The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District has confirmed more West Nile virus (WNV) positive test results in 25 mosquito samples and three dead birds collected throughout its jurisdiction, including Santa Clarita.

State government officials are appealing a federal court mandate that California reduce it's prison population to 110,000 by the end of the year. County Supervisor Antonovich suggests outsourcing as the most viable solution to overcrowding.

The West Nile virus has been alive in Los Angeles County for more than a decade and emerges as the summer heats up. One Santa Clarita doctor wants to inform residents how they can steer clear of contracting the disease.

Santa Clarita's jobless figure rose slightly in June, as countywide, the education sector was hard hit

Another rabid bat was discovered in the Santa Clarita Valley, this time by a family dog. The dog is now being quarantined, and all local pet owners are reminded to vaccinate their animals and to beware of bats acting strangely.

Despite a decline in birth rates among teenages in Los Angeles County and California, the numbers in Santa Clarita are expected to increase by 10 percent, according a local health official.

Gov. Jerry Brown and the four living former governors are asking the U.S.Supreme Court to put a stay on releasing 9,600 inmates from state prisons, claiming the order would add to California's already high crime.

Los Angeles County supervisors will look at a report on the local effects of AB 109, also known as Realignment, at their next meeting Tuesday

A local Placerita Canyon oil site believed to once have been part of the New Century Oil Well established in the early 1900s, has been boxed in and plugged by a neighboring property owner, according to Placerita Nature Center officials.

Santa Clarita City Council voted 5-0 at their Tuesday night meeting to purchase 302 acres of land as open space. The land, in the Newhall Pass/I-5 corridor, was once slated for dense development, but now helps maintain a "green belt" around Santa Clarita.