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Congresswoman Katie Hill Gives Mid-Year Report After Six Months In Office

Congresswoman Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, gave a mid-year report Wednesday reflecting on the work she has done during her first six months in office.  After six months in office, Congresswoman Hill gave a mid-year report of her time in office while she met with several media outlets in the Santa Clarita Valley, including KHTS. In total, Hill has introduced five ...

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St. Francis Dam Memorial Bill Authored By Congresswoman Katie Hill Heads To The President

A bill put forward by Congresswoman Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, was passed in the House of Representatives and is headed to the president’s desk to sign as part of a Senate package, officials said Wednesday. Hill introduced House Resolution 1015, co-authored by Congresswoman Julia Brownley (CA-26), on Feb. 7 to establish a national memorial and monument in an effort to ...

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Canyon High Environmental Club Cleans Up St. Francis Dam

Canyon High School’s Eco-Chicos Club members spent 3 hours cleaning up trash on Saturday at the St. Francis Dam located in San Francisquito. Club members collected and cleaned up trash to help preserve the site, according to Canyon High School environmental science teacher and Eco-Chicos Environmental Club advisor Dennis Yong. The event was not only a clean up of heritage ...

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Congresswoman Katie Hill Introduces Bill To Commemorate St. Francis Dam Disaster

Congresswoman Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, introduced her first piece of legislation Wednesday for the 116th Congress to commemorate the St. Francis Dam Disaster. The bill, House Resolution 1015, would establish a national memorial and monument to commemorate those killed by the collapse of the St. Francis Dam on March 12, 1928. A similar bill to create a monument was previously ...

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St. Francis Dam Memorial Bill Reintroduced In U.S. Senate

A bill that would create a national memorial for the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster was reintroduced in the U.S. Senate after initially being introduced by former Rep. Steve Knight. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The St. Francis Dam Disaster Memorial Act has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate by both ...

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Canyon High Students Clean Up St. Francis Dam Site

After the 90th anniversary of the St. Francis Dam Disaster, a group of students from Canyon High School volunteered their Saturday morning to clean the site up. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Canyon High School Environmental Club, known also as the Eco Chicos, spent the morning of March 24 picking ...

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St. Francis Dam Disaster To Be Recognized By L.A. County

St. Francis Dam Disaster Remembered By Santa Clarita Residents

Nearly a century after the fatal collapse, the St. Francis Dam disaster is set to be commemorated by officials at the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. On Tuesday, March 13, Supervisor Kathryn Barger has arranged for a scroll to be presented that recognizes ...

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Knight To Seek Another Try At St. Francis Dam Memorial Bill

Congressman Steve Knight is once again seeking recognition for one of the state’s deadliest disasters this week by reintroducing the St. Francis Dam Memorial bill. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The bill was first introduced by Knight, R-Palmdale, in July 2015, and intended to authorize a national memorial to commemorate the ...

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Sunday Marks 89th Anniversary Of St. Francis Dam Disaster

St. Francis Dam Disaster Remembered By Santa Clarita Residents

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 ...

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Knight St. Francis Dam Memorial Bill In Committee Next Week

St. Francis Dam Disaster Remembered By Santa Clarita Residents

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 ...

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