President Trump signed a bill Tuesday making the Saint Francis Dam a national monument, according to officials. “Today, I have signed into law S. 47, the ‘John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act,’” said the president in a statement. Ninety-one years ago, the Saint Francis Dam broke and killed more than 400 people in Santa Clarita and the ...

The Saint Francis Dam Disaster’s 90th anniversary is being remembered by the Santa Clarita Valley, along with other cities affected by the collapse. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. On March 12, 1928, three minutes before midnight, the Saint Francis Dam broke, and sent a wall of water down San Francisquito Canyon ...