March 12 marks the 89th anniversary for the start of one of the worst disasters in California history. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. From a previous story: St. Francis Dam Fails 87 Years Ago, Santa Clarita Historians Host Tour The construction of the dam began in August of 1924 and began ...

Exactly 23 years ago Tuesday, Santa Clarita residents were left stranded with sparse water supplies, shaken foundations and a collapsed freeway during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. At 4:31 a.m., a jolt of shaking beds and furniture woke San Fernando and Santa Clarita valley residents to a ...

Advances in seismic imaging have improved scientists’ ability to observe land shifts, but scientists are skeptical it’ll help predict the next “big one.” Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “It’s actually confirming what had long been suspected and inferred in california,” said Robert Graves, research geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, referring ...

A bill authored by Congressman Steve Knight to recognize a one of the nation’s deadliest engineering catastrophes, HR 5244, the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act, is expected to be in committee next week in Congress. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. HR 5244 is scheduled to be heard by the House ...

Representative Steve Knight, CA-25, held a press conference Tuesday morning to officially announce and present the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial and Castaic Wilderness Act. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. About 50 Santa Clarita Valley leaders, residents, Native Americans and St. Francis Dam historians attended the press conference. This is something ...

Eighty-seven years ago, the St. Francis Dam collapsed in San Francisquito Canyon and hundreds were killed when the 18-story wall of water roared through the Santa Clarita Valley. Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society members gave a presentation and tour to residents Saturday. The presentation was held at the SCV Historical Society office at Heritage Junction at Hart Park in Newhall. ...

Eighty-seven years ago Thursday, the St. Francis Dam collapsed and hundreds were killed when the 18-story wall of water roared through the Santa Clarita Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The construction of the dam began in August of 1924 and began to fill with water on March 1, 1928, according to ...

Santa Clarita Valley history buffs and those who want to learn more about the history of the community are invited to tour the St. Francis Dam disaster site and attend a symposium about the failure of the dam. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. St. Francis Dam Tour The event is planned to ...

Jessica Boyer and NBCLA contributed to this report. Two back-to-back earthquakes, including a magnitude-4.5, shook Southern California Saturday evening, according to the USGS. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The first magnitude-3.0 temblor happened just before 7 p.m. about 8 miles north of Castaic. A magnitude-4.5 struck about 7:18 p.m. in the same ...

Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society officials among other local authorities in the valley are working to get the H.R.5357 Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act bill passed by Congress and ultimately the president to protect the dam site and spread awareness of the disaster.