riots over the past few days in response to federal immigration enforcement
By Bill Pan Contributing Writer Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a citizen of El Salvador, has returned to the United States to face criminal charges for allegedly smuggling illegal immigrants. In a press
By Joseph Lord, Stacy Robinson Contributing Writers As protests against federal immigration enforcement flared across Los Angeles over the weekend, questions have arisen about whether President Donald Trump will invoke the
After six months of planning and crunching numbers, the city of Santa Clarita is ready to unveil its budget for the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. The city’s
L.A. County Sheriff’s Department officials reported Thursday the latest Part-I crime numbers continued to trend down based on data as of June, during a Public Safety Committee meeting at Santa
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Sunday downplayed tech billionaire Elon Musk’s critical comments and said that House Republicans will pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
By Jack Phillips and Joseph Lord Contributing Writer President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he is directing top military officials and prosecutors to “liberate Los Angeles” amid ongoing riots related
News release The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors this week approved a motion by Chair Kathryn Barger urging federal lawmakers to back legislation requiring Department of Veterans Affairs physicians
By Emel Akan Contributing Writer WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump confirmed on Truth Social that he spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday morning, announcing that the issue of
Legal counsel for state air regulators once again accused Chiquita Canyon Landfill officials of distorting the picture of the facility’s subsurface reaction Wednesday, during another hearing over a more than
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino provided an update on Wednesday about what “threat picture” the United States currently faces, citing drone attacks, artificial intelligence and Chinese
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli American hostages, Judi Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai, in the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip, the
By Matthew Vadum Contributing Writer The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously in favor of an Ohio woman who alleged the state of Ohio demoted her because she is heterosexual.
By Jackson Richman and Joseph Lord Contributing Writer President Donald Trump on Thursday floated the idea of canceling Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s government contracts as a feud between the
More than 600 Saugus properties have been sent notices about an upcoming vote on fee increases for certain city landscape maintenance districts that haven’t been adjusted in years. The three
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the Russia-Ukraine conflict during a phone call that lasted more than
By Jacob Burg Contributing Writer Former President Joe Biden’s longtime White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, said on Wednesday that she has left the Democratic Party and will release a tell-all
By Chris Summers Contributing Writer The Israel Defense Forces accused Hamas of spreading “false information” after the Gaza health ministry, which is controlled by the terrorist group, claimed that 27 civilians
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