The motion for Shadowbox Studios was passed on Tuesday night to build a filming studio in Newhall during the Planning Commission meeting.  On Tuesday night during the Planning Commission meeting, the committee passed the motion to grant Shadowbox a 1.3 million-square-foot film and television studio campus.  “When we first met in April, we presented to the commission why we think ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, introduced a bill Thursday that would allow veterans, military spouses and people with disabilities to be given preference when hiring election workers. The Hiring Preference for Veterans and Americans with Disabilities Act would allow states to give preference to veterans, military spouses, or individuals with a disability to be election workers, officials said. “Our veterans ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo (D-Chatsworth) announced Thursday that over ten of her bills have been passed out of Senate policy committees.    In advance of the Senate Committee deadline this week, Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo announced that she successfully passed all of her bills out of Senate policy committees.    “My office continues to advance the priorities we set out to accomplish: ...

 The Assembly Judiciary Committee unanimously approved Sen. Scott Wilk’s (R-Santa Clarita) legislation on Tuesday to provide life-saving bleed control trauma kits in California classrooms. “During the 2019 Saugus High School shooting, lives were saved because of brave teachers with access to trauma kits,” said Wilk. “What happened at Saugus can happen anywhere, so it’s critical that every school in the ...

Congressman Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) joined Trey Gowdy on “Sunday Night in America ” to discuss the Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act and the highest pay raise for soldiers in history.  The interview premiered on Fox News’s Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy where Garcia discussed the biggest pay raise in history for junior enlisted troops.  “This pay raise ...

Jerry Danielsen, the newly appointed member of the College of the Canyons (COC) Board of Trustees, is being examined after a “will investigate letter” for alleged financial disclosure violations, was filed by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). The agency is examining if Mr. Danielsen should claim an in-kind donation to his COC Board campaign from 2020. Danielsen is ...

On Tuesday, the Santa Clarita City Council voted to establish an Animal Care Grant Program after months of calls for the city to help local shelters with providing animal care. The vote establishes a city-run grant program for animal care to assist nonprofit organizations outside of the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC).  Currently, the city ...

City Council is scheduled to discuss the adoption of the 2023 Los Angeles County Fire Code during their regular meeting Tuesday night, among other topics. The City Council of Santa Clarita is scheduled to have another meeting on Tuesday night, where they are set to discuss the second reading and adoption of an ordinance to adopt the 2023 Los Angeles ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s, D-Chatsworth, first bill, aimed at protecting the safety and well-being of California seniors and disabled communities, has been signed into law by Governor Newsom. The Assemblywoman’s inaugural bill “Elder and Adult Abuse Reporting” (AB 751) aims to combat the widespread issue of abuse towards a vulnerable population. “I’m so proud that our first bill signed by Governor ...

On Wednesday, Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, voted in support of several bills to reform the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to make building key infrastructure projects in the state easier. Two local beneficiaries of these bills include a groundwater recharge project in the Antelope Valley, and a rail line connecting the High Desert to the Inland Empire and Las ...