The California Independent System Operator (ISO) briefly declared an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) 1, Thursday evening. The EEA 1 was declared at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and quickly ended at 8:30 p.m., according to officials. An EEA 1 was declared due to heat conditions and higher-than-anticipated demand. However, the market was able to secure additional resources and ended the emergency declaration. ...

After a record-breaking winter snowpack and precipitation, the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCV Water) has deactivated its Water Shortage Contingency Plan and Water Conservation and Water Supply Shortage Ordinance. SCV Water now returns to its normal water conservation and water use efficiency program conditions. SCV Water’s water conservation programs provide customers with education, rebates, and incentives to implement long-term ...

 iLEAD Public Charter School Network, based in Santa Clarita, was mentioned by name as an invaluable program for combating learning loss in a Stanford University study. Stanford University’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) recently released a study that shows charter public schools are currently outperforming traditional public schools in California as well as nationwide, according to the California ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Special Education Local Plan Area (SCV SELPA) and its member districts actively seek out all individuals with exceptional needs, from birth to age 22, including infants and children parentally placed in private schools. Special education programs are available to all eligible students with disabilities in the least restrictive environment in accordance with the Individuals with Disabilities ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Child & Family Center held its annual board installation on Tuesday at Sand Canyon Country Club. Stephanie English, Senior Field Deputy, Los Angeles County 5th District office, Supervisor Kathryn Barger, installed the new officers for the 2023/24 fiscal year and our newest incoming board member. This was the first in-person Board Installation since 2019, due to ...

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is now offering Aquablation therapy, a surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).  This minimally invasive procedure brings long-lasting relief to men suffering from BPH, Henry Mayo officials said. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia or an enlarged prostate, is a prostate that has grown to be larger than normal. BPH is not prostate cancer, Henry Mayo officials said. ...

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center was included today in Becker’s Hospital Review’s 2023 Great Hospitals in America list of 83 hospitals nationwide. The hospital in Mission Hills is the only hospital in the Greater San Fernando Valley and the only non-academic medical center in Southern California to make the list, one of many accolades it has received over the past ...

Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, spoke on the legislature passing an on-time budget that provides for the health, safety and general welfare of all Californians. “This is a budget reflecting our values: prioritizing housing, healthcare, solutions to homelessness, education, job creation, and protecting our environment,” said Assemblywoman Schiavo. “I am specifically grateful that two programs proposed by legislation I carried this ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation announced Thursday that President &  CEO Holly Schroeder has submitted her resignation, which will be effective September 15, 2023. The departure of Schroeder concludes a chapter of significant growth for SCVEDC, during which it helped bring thousands of jobs to the local economy, officals said. Schroeder has been instrumental in establishing SCVEDC as ...

Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, and the Los Angeles County Delegation (LACD) last week voted to extend the California Film and Television Tax Credit Program contained in Governor Newsom’s 2023-2024 budget with bipartisan support.  The LACD is composed of 39 members, encompassing 15 members from the California State Senate and 24 members from the State Assembly. “I am proud that my ...