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Chiquita Canyon Landfill employees donated 93 hand-built bicycles to local kids for the holidays on Friday. This is the 5th year that employees of Chiquita Canyon, which operates a landfill in Castaic, have built and donated bikes to local kids for the holidays, according to spokesman John Musella. “Chiquita Canyon does this program every year, it’s called Christmas Promise,” Musella ...

The Supreme Court has let stand a previous ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals that found it unconstitutional for cities such as Santa Clarita and local governments to pass laws prohibiting sleeping on sidewalks or public places as well as removing homeless encampments, officials said. The City of Santa Clarita Municipal Code prohibits camping in parks or public ...

As the holiday season arrives in the Santa Clarita Valley, KHTS has compiled a list of some of the best and brightest Christmas light displays in Santa Clarita. Now that December is here, it’s time to check out all the Christmas light displays in Santa Clarita. Fortunately, the city has some of the largest neighborhood displays around, so residents do ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station launched its annual toy drive Wednesday night at Frontier Toyota in collaboration with KHTS Radio. For the 16th year, the Sheriff’s Station is organizing a holiday toy drive to benefit less fortunate residents of the Santa Clarita Valley, according to the Sheriff’s Station Captain Robert Lewis. “The toy drive is really, over the course ...

College of the Canyons is set to host a series of informational presentations to answer questions about enrollment, academic opportunities and transferring potentials for prospective students, officials said Wednesday.  “We’ll have staff there to walk the students through the Canyons Promise Program and the various educational options and opportunities,” said Kari Soffa the director of outreach and school relations at ...

In the wake of recent wildfires, Santa Clarita Valley Water (SCV Water) released an overview of their plan to continue providing water during power outages, officials said.  “With the extreme weather we’ve experienced lately – Red Flag wind warnings, extremely low humidity and massive wildfires – residents and businesses may be wondering about water supplies during a power outage,” SCV ...

For 60 years, the  Los Angeles Residential Community Foundation (LARC) Ranch in Santa Clarita has provided services to developmentally disabled adults to not only help them get through the day, but to help them thrive and live their best lives. “They learn to live here and integrate into programs and become independent, … whereas they wouldn’t do that necessarily at ...

National School Bus Safety Week started on Monday, and Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials are asking drivers to pay attention to school buses that are parked with kids getting on or off, officials said. “There is no excuse for passing a bus that is stopped with red lights,” said Sgt. Robert Hill. “Red means stop. All drivers should be ...

Mayor Marsha McLean joined other officials from across the Southland to commemorate the signing of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (SGMNM) Plan, which details how the land will be managed and protected for years to come, officials said.    At the signing event, McLean was honored for her support and contribution to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Plan by ...

An innovative new gate has been installed on the 5 Freeway in Castaic in an effort to allow drivers to turn around in the event of a Grapevine closure, officials said Friday. The turnaround gate allows northbound traffic on the 5 Freeway to cross the median and turn around during road closures due to snow in the Grapevine, according to ...