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This screenshot of a Google Maps look at Hillcrest Parkway demonstrates the reduction in landscaping.

Hillcrest improvements to start this month

Two months after a vote to increase maintenance fees, the residents of the Hillcrest district in Castaic can anticipate seeing changes to their overgrown hillsides soon, Los Angeles County officials…

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FILE PHOTO. Unkempt brush and weeds encroaches on the sidewalks on Hillcrest Parkway in Castaic. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Hillcrest residents to see increase in fees to maintain hillsides

After almost 20 years of the same maintenance fees, residents of the Hillcrest area of Castaic will pay $655 for the county to landscape their now-overgrown hillsides starting in September.…

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Read more about the article Verdict for maintenance of Hillcrest hillsides expected Tuesday
This screenshot of a Google Maps look at Hillcrest Parkway demonstrates the reduction in landscaping.

Verdict for maintenance of Hillcrest hillsides expected Tuesday

Residents of the Hillcrest area in Castaic are expecting a verdict on the future of their landscaping concerns this week. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to…

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Read more about the article Hillcrest community, county discusses ballot to ‘Keep Hillcrest Green’
This screenshot of a Google Maps look at Hillcrest Parkway demonstrates the reduction in landscaping.

Hillcrest community, county discusses ballot to ‘Keep Hillcrest Green’

Residents of the Hillcrest area in Castaic met Wednesday night to discuss a Los Angeles County ballot mailed out this month regarding their landscaping concerns — which could have a…

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Read more about the article More money, more maintenance: Hillcrest to vote on fee increase
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

More money, more maintenance: Hillcrest to vote on fee increase

For Los Angeles County to keep neighborhoods well kept, landscape maintenance districts must be funded to do so. Residents of the Hillcrest neighborhood in Castaic pay a yearly fee of…

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Read more about the article Repairs to water-damaged road to wrap up Saturday
Sections of Hillcrest Parkway rests next to severed water lines near Olympic Street Thursday. A powerful water main break buckled the roadway in this September 2016 photo. Austin Dave/The Signal

Repairs to water-damaged road to wrap up Saturday

Road work to repair the sudden buckling of Hillcrest Parkway in Castaic - damaged Thursday after a water main ruptured - is expected to be completed by Saturday morning, said…

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