On November 5, 1913, California unveiled its most ambitious engineering project to date: the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Millions of gallons of water from the Owens Valley cascaded down the Newhall Pass into the newly built Van Norman Reservoir, forever transforming Los Angeles and the Santa Clarita region. Los Angeles had rapidly outgrown its origins as the small 44-person Spanish settlement ...

On this day in 1935, William Mulholland — the man who brought water to Los Angeles and shaped modern Southern California — died at the age of 77. Born on Sept. 11, 1855, in Belfast, Ireland, Mulholland ran away to join the British Merchant Navy at age 15 after his father beat him for poor performance in school. After four ...

Ed. Note: The following is a news release provided by the Los Angeles County Department of Water and Power.  A five-year water and power rate action was introduced by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, officials announced Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The proposed rates are expected to provide funding ...

Angeles National Forest officials recently reopened thousands of acres that were part of the Powerhouse Fire area closure in the Santa Clarita Valley, more than and year and a half after the devastating fire. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. More than three-fourths of the closure area was reopened Oct. 23 of the ...

The cause of the Powerhouse Fire has been confirmed more than a year later by the Report of Investigation.

Firefighters are battling approximately 1,800-plus-acre blaze near Clearwater Canyon Road and San Francisquito Canyon Road. The fire is 15 percent contained

Firefighters are battling approximately 1,000-plus-acre blaze near Clearwater Canyon Road and San Francisquito Canyon Road