The Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons (COC), named its new officers and confirmed its 2022 meeting schedule at the board’s business and organizational meeting on Wednesday. During the Board of Trustees meeting, Dr. Edel Alonso was selected by her fellow trustees to serve as president of the board for 2022. “I ...
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Senate Republicans Call For Full Funding Of Water Projects During Massive State Budget Surplus
Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita and other senate republicans delivered a letter to Governor Newsom calling for the full funding of state water projects, as rainwater is being flushed out to the ocean. Spearheaded by the Vice-Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Jim Nielsen, R-Red Bluff, and the Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Andreas Borgeas, R-Fresno, and ...
Read More »Dead Body Found Near Castaic Lake In Santa Clarita
A dead body was found near Castaic Lake in Santa Clarita Thursday evening. At around 6:40 p.m. Thursday, first responders received a call categorized as a medical emergency near the intersection of Lake Hughes Road and Ball Point Road in Santa Clarita and found a body. “A female was found deceased at that location,” said Captain Norman Queen of the ...
Read More »‘National School Shooting Day’ Puts Santa Clarita Schools On Watch
Rumors on TikTok of Friday being “national school shooting day” have led Santa Clarita school officials to take proactive measures. A TikTok trend alleging that Friday, Dec. 17 is “national school shooting day” has put William S. Hart Union High School District schools on watch, although the threat is believed to be invalid and there are no students scheduled to ...
Read More »Assemblymember Suzette Valladares Comments On Power Shutoffs, CEQA, Budget In First Year
In a recent on-air interview with KHTS reporter Jade Aubuchon, assemblymember Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, reviewed her first year serving in office. Sworn in on Dec. 7, 2020, Valladares has spent the last year focusing on a few main topics, including her role in budget management and her passionate stance on wildfire prevention and responsible management of Federally owned land. ...
Read More »New Los Angeles County Supervisorial District Lines Drawn, Affecting Legislation For The Next Decade
Defining voting power across Los Angeles County for the next decade, the first-ever independently-run redistricting commission approved official district boundaries that affect legislative and executive operations in each of the five districts, including the City of Santa Clarita in the Fifth District. The L.A. County Citizens Redistricting Commission (CRC) approved a proposed draft with one abstention Wednesday evening that would ...
Read More »Super Scoopers Return To Canada After L.A. County Contract Expires
The Super Scoopers have been released and are headed back to Quebec after assisting in firefights throughout Los Angeles County, including Santa Clarita. The super scoopers arrived at the Van Nuys Airport back in September on a three month contract as they do each year just before the peak of Southern California fire season. These aircraft worked alongside the Los ...
Read More »Barger Announces $1 Million In Public Safety Funds As Busy Holiday Shopping Days Approach
With the recent smash-and-grab crime wave, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger announced an additional $1 million in funding has been allocated to public safety in preparation for the busiest holiday shopping days. The $1 million in public safety funding has been allocated to increase law enforcement services in unincorporated areas and communities within Los Angeles County, including Santa Clarita, ...
Read More »Record-Breaking Winter Storm Hits Santa Clarita Valley, More Wind To Come
Early Tuesday morning, Southern California’s first winter storm of the season brought high winds and uncharacteristically heavy rainfall to Los Angeles County and the Santa Clarita Valley. In the midst of what is arguably the worst drought in California history, L.A. County and Santa Clarita had the driest November in decades, seeing zero inches of rainfall throughout the month. In ...
Read More »Stern To Announce Candidacy For Los Angeles County Board Of Supervisors
Senator Henry Stern, D-Canoga Park, is set to announce his candidacy Thursday for the Third District seat on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors being vacated by Sheila Kuehl. Stern – who represents the western portions of the Santa Clarita Valley, including Stevenson Ranch as well as parts of Newhall and Valencia, Shortly after the Los Angeles County, Citizens ...
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