More programs return to Placerita Canyon Nature Center
Ranger Frank Hoffman handles Catori, a 9-and-a-half-year-old barn owl housed at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center, on Sunday afternoon. March 28, 2021. Bobby Block / The Signal.

More programs return to Placerita Canyon Nature Center

Santa Clarita Valley residents have more opportunities to get out in nature, as some of the Placerita Nature Center’s most popular programs make a return, including its twilight hike this…

Planners looking at studio project for entrance to Placerita Canyon
City planners received a request to perform a preliminary review on plans for a 93-acre lot situated at the northeast intersection of 13th and Arch streets. Bobby Block | The Signal

Planners looking at studio project for entrance to Placerita Canyon

Santa Clarita city planners recently received an application for a “one-stop review” for a movie studio complex in Placerita Canyon, city officials confirmed Monday.  A one-stop review is a preliminary…

UPDATE: Melody Ranch files 2nd lawsuit over Placerita Canyon gate
Residents pass through the gate on Placerita Canyon Road on Thursday, October 29, 2020. Dan Watson/The Signal

UPDATE: Melody Ranch files 2nd lawsuit over Placerita Canyon gate

Adds comment from attorney for Melody Ranch Melody Ranch is once again suing Placerita Canyon Corp., a mutual-benefit corporation that owns and operates an electronic gate in Placerita Canyon to…

Lang legacy: 100 years of SCV family memories
John Lang, center, walks through the Placerita Canyon Mobile Home Park with his daughters, Mallory Klein, left and Lindsey Muir on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Dan Watson/The Signal

Lang legacy: 100 years of SCV family memories

John Lang’s family has lived in Placerita Canyon for almost 100 years, and so Lang has about a century’s worth of memories to share. In that time, the Langs opened…

Brush fire reported in Placerita Canyon
Firefighters mop up the Cambria Fire that scorched a hillside near Placerita Canyon Road in Newhall Monday morning. July 06, 2020. Bobby Block / The Signal.

Brush fire reported in Placerita Canyon

As firefighters worked through the night battling the Soledad Fire in Agua Dulce, a second fire was reported Monday morning in nearby Placerita Canyon.  Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel…

Breakfast time at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center
A woodpecker eats breakfast on the trunk of a tree at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center early Sunday morning on March 1, 2020. Gilbert Bernal/The Signal

Breakfast time at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center

A woodpecker sits on the branch of a tree at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center on Sunday, March 1, 2020. Gilbert Bernal/The Signal A woodpecker eats breakfast on the trunk…

Missing hiker found uninjured in Placerita Canyon State Park
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station Search and Rescue personnel and deputies escort Amanda Glover, a lost hiker, out of the Placerita Canyon State Park on Sunday, March 1, 2020. Gilbert Bernal/The Signal

Missing hiker found uninjured in Placerita Canyon State Park

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies went hiking Sunday morning to search for a woman that was lost after hiking in the Placerita Canyon Nature Center area. “I was hiking…

SCV Trail Users shape trail in Placerita Canyon
Jason Lindenberg, Trail Users volunteer, chops away at rocky terrain in the Golden Valley Ranch Open Space to help shape a new trail to extend the current path off Placerita Canyon Road, Sunday, Jan. 26. Gilbert Bernal/The Signal

SCV Trail Users shape trail in Placerita Canyon

Dozens of volunteers with the Santa Clarita Valley Trail Users worked to improve an existing multi-use trail in the Golden Valley Ranch Open Space Sunday. “This is city open space,…

UPDATE: Hiker missing in Placerita Canyon is found
Rescue helicopter team joins Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies in search for hiker missing in Placerita Canyon. Courtesy photo, SCV Sheriff

UPDATE: Hiker missing in Placerita Canyon is found

Search resumed at dawn Wednesday for a hiker reported missing in Placerita Canyon since shortly after midnight Tuesday — and, after 16 hours of missing in the cold and wet…

UPDATE: Brush fire in Placerita Canyon stopped in less than an hour
A Los Angeles County firefighter pulls hose towards the Jake Fire near the top of Dockweiler Drive in Newhall Wednesday afternoon. Cory Rubin/The Signal

UPDATE: Brush fire in Placerita Canyon stopped in less than an hour

By Signal Staff Firefighters stopped all forward progress of the Jake Fire in Placerita Canyon in less than an hour Wednesday afternoon, but not before nearby schools were evacuated. At…

Nature Center to host ‘BioBlitz’
Barn owl Catori flaps his wings as volunteer Roger McClure leads the weekly Native Live Animal Presentation at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Nature Center to host ‘BioBlitz’

Though the Placerita Canyon Nature Center hosts its community education series every month, this month is going to be special, according to Ranger Frank Hoffman, head ranger and recreation services…

Search and rescue team gives talk on safe hiking at Placerita Canyon Nature Center
Santa Clarita Search and Rescue deputies from th Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department give a safe hiking seminar at the Placerita Nature Center in Newhall Sunday afternoon. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Search and rescue team gives talk on safe hiking at Placerita Canyon Nature Center

The Placerita Canyon Nature Center held a session with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue officials about hiking safety on Sunday. Reserve deputy Tony Pepe, civilian volunteer Robert…

Council members urge staff to take faster action on Placerita Canyon pipeline concerns
Above-ground signs warn of subterranean gas lines at the edge of Placerita Creek in Newhall. Austin Dave/The Signal

Council members urge staff to take faster action on Placerita Canyon pipeline concerns

The Santa Clarita City Council urged city staff to expedite efforts to address issues connected with pipeline work in Placerita Canyon by Southern California Gas Co., which has left residents…

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