The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society’s yearly tour of the St. Francis Dam ruins is currently accepting reservations for its tours on Saturday, March 23. Along with four SCVHS historians, participants will hear the tale of the man whose endeavor to bring water to the parched land of 1920s Los Angeles became the second-worst disaster in California’s history and the ...
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St. Francis Dam Tours Return After Three-Year Hiatus
The Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society announces the return of St. Francis Dam tours to commemorate the 95th anniversary of the second-worst disaster in California history. After a three-year hiatus, the group is set to return its “renowned” St. Francis Dam lecture and a bus and hike tour at the original dam site in San Francisquito Canyon on Saturday, March ...
Read More »Over 40 Citations Issued For Speeding On San Francisquito Canyon Road, One Reaching 111 MPH
Over 40 citations were issued for speeding on San Francisquito Canyon Road Wednesday morning, with one driver clocked at 111 miles per hour, officials said. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall officers were on San Francisquito Canyon Road during the morning commute hours on Wednesday, according to Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the office. In five hours, officers wrote a total ...
Read More »One Trapped After Rollover Santa Clarita Crash On San Francisquito Canyon
One person was trapped after a rollover Santa Clarita crash on San Francisquito Canyon Road, officials said. Around 12:45 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision on San Francisquito Canyon Road, two miles north of Copper Hill Drive in Saugus, said Chris Thomas, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. By 1:10 p.m., firefighters were ...
Read More »UPDATE: Car Crashes Into Horse On San Francisquito, Sends Two To Hospital
Two people were taken to a nearby hospital Monday night after a car reportedly crashed into a horse and its rider on San Francisquito Canyon Road. UPDATE: (11 a.m. Tuesday): Preliminary information indicates a group of people on horseback were crossing San Francisquito Canyon Road when one of them was struck by a vehicle traveling northbound, according to Officer Josh Greengard, ...
Read More »Dirt Bike Rider Airlifted After Injury In San Francisquito Canyon
A dirt bike rider was airlifted Monday afternoon after a reported injury in San Francisquito Canyon, officials said. The incident was reported as an injury at about 2:40 p.m. Monday near San Francisquito Mountainway and San Francisquito Canyon Road, according to Marvin Lim, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “It was a dirt bike down,” Lim said. L.A. ...
Read More »Head-On San Francisquito Canyon Road Crash Traps One, Hospitalizes Two
Two people were sent to the hospital Wednesday, including one airlift, after a head-on San Francisquito Canyon Road crash, officials said. On Wednesday around 6:10 a.m., first responders received reports of a head-on traffic collision on San Francisquito Canyon Road near Lake Elizabeth Road, said Austin Bennett, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “It was a head-on ...
Read More »Bouquet Canyon, San Francisquito Canyon ‘Partially Open’ After Snow Closure
Bouquet Canyon Road and San Francisquito Canyon Road have been partially opened by Los Angeles County officials after they were closed Thursday morning due to snow. Northern sections of Bouquet Canyon Road and San Francisquito Canyon Road that were closed the day after Christmas are now “partially open” as of Friday afternoon, according to officials with the Los Angeles County ...
Read More »Bouquet Canyon, San Francisquito Canyon Closed Due To Snow
Bouquet Canyon Road and San Francisquito Canyon Road are closed Thursday morning due to snow, officials said. UPDATE: 1:50 p.m. — Bouquet Canyon Road is open to residents in the area and emergency vehicles, according to Public Works officials. Just after 6 a.m. Thursday, the Los Angeles County Public Works Department shut down San Francisquito Canyon from Elizabeth Lake Road to Spunky ...
Read More »Saugus Crash On San Francisquito Sends One To Hospital After Car Goes Down Embankment
A person was transported to the hospital Wednesday after their vehicle reportedly went down an embankment in a Saugus crash, officials said. Around 11 a.m. Wednesday, first responders received reports of a traffic collision involving a vehicle going down an embankment on San Fransicquito Canyon Road about four miles north of Copper Hill Drive in Saugus, said Marvin Lim, a ...
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