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Changes in taxes may be coming
Santa Clarita residents may see increases or decreases in their property tax bills beginning July 1, depending on how the City Council votes Tuesday night on special-assessment districts throughout the city.
City has full agenda Tuesday
The Santa Clarita City Council is set to discuss the following items at its meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Santa Clarita City Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Blvd.:
Hastings says 'no' to easing earmarks designation for Cemex mine
The chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee informed a delegation of Santa Clarita Valley residents Thursday there was nothing that could be done to remove the proposed Cemex mine site from the House list of "earmarks." When the group of local residents asked Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Washington state, if he could offer alternative plans for banning the mine, his response was, "If we can think of something, we'll come back to you," Santa Clarita ...
UPDATE: Bike to Work Day met with enthusiasm
A number of residents got out of their cars and onto bikes Thursday during Santa Clarita's Bike to Work Day - part of an effort to promote "green" transportation and healthy living during California's Bike to Work Week. Some of those bicyclists stopped by four "pit stops" set up by the city, Performance Cyclery or Newhall Bicycle to grab a cup of coffee, a bottle of water or a snack, and to enter a ...
Woman collapses on side of Valencia road
A woman in her 40s required medical aid shortly before noon Thursday after she collapsed on a curb near her still-running SUV on Creekside Road near Auto Center Drive. A number of deputies and paramedics responded to the scene after about five Good Samaritans stopped to help the woman. It is unknown how long she was collapsed on the curb or if she had a medical condition that caused her to fall. Paramedics transported her ...
Bike to work day marred by bike, car collision
Santa Clarita's Bike to Work Day was marred Thursday morning by a collision between a bicyclist and a car, although neither person received major injuries.
City hikes Canyon Country spending
Santa Clarita's proposed new budget calls for nearly $15 million in improvements to Canyon Country, including more patrol deputies and the widening of two bridges.
Cellphone tower slated for vote
After months of discussion about a cellular tower in Stevenson Ranch, the Los Angeles County Regional Planning Commission is set to vote Wednesday on a tower that would be farther away from homes than were other sites, but also about 10 feet taller than previously suggested.
Gas prices on the rise
Although national gas prices have been declining, prices in California started rising this week as heavier-than-anticipated refinery maintenance continued on the West Coast, California energy officials said Friday. In the Santa Clarita Valley, prices Friday afternoon ranged from $4.15 a gallon to $4.45 a gallon, according to gasbuddy.com, a website that tracks gas prices across the nation. The lowest price in the Santa Clarita Valley on Friday was six cents a gallon higher than it ...
Oil pipeline deal OK’d by city leaders
The Santa Clarita City Council approved a franchise agreement this week for the operation of an oil pipeline that runs under roads in Valencia. The 62-year-old pipeline has not been used in the past seven years, and the company doesn't have plans to use it any time soon, city officials said. But increased oil exploration in Ventura and Fillmore, where the pipeline originates, means it could go back into use in the future, said officials ...
Annexation meeting Monday
Residents living in four separate parcels slated for annexation into the city of Santa Clarita have until Monday to protest, according to state officials. The Los Angeles County Local Agency Formation Commission, a state agency and independent body overseen by a nine-member commission, unanimously approved the annexation of Copperstone, Elsmere Canyon, Soledad Commons and Vista Canyon/Fair Oaks/Jakes Way/Sand Canyon annexations last month. Residents living in those areas had 30 days to protest the annexations. LAFCO ...
Nature’s open house
Creatures that walk, crawl, slither and fly will be on display this weekend as Placerita Canyon Nature Center hosts its annual open house. Families will be able to pan for gold, watch demonstrations of quilting and two-man crosscut saws, and go on guided hikes during the Saturday event, said Frank Hoffman, recreation services supervisor for the nature center. "Animal ambassadors" will also be on hand, including a great horned owl, a barn owl, an American ...
Council agrees to hear public comments at beginning of meetings
The Santa Clarita City Council said "yes" Tuesday night to moving 30 minutes of public participation to the beginning of each meeting, but it said "no" to changing the selection time for mayor from December to April. Mayor Frank Ferry proposed that public comments be held at the beginning, rather than the end, of council meetings after hearing voters' concerns during this year's election season, he said Tuesday night. He credited the idea to Councilman ...
Council OKs buildings’ destruction for sake of future value
The Santa Clarita City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to demolish three former redevelopment buildings now owned by the city, saying the property's value will increase with the removal of the blighted buildings. The three buildings - at 24406 Main St., 24410 Main St., and 22515 9th St. - were part of several buildings transferred to city ownership last year after the announcement that redevelopment agencies would be dissolved throughout the state. All of the ...
CORRECTION: Council to vote on comment period, rotation
The City Council is scheduled to decide Tuesday night if 30 minutes of public comment should be held at the beginning of council meetings and if the mayor and mayor pro tem position should rotate in April after elections or in December - the traditional time for the mayor's selection. Mayor Frank Ferry asked that City Manager Ken Pulskamp look into moving 30 minutes of public comment at April 24's City Council meeting after he ...
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