Santa Clarita seniors can expect an increase in Social Security benefits beginning in January 2027. The Social Security Administration announced Wednesday a 3.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2027, marking the largest increase in four years amid rising inflation. The adjustment compares with a 2.8% increase in 2026 and is expected to boost average Social Security retirement benefits by $75 per ...

Santa Clarita City Council members backed a $40,000 marketing campaign and a $313,000 community art wall proposal during their Tuesday meeting to help revitalize Old Town Newhall in the wake of the Main Fire. The recovery measures aim to bring visitors back to Main Street, improve the appearance of fire-damaged properties and support businesses while property owners navigate insurance claims, ...

With Election Day approaching on Nov. 3, 2026, Santa Clarita Valley voters can return their completed mail-in ballots at official drop boxes throughout the region or by mail at no additional cost. Voters can also bring their mail-in ballots to participating voting centers to exchange them for in-person voting. Find more information about voting in person through the Los Angeles ...

Liliia Chernova has announced her candidacy for the Santa Clarita City Council District 5 seat, representing Canyon Country, in the Nov. 3, 2026 election. Chernova, a Canyon Country resident, said her campaign will focus on wildfire preparedness, fiscal management and growth planning. According to Chernova, her platform includes preparing for fire season through brush clearance, home hardening efforts and evacuation ...

Tuesday, Rep. George Whitesides (CA-27) announced his cosponsorship of the bipartisan, bicameral Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act. The bill would create a national film tax credit to bring film and television production, and the crew, trades and small-business jobs that come with it, back to the United States. “Our region is at the heart of film and television ...

With the 2026 election less than a month out, KHTS Owners Carl and Jeri Seratti-Goldman have put together a list of endorsements of who they are supporting. Democrats have controlled the California Senate continuously since 1970 and the Assembly for all but two years (1995-96) since then. They’ve held a supermajority since the 2016 election. There’s been a Democrat as ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo announced that 11 bills she authored have been signed into law this year, delivering new protections for families, small businesses, veterans, crime survivors, patients, and communities across California. The new laws address key issues concerning residents throughout the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys, including the ongoing Chiquita Canyon Landfill public health crisis, rising costs, and difficulties ...

Thursday, Reps. George Whitesides (D-CA), Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Doris Matsui (D-CA), and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) introduced the Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act. This legislation protects kids by prohibiting chatbots from communicating by default in a human-like way with minors.  Under this bill, the programs cannot claim to be human, have simulated emotions, or use relationship-building language to keep kids ...

A new California State Auditor report released Tuesday found the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s response to the ongoing public health crisis surrounding the Chiquita Canyon Landfill fire has fallen short, including taking two years to call for temporary relocation, not staying current on health impacts, and failing to regularly review the air quality where toxins have made ...

Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares (R—Santa Clarita) was joined by several of her colleagues in the California Legislature in sending a letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune to move forward on the Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act, a bipartisan federal bill aimed at keeping film and TV production in America.   All the legislators ...