The Santa Clarita Valley stays at the number one ranking spot as the Los Angeles County leader in rabid bats, with the newest numbers reporting 15 of 26 cases in the valley.

New and free electric vehicle charging stations were recently installed in several Los Angeles County facilities, including a few in Santa Clarita.

The Santa Clarita Valley Committee on Aging, which oversees operations for the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, is working with city and county officials for a new site for the center.

A longtime Santa Clarita Valley woman praised for decades of community building and her key role in the city's formation, Connie Worden-Roberts died Tuesday at 5:50 p.m. in Canyon Country of an illness, according to family members. She was 83. Nearly 100 longtime Santa Clarita Valley residents and officials were on hand as Worden-Roberts was given a key to the city of Santa Clarita and a Lifetime Achievement Award on May 16.

Los Angeles County Fire Department officials announced Tuesday the launch of Pulse Point, a new app which alerts its users of people nearby who go into cardiac arrest and are in need of assistance while emergency services are on their way.

The 15th rabid bat from Los Angeles County turned up in late July, in Santa Clarita.

Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich’s motion requesting a report on the availability of services provided to crime victims was approved by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and a grant to preserve habitat near Vasquez Rocks has also been approved, officials announced Thursday.

Santa Clarita Valley animal experts warned pet owners about people falsely identifying themselves as animal trainers or as part of a rescue operation.

Chiquita Canyon officials are looking to expand their landfill west of Santa Clarita city limits, and the project is currently open for public comment befor a county hearing Aug. 24. The 639-acre landfill site, which is owned by Waste Connections and permitted for about 257 acres of waste, is looking to double its daily disposal limits, set aside of land for a potential conversion technology site, improve its entrance and support facilities and extend the life of the landfill, to name a few of the project’s goals. The landfill is located outside city of Santa Clarita limits about three miles west of the intersection of Interstate 5 and Highway 126. The proposed project will increase the permitted waste footprint within the existing property line by approximately 143 acres by extending it slightly south toward the existing landfill entrance and to the north and east.

A ban on residential burning permits in all wildland areas of Los Angeles County beginning July 1.