Los Angeles County plans to set at least $3 million aside for a new SCV Senior Center, a representative for Supervisor Michael Antonovich said Thursday. Supervisors approved $2.5 million in funding at their weekly meeting Tuesday in Los Angeles, said Tony Bell, Antonovich’s spokesman. Another $500,000 is expected to be allocated in January, when budgets are re-evaluated, he said. No deal ...

Los Angeles County plans to set at least $3 million aside for a new SCV Senior Center, a representative for Supervisor Michael Antonovich said Thursday. Supervisors approved $2.5 million in funding at their weekly meeting Tuesday in Los Angeles, said Tony Bell, Antonovich’s spokesman. Another $500,000 is expected to be allocated in January, when budgets are re-evaluated, he said. No deal ...

Registered voters from the Santa Clarita Valley can expect to receive their sample ballot booklets for the Los Angeles County Nov 4. general election over the next two weeks. The Los Angeles County registrar-recorder and county clerk began mailing almost 5 million booklets to voters on Sept. 25, and mailings are set to continue through Oct. 14, according to a ...

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a statewide plastic bag ban into law Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “This bill is a step in the right direction – it reduces the torrent of plastic polluting our beaches, parks and even the vast ocean itself,” Brown wrote in a signing message. “We’re ...

Los Angeles County officials are continuing to use a smartphone application, The Works, in an effort to connect more with the public, officials said.

Los Angeles County supervisors Tuesday are expected to approve a reimbursement of about $337.7 million to pay for AB 109 programs, a controversial jail-prison realignment program. While Supervisor Michael Antonovich has been a vocal opponent of the state’s public safety realignment program, which was aimed at reducing the number of non-serious, non-violent and non-sexual offenders in state prisons due to a Supreme Court order, officials claim early data shows promise. "Realignment continues to pose serious concerns and threatens public safety statewide because we are dealing with repeat offenders,” Antonovich said last week, when the law’s implementation was reviewed. “There are over 32,000 arrests involving the 24,000 (post-supervision probationers) under probation supervision because some are being arrested up to seven or eight times."

While Los Angeles County Probation Department officials Tuesday praised the the local response to AB 109, many still question the policy as a matter of public safety almost three years after its implementation.

Los Angeles County Public Works officials are continuing the search for a solution to the dried-up wells and the flooded Bouquet Canyon Road by conducting research in the area and exploring the possibility of realigning the road.

Sheriff’s Department deputies are not misreporting crimes, according to an Office of Inspector General inquiry.

A group of Santa Clarita Valley residents who live near a landfill seeking permission from Los Angeles County to expand are asking county officials for more time and more bilingual support to consider the landfill’s expansion. The proposed Chiquita Canyon landfill expansion is undergoing the required public comment period, which is expected to end Sept. 23. The comment deadline has already been extended once, from its original date of Aug. 24.