City encouraging residents to take hazard mitigation survey
Santa Clarita City Hall, as pictured on February, 26, 2020, is located on the 23900 block of Valencia Blvd. Dan Watson/The Signal

City encouraging residents to take hazard mitigation survey

The city of Santa Clarita is encouraging residents to partake in a survey aimed to help the city plan ahead and reduce the potential impacts of natural and man-made disasters.…

Survey ranks Santa Clarita among ‘low cost’ cities to do business in county
An August 2017 rendering of the planned 50-acre business park in Santa Clarita by developers Trammell Crow Company and Clarion Partners at the site of the Needham Ranch. Phase 1 is to include seven buildings totaling 869,760 square feet. Courtesy of Trammell Crow Co.

Survey ranks Santa Clarita among ‘low cost’ cities to do business in county

A survey by Kosmont Companies and the Rose Institute ranked Santa Clarita among the best cities for doing business across Southern California. The recent survey, titled “2018 Kosmont-Rose Institute Cost…

Feedback sought for Santa Clarita Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan
The city of Santa Clarita is encouraging the public to share feedback on how to improve mobility citywide via a new survey. File Photo

Feedback sought for Santa Clarita Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan

The city of Santa Clarita is conducting a survey aimed at improving mobility across the area and feedback from the public is sought. The 20-question survey, dubbed the “Santa Clarita…

Knight won’t release full results from gun-policy survey
Congressman Steve Knight answers questions at a town hall at the Rancho Santa Susana Community Center in Simi Valley on Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Knight announced he was considering a run in the special election for the seat Katie Hill is expected to vacate shortly. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Knight won’t release full results from gun-policy survey

Congressman Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, released a portion of the data gathered as part of a gun-violence survey he performed through his congressional website, but has chosen not to release the…

Newhall district describes its ‘full-rounded’ arts education
FILE PHOTO: The 86 second-graders sing Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer as they present their show entitled "Holiday Traditions Around The World" at Wiley Canyon Elementary School in Newhall on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal

Newhall district describes its ‘full-rounded’ arts education

Editor’s note: This is the second in an occasional, several-part series looking at arts education in Santa Clarita Valley school district. A recent countywide survey from the Los Angeles County…

Arts education strong in LA County and SCV, per new survey
FILE PHOTO: Declining enrollment means less average daily attendance funding for school districts. It’s a problem being felt across the Santa Clarita Valley, and in districts throughout the state of California.

Arts education strong in LA County and SCV, per new survey

Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional, several-part series looking at arts education in Santa Clarita Valley school district. Typically when budgets are tight, the arts are the…

Sand fire exposed misplaced property markers
A member of a hand crew readies a water hose as he joins firefighters and water dropping helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft fighting flames of the Sand Fire along Placerita Canyon Road in July, 2016. Dan Watson/Signal

Sand fire exposed misplaced property markers

When the Sand Fire died and the smoke cleared, what regional planners found standing on the suddenly barren hills were misplaced property markers noticed for the first time. Brush burned…

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