Year in review: Court cases slowly move through system amid cuts

Justice served for crimes committed in the Santa Clarita Valley is expected to be a lot slower, in fewer locations and with a lot less hired help in the new year, court officials report.

Local Christmas spirit thrives

Whether with family, with friends or with volunteering, Santa Clarita residents rang in Christmas with a variety of activities Tuesday.

Today in the SCV: Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012

Poetry workshop Spend a day writing poetry and improving existing poems! This one-day poetry seminar is creative writing meets group private tutoring. You can bring up to three poems in for supportive and constructive critique. You'll benefit from Sanora's poetic brilliance and her insights into your poetry to help you hone it into its best possible version. The first part of the day is spent getting creative and writing new poems through creative writing prompts ...

Lottery numbers

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UPDATE: Injured Canyon Country bicyclist in serious condition

A Canyon Country man who was struck on his bicycle Saturday is still in serious condition and has been experiencing some problems moving his arms, his wife said Tuesday.

Merry Christmas!

Streets to be upgraded during holiday

As part of the city of Santa Clarita's ongoing capital improvement project to fill cracks and re-surface roadways, several local streets are scheduled to be worked on during the next three weeks.

Today in the SCV: Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012

Poetry workshop Spend a day writing poetry and improving existing poems! This one-day poetry seminar is creative writing meets group private tutoring. You can bring up to three poems in for supportive and constructive critique. You'll benefit from Sanora's poetic brilliance and her insights into your poetry to help you hone it into its best possible version. The first part of the day is spent getting creative and writing new poems through creative writing prompts ...

Carpool lane added for local highways

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has opened a new elevated high occupancy vehicle (HOV, or carpool) lane connector between Interstate 5 and the Antelope Valley Freeway.

Local students honor Newtown’s hero teacher

The story of Victoria Soto, the 27-year-old Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher who was killed when a gunman invaded the school in Newtown, Conn., so touched students of a Valencia High School government class they have dedicated a house in Haiti in her memory.

Year in review: Santa Clarita: Hollywood’s back lot

Home to a number of hit TV shows, movies, studios, movie ranches and Disney/ABC Studio's 58-acre Golden Oak Ranch movie set, Santa Clarita's thriving film business has positioned the region as a Hollywood backlot to the region's film industry.

SCV Faces of 2012

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'Distractions' dampen holiday spending

Christmas shoppers thronged malls and pounced on discounts but apparently spent less this year, their spirits dampened by concerns about the economy and the aftermath of shootings and storms.

Canyon Country bicyclist injured in head-on crash with vehicle

A Canyon Country man was recuperating Monday in the intensive care unit at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital after a head-on collision between his bicycle and a vehicle.

I-5/14 carpool lane connector opens

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has opened a new elevated high occupancy vehicle (HOV, or carpool) lane connector between Interstate 5 (I-5) and the Antelope Valley Freeway (SR-14).

UPDATE: Man dies in early morning Acton crash; daughter survives

A 9-year-old girl who survived a vehicle crash that killed her father in Acton early Sunday crawled from the wreckage, climbed 200 feet from the bottom of a ravine, hiked in the dark across "difficult terrain" to get help and, finally, flagged down a passing motorist, according to the California Highway Patrol.

‘Bella the cat’ case continues

Los Angeles County officials are continuing to investigate the death of a cat some say was wrongly euthanized at the Castaic Animal Shelter in February.

Newhall Model Train Show continues Sunday

The Newhall Model Train Show chugged into town today, with more whistles and clacking wheels coming Sunday to Hart Park.

Construction to break out all over Hart district campuses

Summer break is shaping up to be a busy building season for the William S. Hart Union High School District.

Newhall church uses car wash to urge people to ‘pay it forward’

The message Saturday was "pay it forward," and members of New Life in His Presence church weren't just delivering that message, they were living it - by way of a car wash.

Santa Clarita's unemployment rate rises

After dropping to a low of 6 percent in November, Santa Clarita's jobless numbers crept back up during the post-holiday season and stood at 6.7 percent in January, state officials reported this week.

Update: Hikers found unharmed by rescue team

State officials announce cut in water for SoCal

State Water Project contractors - including the one that supplies the Santa Clarita Valley with about half its water - will receive only 35 percent of their requested water deliveries for 2013, officials announced Friday.

Feds raid 17 Calif. businesses for nitrous oxide

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hundreds of law enforcement officers on Friday raided Southern California auto parts shops and other businesses suspected of illegally selling nitrous oxide for use as a recreational drug, in what federal authorities said was the nation's largest such raid to date.

Local deputies participate in ‘Tweet-a-thon’

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station took to Twitter Friday to provide a virtual walkthrough of an average day on patrol.

Federal government closing air towers at Whiteman, Fox

LOS ANGELES COUNTY – "The FAA's politically motivated decision to shutter Los Angeles County Fox and Whiteman Airfields endangers public safety and has virtually no impact on federal spending," said Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich on the Federal Aviation Administration's announcement that it will close contract air-traffic control towers beginning April 7 because of the sequestration.

Penning a prom proposal

It's nearly prom season, and Erik Codes of Saugus High School surprised his intended date Friday with an invitation penned on her SUV windows while she was at cross country practice.

'Fabric paintings' open at COC gallery

An opening reception is planned at 3 p.m. Saturday for a solo show of artist Dinah Sargeant's "fabric paintings" - abstract quilts and dolls that tell a story - which opened at the College of the Canyons art gallery today.

Record Dry Season, Pumping Restrictions Force State to Lower State Water Project Delivery Projection

Sacramento, CA-The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced today that water allocations from the State Water Project have been reduced to 35% from 40% due to a record dry January and February, coupled with a grim outlook for rain conditions in March, and pumping restrictions that were imposed in December and January to protect Delta smelt and salmon. Recent pumping restrictions resulted in more than 550,000 acre-feet of water lost from the State Water ...

Wilk joins Republican leadership team

SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader Connie Conway, of Tulare, today announced the members of her leadership team for the 2013-14 Legislative Session, selecting a skilled group of Assembly Republican Caucus members from throughout California representing different backgrounds and interests.