A California bill that seeks to ban paper receipts passed the Natural Resources Committee in a 6-3 vote Monday, potentially impacting Santa Clarita. Assembly Bill 161, introduced in January by Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), would require receipts for food, groceries and “tangible personal property” to be provided to customers in an electronic form. Under the bill, businesses would only ...

Marriott International is set to remove plastic straws and drink stirrers from all of its 6,500 hotels and resorts worldwide by next year, including the two hotels in Santa Clarita. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The hotel company announced Wednesday that the move will eliminate approximately 1 billion straws and 250 ...