On Monday, a press conference and demonstration was held against Los Angeles County’s decision to house juvenile offenders at Camp Joseph Scott in Saugus, with City officials and members of the community gathering together to object against the decision. L.A. County’s decision to place juvenile offenders in Camp Scott near Saugus homes was protested against by a gathering of local ...

Los Angeles County residents, including those in Santa Clarita, can now officially begin applying to be one of the 1,000 residents chosen for the county’s guaranteed income program.  The “Breath: LA County’s Guaranteed Income Program,” aims to randomly select 1,000 L.A. County residents to receive $1,000 a month for three years.  The program comes as a reaction to financial insecurity ...

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced a new officer health order no longer requiring masking outdoors, including mega events and in K-12 schools. Due to daily COVID-19 hospitalizations remaining below 2,500 for the seventh consecutive day, L.A. County announced the entrance into a “post-surge period.” Effective at 12:01 a.m. on Feb. 16 L.A. County will ...

Over the weekend, the Los Angeles County Lake Lifeguard test is scheduled to occur at Castaic Aquatic Center, allowing potential new lifeguard candidates to try out.  The L.A. County Lake Lifeguards are continuing it’s search for lifeguards for the 2022 season and is holding the lifeguard test on Sunday, Feb. 13 in Castaic. Applicants are required to fill out the ...

Tuesday, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has released the following statement in response to the Board’s vote to have the county’s Department of Human Resources assume the authority to enforce County employees’ compliance with vaccination requirements. “This action is in response to an individual – Sheriff Villanueva, to be specific. To change a policy over one individual isn’t appropriate,” ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health released the latest data on COVID-19 on Sunday, revealing 16,835 new cases and 40 new deaths.  Most of these cases include the Omicron and Delta variants, according to public health officials.  At Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, 69 patients are currently hospitalized for COVID-19 and as of Sunday, one additional person has died, ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced a new daily case record of over 45,000 positive cases and 13 new deaths, including one in Santa Clarita.  As cases of the Delta and Omicron virus have continued to surge in recent weeks, L.A. County has hit a new daily case rate record for the pandemic. Cases have also increased ...

Santa Clarita reached nearly 600 reported cases of the coronavirus in one day on Wednesday — the highest daily spike since the onset of the pandemic — and booking a coronavirus test has shown to be more difficult than ever. KHTS has provided a list of resources to assist the public amid possible testing shortages. As Delta and Omicron transmissions ...

Last Friday, Congressman Mike Garcia, R- Santa Clarita, released a statement regarding his co-sponsoring of a bill designed to fund the hiring of additional law enforcement officers. Congressman Garcia released a statement last week regarding his cosponsoring a new bill funding the hiring of additional police officers for the purposes of public safety. “In Los Angeles County and across California, ...

In an ongoing battle between the city of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County (L.A. County), a meeting was recently hosted by prominent county officials and representatives to hear the concerns of the community.  Earlier this year, members of the board of supervisors of L.A. County approved the use of Camp Scott in Saugus as the site of a new ...