City opens T-shirt design contest to students for 25th annual River Rally Clean-Up
Canyon High School students Esau Bojorquez, left, and Nathan Sanchez remove a piece of metal from the river bed as they join hundreds of volunteers for the 24th City of Santa Clarita River Rally to clean up the Santa Clara River in Santa Clarita on Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo by Dan Watson)

City opens T-shirt design contest to students for 25th annual River Rally Clean-Up

To celebrate the upcoming River Rally Clean-Up, the city of Santa Clarita is encouraging local students to design original artwork for a chance to have it featured on the 2019…

Mike Murphy says farewell to city of Santa Clarita
Mike Murphy, retiring City of Santa Clarita Intergovernmental Relations Manager in the City Hall lobby on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Mike Murphy says farewell to city of Santa Clarita

When it comes to advocating on vital issues affecting the community, from water to transportation and CEMEX, the city of Santa Clarita has turned to Mike Murphy since the beginning.…

Forge Ahead Arts to host reception for new art installation
Some 550 painted mouse traps of the exhibit entitled SNAP!. The art will hang at the Town Center Art Space until November 1st, on the second floor of the Westfield Valencia Town Center in Valencia on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Forge Ahead Arts to host reception for new art installation

Forge Ahead Arts, a nonprofit arts organization, with the help of the city of Santa Clarita, has created SNAP, a new art installation on display at the Westfield Valencia Town…

Jakes Way Neighborhood Program receives national award
About 45 to 60 children currently participate in the drop-in summer program, which is held in the playground area of the apartment complex through mid-August on weekdays. Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita

Jakes Way Neighborhood Program receives national award

The National Recreation and Parks Association recently awarded the city of Santa Clarita for its Jakes Way Neighborhood Program in Canyon Country.  The 2019 Innovation in Social Equity Award is…

City unveils proposed budget for 2019-20 fiscal year
Santa Clarita City Hall is located on the 23900 block of Valencia Blvd. File photo

City unveils proposed budget for 2019-20 fiscal year

Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Striplin revealed Tuesday that the proposed overall budget for fiscal year 2019-20 is $225.8 million, an increase of more than 11 percent over the current…

Donation from libraries ‘Friends’ upgrades kids’ space in Newhall
The city of Santa Clarita held a ribbon cutting Monday to celebrate the donation of new furniture for the Old Town Newhall library's children's area from the Friends fo the Santa Clarita Public Library. Tammy Murga/ The Signal

Donation from libraries ‘Friends’ upgrades kids’ space in Newhall

Local children now have a more interactive space to read and play at the Old Town Newhall Library thanks to a donation from the Friends of Santa Clarita Public Library.…

Santa Clarita celebrates 30th Annual Earth Arbor Day
Lisa Wise of Castaic loads bags with free mulch at the City of Santa Clarita 's annual Earth Arbor Day Festival held at Central Park in Saugus on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Santa Clarita celebrates 30th Annual Earth Arbor Day

For the 30th year in a row, the City of Santa Clarita celebrated Earth Arbor Day during a daylong event held in Central Park on Saturday. During the event, those…

Santa Clarita ups its egg game
Kids scramble to the plastic eggs at the annual Eggstravaganza at Central Park on Saturday. Emily Alvarenga/The Signal

Santa Clarita ups its egg game

The City of Santa Clarita’s 30th annual Eggstravaganza on Saturday gave hundreds of kids the chance to scramble for some eggs. “It’s a community tradition,” said Patrick Downing, city arts…

City, sheriff’s station designate April as Distracted Driving Awareness month
In an effort to lower traffic-related incidents in the area, the city partnered with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and William S. Hart Union School District to host a video contest designed to create peer-to-peer messaging on the topic of distracted driving.

City, sheriff’s station designate April as Distracted Driving Awareness month

The city of Santa Clarita joined the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and other law enforcement agencies across the nation in designating April as Distracted Driving Awareness month. “Santa Clarita…

City’s 1st female building inspector blazes trail
Jennifer Turcios, the city of Santa Clarita's first woman inspector, started as an intern for the city in the summer of 2017. Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita.

City’s 1st female building inspector blazes trail

By 4:30 a.m., Jennifer Turcios is tending to her four children, making sure all their snacks, homework and after-school materials are packed for another day. Just a couple hours later,…

City eyes three-pronged response to collisions with pedestrians, cyclists
Deputies investigate the circumstances surrounding a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian in front of Saugus High School. Cory Rubin/The Signal

City eyes three-pronged response to collisions with pedestrians, cyclists

Santa Clarita celebrates its status as one of America’s safest cities, and a few years back, local leadership became aware of a problem facing communities everywhere: the roads remain a…

Canyon View Estates seeks dismissal of city complaint; city responds
Solar panels line a hillside in Canyon Country above the Canyon View Estates. The City of Santa Clarita has ordered the removal of these panels. Cory Rubin/ The Signal

Canyon View Estates seeks dismissal of city complaint; city responds

In response to the city of Santa Clarita’s lawsuit over solar panels, the owners of Canyon View Estates have filed a motion looking to dismiss the city’s complaint, and the…

City scheduled  to receive speed  limit adjustments
Changes to certain city speed limits have been recommended via a state-required study. Without it, speeding violations issued by the Sheriff’s Department cannot be approved and deputies could no longer use radar and laser enforcement.

City scheduled to receive speed limit adjustments

Santa Clarita drivers will soon have to change their speeds when behind the wheel on multiple roadways after the City Council voted Tuesday to adjust speed limits based on a…

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