Water Wise Summer Gardening
New drought restrictions in the Santa Clarita Valley discourage this type of inefficient and wasteful watering. Plants prefer being watered at root level. Avoid getting leaves wet as it can cause sunscald. Courtesy Peggy Choucair from Pixabay.

Water Wise Summer Gardening

By Michele E. Buttelman   The drought is back and new water restrictions threaten to put the “heat” on your summer garden. How can you help your garden thrive despite nature’s…

SCV Water in ‘good position’ with drought conditions approaching
Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency

SCV Water in ‘good position’ with drought conditions approaching

As California experiences exceptionally dry conditions for a third consecutive year, Santa Clarita Valley Water said the SCV is prepared for a potential drought.  “(SCV Water) and this community on the whole has done a really exceptional job of preparing itself…

Lack of rain brings dry conditions to Southern California
Clouds billow in the distance looking north-west at about noon from Dockweiller Drive in Santa Clarita. The Old Town Newhall Library can be seen, lower right, and the homes of Stevenson Ranch are visible on the hills in Feb. 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Lack of rain brings dry conditions to Southern California

A month of below-normal rainfall brought abnormally dry conditions and moderate drought conditions back to Southern California, and the Santa Clarita Valley, this December. A recent report from the National…

Gordon Katz: Contradiction?
Castaic Lake - part of the water system upon which the Santa Clarita Valley relies - was near record lows in February 2015 Dan Watson/Signal

Gordon Katz: Contradiction?

The A2 fixture “Most talked about” in Thursday’s Signal offers reader comments on the story “Drought not over in SCV,” along with the A5 story “Skyline Ranch project construction to…

Drought not over in SCV
Heavy rain falls as Caltrans workers set up a ramp closed sign at the entrance to the south-bound 5 Freeway from the Old Road near Rye Canyon Road in Valencia on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Drought not over in SCV

While the rest of California remains awash in post-drought news - reporting above average rainfall and a healthy normal snow pack in the Sierra Nevadas - the northwest part of…

California snowpack at highest level in 22 years
Snow-covered mountains sit behind a California Aqueduct in the high desert Jan. 24. Jeff Zimmerman/For The Signal

California snowpack at highest level in 22 years

A series of winter storms increased snowpack in the Sierra Nevada—a key source of drinking water for Southern California—to the highest levels since 1995, according to latest reports. Statewide, snowpack…

Weekend storm brings much-needed rain to SCV, LA County
Rain collects on a windshield as traffic zooms by on Golden Valley Road and Center Pointe Parkway. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Weekend storm brings much-needed rain to SCV, LA County

A rainstorm that moved through Southern California Friday evening and early Saturday morning brought some relief to Los Angeles’ drought-plagued county. The National Weather Service (NWS) recorded a variety of…

A shift in SCV attitude about water
Signal file photo

A shift in SCV attitude about water

Having emerged from at least four years of drought, one in every four Santa Clarita Valley residents has changed their landscaping ways In a recent study undertaken by the Castaic…

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