Flash flood warning in effect

The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for portions of the eastern Santa Clarita Valley, including Acton and portions of Canyon Country. The flash flood warning went into effect at noon and will continue until 10 p.m.

Area man buys second Dodge Challenger

Even though gas prices are at an all-time high, consumer confidence wanes and the U.S. dollar drops, sometimes love just trumps all other considerations.

Requiring of permit to change historic property pondered

A proposed change to Santa Clarita's city code would require property owners to get a permit before they alter or demolish property identified as a historic or potentially historic resource.

Two arrested after fight at Friday’s

Two men were arrested Friday night after allegedly starting a fight at Friday's restaurant in Valencia, according to Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.

Republicans in SCV reflect on Tony Snow

Local Republicans met the passing of Tony Snow, the former press secretary to President George W. Bush, with sadness and reflection Saturday.

Begley promotes organic in SCV

Whole Foods is thinking locally today. From noon to 3 p.m. the organic supermarket is hosting Local Vendor Day, an event held several times a year to promote some of the independent, regional makers with which the company partners. Today, marketing supervisor Tina Landrum said shoppers will have the chance to chat with Ed Begley, Jr., actor and noted environmentalist. Whole Foods has carried his Begley's Best line of household cleaners for several years. Landrum ...

Bison baby boom

Little furry, tan- and brown-colored creatures have been popping up at William S. Hart Park for the past year.

Small blaze breaks out in Canyon Country

A small fire broke out near Sierra Highway and Soledad Canyon Road on Friday, burning less than an acre.

Glitch wormed out of Apple’s iPhone

The wait was over for iPhone fans in the Santa Clarita Valley and across the nation as the new version of Apple Inc.'s popular cell phone went on sale at AT&T stores on Friday.

Goodbye to softeners?

Santa Clarita residents who just can't live without their water softeners are the only ones standing in the way of avocado and strawberry growers trying to eliminate chloride from the Santa Clara River watershed.

Don’t sweat over a heat wave

The projected heat never quite came to fruition this week, and it's expected to stay that way through the weekend.

Proposal melds city, county plans

Want to get a sneak peek of how the Santa Clarita Valley will look 30 years from now? City and county planners on Tuesday will present the latest - one of the most significant sections - of the long-term One Valley, One Vision general plan at a public meeting on Tuesday. Officials will explain the land use section of a plan that, for the first time, melds the city's vision and the county's vision for ...

Accused rapist’s case going to trial

SAN FERNANDO - Ten months after his arrest, the alleged Canyon Country rapist is ready to go to trial.

Man stabbed in hand at Newhall bar

A Newhall man was in custody Thursday after he stabbed a man's hand at a local bar, according to a sheriff's report.

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Pit bull attacks second dog in Sand Canyon

A roaming pit bull that ripped the leg off of a smaller dog in Canyon Country is expected to be humanely killed, a county official said Thursday.

UPDATE: Traffic collision blocks I-5 lanes nearly 3 hours

Two lanes of southbound Interstate 5 near Hasley Canyon Road were closed for almost three hours Thursday afternoon after two big rigs collided, blocking traffic and scattering debris in the area, a California Highway Patrol official said.

UPDATE: Hart district to appoint new board member

Members of the William S. Hart Union High School District board will appoint someone to replace former board member Paul Strickland, rather than holding a special election for the seat.

UPDATE: Fire burns 3,500 acres in Calif. national forest

FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) - Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a slight reprieve Thursday from a 3,500-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres National Forest.

Two Fox bills approved in Assembly

(SACRAMENTO) Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) today announced that Assembly Bills (AB) 588 and 631 were approved by the State Assembly with broad bipartisan support. The bills address protection of student athletes and enhance core education for children in juvenile court schools. Both measures passed by a margin of 70-0, and now advance to the Senate.

Mountain lion stuck in Calif aqueduct tranquilized

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Police say a young mountain lion that was trapped in an aqueduct near downtown Santa Cruz has been tranquilized.

UPDATE: Names of victim, suspect released in Acton homicide

Investigators probing a homicide in Acton have released the identities of the man who was shot and killed and the name of his alleged killer.

Acton-Agua Dulce district to vote on Einstein Academy charter tonight

Members of the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District board will vote tonight on whether to approve two charter petitions that would allow the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Science to open two schools in the district next year.

Boydston challenges chloride data

Santa Clarita City Councilman TimBen Boydston called the whole issue of chloride cleanup a scam Wednesday night after local sanitation officials presented their plan for reducing how much of the salty compound the sanitation district discharges into the Santa Clara River.

Newhall woman faces murder charges in Arizona

A Newhall woman charged with two counts of second-degree murder in connection with a fatal 2011 crash near the Arizona state line that claimed the lives of two children goes on trial in Arizona this week, The Signal has learned.

Reward offered in case of anti-Semitic graffiti

Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the vandals who defaced HOA complex structures with racist slogans and anti-Semitic symbols at a Saugus HOA.

UPDATE: Blaze blackens 3,000 acres in 5 hours

More than a dozen law enforcement units from three sheriff's stations, including the Santa Clarita Valley's, were sent to the Frazier Park fire late Wednesday afternoon to evacuate the area near the Los Angeles-Kern County line as a massive brush fire moved south toward Los Angeles County, a local sheriff's spokesman said.

UPDATE: SCV: County road work curbs business owners’ traffic

Some owners of about 10 businesses in a strip mall near the Valencia Industrial Center complained Wednesday that county road workers who showed up unexpectedly were blocking customers and cutting into their revenue.

Tour of California racers blast out of SCV

After a night's rest in the Santa Clarita Valley, cyclists competing in the annual Amgen Tour of California left town en mass Wednesday to completed the first half of the eight-day race in Santa Barbara.

Man killed in Acton

Homicide detectives today were investigating the gunshot slaying of a man in Acton, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.