Archive By Author - Jim Holt
'Tea Party' simmers to a boil
'Southern California's "Boston Tea Party" appears to be reaching a boiling point as more than two dozen counties band together to sue the state over billions of dollars of withheld funds.
Rain, rain go away
The sun is expected to return for a couple of days with a chance of rain returning for the weekend, according the National Weather Service.
Budget solution: Spend less money
Democrats and Republicans who represent Santa Clarita Valley residents say the current state budget crisis is a large-scale version of over-extended home budgets and irresponsible decisions.
Water district wants to annex
The Newhall County Water District wants to redraw a boundary line so more than 1,178 of its customers can vote in the next water board election.
Haskell Canyon: Keeping their way of life
There was a time when John Haskell and his hogs had the run of this place. In 1890, the Haskell Ranch stretched across 800 hilly acres south of what is now the Angeles National Forest. He and his neighbors, the Agajanians, found living in the valley - now called Haskell Canyon Ranch - a comfortable place to raise their families and a profitable place to raise hogs. Now, 120 years later, close to 200 families ...
Fire officials get land
The Newhall Land and Farming Company is handing over an acre of land valued at $1.5 million to county fire officials as a bankruptcy court continues to restructure debt incurred by its parent company, LandSource Communities Development, LLC.
'Tea party' picks up steam
A number of rebels invited to Southern California's "Boston Tea Party" is mushrooming to include Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties, one party organizer reports.
Development might not bear traffic
County planners hope to stifle a plan to build 484 homes on the unincorporated northern edge of the city of Santa Clarita, The Signal learned Tuesday.
Come hail or high water
More than two inches of rain fell on the Santa Clarita Valley in the past week and it couldn't have come at a better time, sending water tumbling through the Santa Clara River and soothing the nerves of drought-fearing water officials.
Locals awarded for budget
The Newhall County Water District is hanging a national award on its wall this week for having prepared a budget that stands out against all other budgets across the country as exemplary.
Waiting for FEMA
Sitting on a stoop of my mobile home waiting for my FEMA check to come. Although it may sound like a country song of woe, it's the sad refrain one Canyon Country man has been singing since the Buckweed wildfire burned down his home and changed his life forever. It's been 476 days and Terry Herdliska has yet to see a dime from the agency mandated in part to compensate disaster victims. For Herdliska, disaster ...
Anger over hiring of rapist at county health center
Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich wants some accountability for rehiring a convicted rapist who worked as an x-ray technician at Roybal Comprehensive Health Center.
County threatens tax revolt
Consider this your invitation to the Boston Tea Party. The venue is changed and calendar reset, but the issues behind a tax revolt and the withholding of tax money owed to the state is an option considered by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. "The (supervisors) are declaring our own Boston Tea Party right here in Los Angeles County," said Supervisor Gloria Molina, representing the county areas of Azusa and Pomona. Under her plan, ...
Supervisors allow water hauler to uncork well
A father and his son are thrilled to get back to pumping and hauling water from their Agua Dulce well today, but neighboring water company officials fear their wells will run dry.
Residents oppose water merchant's plan to pump
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a Conditional Use Permit today granting a tireless Agua Dulce water merchant permission to pump and sell 40,000 gallons a day.
Articles By Author - Jim Holt
UPDATE: Powerhouse Fire heading into 'super dry' area
The Powerhouse Fire is heading northwest of Green Valley into a "super dry" mountainous area that hasn't burned since 1929, a U.S. Forest Service official said today.
UPDATE: Newhall man arrested following Valencia car burglary
A burglar smashed the window of a car parked in a Valencia shopping center and stole a purse containing more than $600 on Monday, Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's officials said.
UPDATE: Deadline looming for chloride plan in Santa Clarita
The Santa Clarita City Council this week will consider asking state water authorities for an extended deadline on a plan to reduce chloride in the Santa Clara River.
No bail reduction for Castaic man accused of child molestation
A Los Angeles Police Department officer accused of molesting two young girls in Castaic was denied a reduction in bail Thursday, a spokeswoman for county prosecutors said.
Local deputies looking for an iPad snatcher
An iPad-snatching crime had local sheriff's deputies looking for a robbery suspect in Newhall on Wednesday, a law enforcement official said.
Thieves target high-end bikes in Valencia
Bicycle thieves have been using blowtorches to steal high-end bikes locked in front of locations in downtown Valencia, a sheriff's deputy said Wednesday.
UPDATE: Recipe for fire due to continue through end of week
Hot, dry and windy is the recipe for brush fires, but it's also the forecast for the Santa Clarita Valley for the rest of the week, according to weather officials.
Suspect in Newhall bank robbery pleads not guilty
A Palmdale man accused of robbing a Newhall bank last week pleaded not guilty today to the charge of robbery, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
Deputies search for Newhall iPad-snatching thief
An iPad-snatching crime has local sheriff's deputies looking for a robbery suspect in Newhall today, a law enforcement official said.
No charges in fatal Interstate 5 freeway crash
A Pasadena man charged in March with felony drunken driving after a fatal traffic collision on Interstate 5 will not be prosecuted, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said this week.
Second crash victim has far more severe injuries than thought
A second young woman hurt in a three-vehicle traffic collision in Valencia late Saturday night suffered injuries more serious than first believed, said the traffic deputy investigating the crash.
UPDATE: Magic Mountain fire doused after blackening 149 acres
A brush fire burned close to Six Flags Magic Mountain and West Ranch High School Thursday, but neither was evacuated during the afternoon blaze that blackened 149 acres.
LAPD officer’s lawyer: “Everyone rushed to judgment”
The lawyer representing a Los Angeles Police Department officer accused of molesting two young girls he allegedly lured to his Castaic home has fired back at accusers.
Valencia: Misdemeanor battery charge filed against coach in alleged referee assault
County prosecutors are proceeding with a battery charge filed last month against a local flag football coach, according to investigators at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Parks Bureau.
Not guilty plea entered in Canyon Country stabbing
A 19-year-old man charged with attempted murder for the stabbing of another man in Canyon Country last week has pleaded not guilty to the felony charge against him, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said.
