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Santa Clarita City Councilman Frank Ferry is out of intensive care and is now in a private room at Providence Holy Cross Hospital. Ferry had been in intensive care since Dec. 3 when a post-operative infection caused a life-threatening situation and his family was summoned to his bedside. He had an operation Nov. 30 to remove a growth near his ...

Eight gang members were arrested Thursday morning as teams of detectives and deputies swept through more than 30 locations in the valley conducting a compliance check on probationers.     Lt. Steve Low, who heads the Detective Bureau at the Santa Clarita Valley station, said that drugs and ammunition were confiscated along with other evidence during the multiple arrests. Don’t ...

The California Public Utilities Commission today approved Valencia Water Company’s rate request to meet future operational needs, as well as the company’s request for an allocation-based tiered rate structure to encourage water-use efficiency under its WaterSMART program.   The tiered rate system and modest rate increase are scheduled to go into effect in February, 2011. In conjunction with the new ...

To assist in the creation of jobs and thereby improve California’s business climate, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today announced the conditional designation for three Enterprise Zones statewide. The zones are Anaheim, Harbor Gateway and Santa Clarita Valley. The designation gives the Santa Clarita Valley a starting point for growth and development that will create employment ...

Today, the city was recognized for its participation in environmental awareness and sustainability. Representatives of California Green Cities, Southern California Edison, and Environmental Media Association (EMA) attended the press conference at the Canyon Theatre Guild in Old Town Newhall to award and congratulate Santa Clarita for creating and putting into effect a plan that benefits our environment. Santa Clarita is ...

First-term board member Robert Jensen, Jr. was elected to lead the William S. Hart Governing Board as president in the coming year at the board’s annual organization meeting Wednesday evening. Jensen was elected to the school board in November 2009 and had previously served on the board of the Newhall School District.   Also named to leadership positions were fellow ...

The Golden Valley boys basketball team won its first game of the season, 68-66, over Highland. Wade Rodriguez hit a 3-pointer as time expired to give Golden Valley the two-point win. Rodriguez scored 28 points and made eight 3-pointers. The Golden Valley team made 14 3-pointers in the game. James Chevioos scored 15 points and made three 3-pointers. The Saugus ...

Detectives from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Burglary and Fraud team have been investigating as many as 50 residential and vehicle burglaries that occurred over the past two and a half months reported in the Fair Oaks Ranch and Jakes Way areas of Canyon Country.   Detectives got the break they had been hoping for through a recent case ...

Councilmember Marsha McLean was officially sworn in as Santa Clarita Mayor at last night’s City Council meeting. She replaces Councilmember Laurene Weste in the role. Santa Clarita’s mayor is selected from the seated City Council on a yearly rotating basis. With the recent movement, Councilmember Laurie Ender becomes Mayor Pro Tem, and will thus become Mayor in 2012.   Don’t ...