Taking their pole positions

The last piece of the water puzzle

Local water officials put the last piece of their overall water supply puzzle in place Monday when they agreed to replace the Sand Canyon Reservoir's dirt road with a paved one.

Residents protest 'green' power lines

Second in a two-part series A row of towers topped with electrical transmission lines slashes through the hills above Mike Milligan's restaurant in the Angeles National Forest. The towers are visible from the back of Milligan's Cavi at The Big Oaks, but he says it's not those power lines that concern him. The restaurateur is bothered by the lines that Southern California Edison will soon install midway down the slope in Bouquet Canyon as part ...

Fight cancer with music

Local singer-songwriter Stephen Sorenson was recently diagnosed with liver cancer. The doctors gave him 12 months to live.

Flag football fun

This is the second year that LETMESAIL has teamed up with College of the Canyons.

Piercing studio may get booted for books

In quest of the final piece of property to build a new Newhall library, the Santa Clarita City Council will take up the possibility of eminent domain at Tuesday's meeting.

Magic Mountain hosts annual food, toy drive

Six Flags Magic Mountain is offering two ways for the community to help others during the holiday season.

Alternative Christmas Market

Carolyn Ritchie informs local visitors about the Medical Benevolence Foundation at the Alternative Christmas Market at the First Presbyterian Church in Newhall on Sunday.

Lombardi Ranch rises from the ashes

The handful of red tomatoes sat in wooden boxes as customers passed by to pick their favorites.

Yes I Can fundraiser tonight at Islands

The Yes I Can students at William S. Hart District high schools are throwing a fundraiser this afternoon and evening at Islands restaurant in Valencia.

'He's a really good con man'

From 3,000 miles away, Jennifer is paying close attention to the identity theft trial of William Schaeffler.

Inventory 80,000 trees? No problem

From a laptop sitting in the bed of a pickup truck, Jeff Melin opened a computer file to show a map of Fedala Road.

Beware of holiday season freeway closures

Caltrans advises motorists traveling during the Thanksgiving holiday on the northbound Interstate 5 about five miles north of Santa Clarita to plan ahead and leave early to avoid holiday-related traffic delays.

News briefs

Detectives investigate baby's death A baby was pronounced dead 10:35 a.m. Saturday at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, said Lt. Tom Bryski of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station. The child was a one-year-old boy, said Melanie Flores, supervising fire dispatcher with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Sheriff's deputies received a call about 9:50 a.m. from a home in Valencia. The boy was then taken to Newhall Memorial, where he was pronounced dead. The ...

Shoppers find crafty gift ideas

Oversized pajama-blanket pants, mini-guitars and holiday license plates were just a few creative items for sale to the community Saturday at the 19th College of the Canyons Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair.

Local educator found slain on Valentine's Day

A former Valencia High School educator was shot and killed in Woodland Hills on Valentine's Day and her daughter arrested in Oregon eight hours after the body was discovered, law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

Suppliers during 2000 energy crisis face billion-dollar refund

SAN FRANCISCO, February 19, 2013 - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today said that an Administrative Law Judge at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last Friday issued a sweeping "initial decision" finding more than a dozen electricity wholesalers guilty of market manipulation in the summer of 2000, when California suffered the highest electricity prices in history. If the Administrative Law Judge's decision is adopted by FERC, the sellers will face a collective refund ...

Bi-partisan bill by State Senators to require prevailing wage jobs in California charter cities

(Sacramento) – Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) and Senator Anthony Cannella (R-Ceres) will co-author a measure on prevailing wage to increase middle-class jobs, sustain a skilled workforce, and ensure cost efficient and high quality public works projects. Senate Bill 7 would make charter cities eligible to receive or use state funds for a public works project only if the city has a policy of requiring contractors on all its municipal projects to comply ...

LAPD chief: Review of Dorner firing under way

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck says the review of ex-officer Christopher Dorner's firing is under way, but it's too early to comment on the re-examination.

UPDATE: Storm due to hit SCV overnight

Santa Clarita Valley residents will be asleep for most of the latest winter storm expected to hit our area, a spokesman for the National Weather Service said today.

"Every 15 Minutes" program planned for Hart High School

On Thursday, February 21st 2013, the City of Santa Clarita, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station and Hart High School officials will join in partnership to conduct the Every 15 Minutes program at Hart High School.

Today in the SCV: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

Today is Tuesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2013. There are 315 days left in the year.

Helmet saves a life

HOA still recovering months after paint crime

Vandals who hopped a North Valencia HOA pool fence last summer and dumped seven gallons of paint into the pool and hot tub, causing more than $300,000 damage, are still at large.