Tips to reduce your pet’s environmental pawprint
There’s plenty of advice on ways to reduce your environmental footprint, but you might be left wondering about the environmental pawprint made by your pet. According to a 2019 survey…
FILE PHOTO: Waste Management collects trash and recycling bins on May 26, 2019 in Canyon Country. Emily Alvarenga/The Signal
Ways to reduce garbage buildup
By Raychel Stewart For the Signal Homeowners may notice the trash constantly needs to be taken out. Everyday products, leftover foods and holiday packaging can fill up trash cans instantly.…
Santa Clarita shares community recycling PSA
Green Santa Clarita, the city’s environmental protection division, is asking residents to be aware of what materials they place in waste bins to maximize recycling efforts. The city’s “green” agency…
A Princess Cruise ship. Facebook photo.
Princess Cruises, Carnival Corp. to pay $20M for environmental violations
Santa Clarita-based Princess Cruise Lines and its parent company Carnival Corporation has once again been levied a significant fine, after pleading guilty Monday to six charges of environmental probation violations,…
A vial of brine (salt solution) collected after it was extracted from the chloride in the water during the osmosis process. Dan Watson/Signal archives
Sanitation District get 3 more years to complete chloride plan
State water regulators gave local sanitation officials three more years to carry out their plan to reduce the amount of chloride that ends up in the Santa Clara River. On…
Marsha McLean
Marsha McLean: A tree-mendous time ahead at Earth Arbor Day Festival
Taking center stage on the Santa Clarita city seal is our beloved oak tree. Since the city was founded in 1987, protecting our beautiful, natural environment has been an ongoing…
Santa Clarita Metrolink Station has a new electric vehicle charging facility, the eighth installation by the city. Mayor Marsha McLean (middle) introduces the new addition at a ribbon cutting recently.
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Residents encouraged to make Santa Clarita greener
With the spring season right around the corner, the city of Santa Clarita is encouraging residents to get involved in efforts to make the area greener. Members of the community…
A dozer pushes exposed trash at Chiquita Canyon Landfill. Dan Watson/ The Signal
Chiquita Canyon Landfill to pay for monitoring
By Jim Holt Signal Senior Staff Writer County officials paying close attention to what gets dumped, and how much gets dumped, at Chiquita Canyon Landfill are getting some help monitoring…
Supes OK no straws, no stirrers policy
If you sit down for a drink at a Santa Clarita Valley business inside an unincorporated part of the county, don’t expect to get a straw, or even a stir…
Charging stations inside a parking structure at the Westfield Valencia Towncenter. Cor Rubin/ The Signal
City looks to expand charging stations
Frustrated electric car owners who say they routinely find no charge at a couple of local charging stations will soon have charging options as the city moves to nearly triple…
Workers from Feathers Wraps put up mural on COC's Art Gallery on the Valencia campus. By Michele Lutes/The Signal
Art project contemplating state’s environmental issues to transform COC Art Gallery exterior
Inspired by some of California’s biggest environmental issues, like water conservation, Los Angeles-based artist Devon Tsuno brings a massive art project set to transform College of the Canyons Art Gallery’s…
Families participate in fishing activities by Castaic Lake. Courtesy photo
Friends of Castaic Lake’s ‘Friends’ enjoy ‘Pride in the Lake’
With love for the environment and preserving beauty in mind, the lake’s “Friends” plan family-friendly events in L.A. County’s largest regional park, Castaic Lake, members said Tuesday.
This rendering depicts a planned two-story, 100-room resort hotel with a wellness center, spa and fitness center on the first floor, and yoga and meditation deck upstairs. Courtesy rendering.
Proposed Sand Canyon Resort site will undergo environmental impact study
The City Council is scheduled Tuesday to authorize an environmental study on the proposed Sand Canyon Resort development, which would transform a portion of the Sand Canyon Country Club into a 217-room, 27-villa hotel resort.
Newhall Ranch graders captured in aerial shot in March 2018. photo by Austin Dave, The Signal.
Building boom is according to plan
More dust, more noise, more cars, all go into the mix when it comes to sizing up the cumulative impact of vigorous development underway in Santa Clarita Valley. So far,…
Students in the Canyon High School Eco-Chicos Environmental Club clean up the Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. Courtesy Photo
Canyon High students spend Sunday cleaning up the beach
Nearly 100 student from Canyon High School spent their Sunday morning picking up everything from water bottles and cigarette butts to towels and orange cones at the Santa Monica Beach.…
Parker Gibson of Boy Scout Troop 584 throws a tire from the Santa Clara River bed in the dumpster as his fellow Boy Scouts watch over him during the 23rd Annual River Rally in Canyon Country on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
More than 1,000 people clean up Santa Clara River bed during annual rally
The Santa Clara River bed is home to a diverse and natural habitat that Santa Clarita can be proud of. Unfortunately, it has become a home to trash and debris…
SCV Voices: Guest Commentary
Dick Ramirez: Not in my back yard
What I read from Dr. Gene Dorio's eloquent and well-researched article on water supplies to the Santa Clarita area were truths suggesting that our entire community be meticulously diligent in…
