The City of Santa Clarita reminds residents to place their food waste in the green bin. In the city of Santa Clarita, food waste should now be recycled. Place food waste in a plastic bag and place the bag inside your green organics recycling cart alongside loose green waste or yard waste. Food waste includes plate scrapings, fruits, vegetables, bread, ...

The Santa Clarita City Council grappled with a wave of difficult housing questions Tuesday night as it debated proposed changes to the controversial MetroWalk Specific Plan.  This major development project Santa Clarita City Council discussed at the meeting is supposed to include market-rate homes and long-promised affordable senior housing. The MetroWalk project, located within the larger Vista Canyon development, was ...

Volunteer registration is now open for the 29th Annual River Rally Cleanup and Environmental Expo scheduled for next month.  This year’s River Rally is scheduled to be held at the William S. Hart Pony Baseball and Softball Complex on Saturday, Sept. 21, from 8 to 11 a.m. at  23780 Auto Center Drive, Santa Clarita.  Volunteers intend to clean a portion ...

Deputies are warning residents to be mindful when throwing away certain pieces of trash from holidays in order to help prevent break-ins.  Now that the holidays are over, and the gifts have been opened, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking residents to be mindful of how they could be advertising to thieves what’s new in their home.  Before ...

During a virtual press conference Wednesday, County Supervisor Kathryn Barger provided an update on the persistent odors emanating from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill (CCL) negatively impacting nearby residents and recommended mitigation measures.  At the request of the County’s Solid Waste Management Local Enforcement Agency (LEA), the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and South Coast Air Quality Management ...

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Burrtec Waste Industries is set to provide Santa Clarita Valley residents with new garbage cans for garbage, recycling and organics beginning next month.  Over a period of nine weeks beginning July 1, all residents’ current carts and bins are set to be replaced by carts and bins from Burrtec.  New carts are clearly labeled with each of the acceptable materials ...

Santa Clarita’s 27th annual River Rally drew hundreds of volunteers from the community Saturday morning in an effort to clean up the Santa Clara Riverbed.   The event kicked off on Saturday at 8 a.m., with volunteers signing in at the staging area under the Via Princessa bridge at the riverbed on Wiley Canyon Road.  Volunteers picked up supplies for clean-up ...

This year,  the 27th annual river rally cleanup is expected to return to Santa Clarita where residents are able to help clean the Santa Clara Riverbed in Valencia.  On Saturday, Sept. 17, from 8 to 11 a.m., volunteers for the River Rally cleanup are set to clean a portion of the Santa Clara Riverbed on Wiley Canyon Road, east of ...

The City of Santa Clarita is welcoming residents to dispose of their unwanted household hazardous and electronic waste at the free Household Hazardous/E-Waste Collection Event on Saturday, April 9.  From 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m the event is set to take place in the south parking lot at the College of the Canyons Valencia campus.  The Household Hazardous/E-Waste Collection Event ...