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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.
Surging issues over wind power
First in a two-part series It's considered a major "green energy" achievement. Electricity generated by a massive "wind farm" of giant windmills near Tehachapi will be carried through transmission lines to Southern California. "It's the largest transmission of renewable energy in the country," said Don Johnson, Southern California Edison project manager. Edison is also considering tapping into solar power sources in Tehachapi and the Antelope Valley, Edison spokesman Steve Conroy said. Pushing the Tehachapi Renewable ...
Baby dies in Valencia, detectives investigating
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.
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Whittaker-Bermite group meets next week
The Whittaker-Bermite Citizens Advisory Group meets next week for an update on the cleanup of the local brownfield that was a munitions-manufacturing plant for decades.
Valencia resident confronts burglars
Two burglars, one brandishing a crowbar, startled a Valencia resident today when they tried to break into her home in an attempted "hot prowl" burglary, a local sheriff's spokesman said.
Wilk calls for audit of rail authority
SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, has joined Assemblywoman Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, in her request for an audit of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's oversight and management of private contractors for the initial 29 mile segment that is scheduled to start construction in July 2013.
Judge: Water purchase complaint remains valid
A state administrative law judge has refused to throw out an environmental group's complaint over a Santa Clarita Valley water district deal.
Today in the SCV: Tuesday, Feb. 26 2013
Circle of Hope support group
CORRECTION: Aircraft in skies part of memorial service
A brief that posted Saturday online and published Sunday in The Signal incorrectly reported the individual for whom a memorial flyover was conducted Saturday.
UPDATE: Keene sentenced to 10 years in drunken-driving death of neighbor
Dennis Dean Keene, the Agua Dulce man convicted in October of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the death of his neighbor, Lori Lindlief, was sentenced Monday to 10 years in state prison.
'Friday Night Lights' to ignite again this week
Junior high school students are invited to the second "Friday Night Lights" at the Canyon Country Community Center this week, featuring XerGames wall-based interactive games, a social media contests and other activities, an organizer said.
UPDATE: Preliminary report says chopper pitched forward
A helicopter that crashed during a reality TV production this month suddenly pitched down and hit the ground about a minute after taking off in early morning darkness, a preliminary report said Monday.
Hearing delayed in Sand Canyon street racer case
The murder case against two alleged Sand Canyon street racers was delayed a week, a court clerk said Monday.
UPDATE: 2 CalArts grads win Oscars for ‘Brave’
Two California Institute of the Arts graduates have collected Academy Awards for the Best Animated Feature Film "Brave," a CalArts spokeswoman said Monday.
Interstate 5 lanes to be closed this week
Santa Clarita - The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) plans to close the lanes listed below as part of a $72 million project that is constructing a truck lane on southbound I-5 between Pico Canyon Road/Lyons Avenue and the Antelope Valley Freeway (SR-14). Ramp closures will be staggered. Closures are subject to change. Detours will be signed.
Sequestration: Minimal Overall Impact to Los Angeles County Services
With across-the-board sequestration spending cuts scheduled to be imposed on March 1, 2013, Los Angeles County has completed a review of the potential financial threats the sequester poses to the nation's largest local government agency.
Tiny steps for tiny dancers
Students were introduced to tap, ballet and tumbling techniques as part of American Heart Month to promote good health and exercise during a dance class on Feb. 19.
Today in the SCV: Monday, Feb. 25, 2013
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