At the Regional Planning Commission Hearing tonight, Chiquita Canyon will put the proposed project in the context of existing operations at the landfill. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. “Chiquita Canyon landfill operations will actually be smaller in the future than what is currently happening today,” said Mike Dean, Division Vice President ...

 The Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission is meeting tonight to decide the fate of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill’s proposed expansion at Rancho Pico Junior High. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. A decision is expected at the hearing, which begins at 6 p.m. in the auditorium. The results of the decision ...

A controversial plan to expand the capacity for the Santa Clarita Valley landfill Chiquita Canyon is being discussed Wednesday, March 1 at Rancho Pico Junior High. (Here’s a link to the Environmental Impact Report being discussed Wednesday.) The meeting is expected to discuss the proposed landfill expansion plans at the west side junior high, as county officials expect to have ...

Chiquita Canyon has been working to produce a new Conditional Use Permit, which would allow the landfill to expand past its current 23 million ton limits after reaching those limits in June. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. In the meantime, the county has approved a “clean hands waiver” that allows the ...

Update: corrects a statement about other landfills in the Los Angeles County and an incorrectly attributed quote about the demographics of Val Verde. Some Val Verde residents expressed displeasure Thursday with Los Angeles County over a contentious landfill in the community, as about two dozen residents delivered a letter to Supervisor Michael Antonovich asking for the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to ...

Enzo Marino contributed to this story. Over $8,000 in scholarships were given to students studying at the California Institute of the Arts for their pieces submitted to the Chiquita Canyon “Found Art Scholarship Program” Thursday evening. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The winners of the scholarships were announced at a gallery ...

Voting for the Val Verde Leadership Board wrapped up with three new members on Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Robert Talamantez, Jamie Briano, Carolina Lopez, Erica Larsen and Kevin Smalley competed for one of three open spots on the Val Verde Community Benefits Committee. Talamantez came out on top with 129 ...

Story by Halie Cook of SCV News Activists from three Santa Clarita Valley groups attended Tuesday’s Los Angeles Board of Supervisors meeting to ask for another public hearing on the Environmental Impact Report for the expansion of the Chiquita Canyon landfill. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. During the public commentary multiple community ...

Three Santa Clarita Valley groups are planning to attend Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to ask for another public hearing about the environmental report for an expansion for the Chiquita Canyon landfill, officials said Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Officials from the Val Verde Civic Association, ...

Employees of Chiquita Canyon, a local business home to a 9.2 megawatt clean energy facility, helped make the holiday season brighter for children at the Child & Family Center by donating more than 50 bicycles. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Dozens of bicycles that were assembled by the landfill’s employees and their ...