Archive By Section - Santa Clarita Valley News
Sayre Fire: City response
As the Sayre Fire rages on, Santa Clarita city officials remain on high alert and in constant communication with fire and public safety officials through the Emergency Operation Center at City Hall.
Sayre Fire: School response to air quality
Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District Acton-Agua Dulce schools are unaffected by smoke at this time and are under no inclement weather condition. If smoke drifts to the Acton-Agua Dulce area, school officials may make changes during the day. Castaic Union School District Schools in the Castaic Union School District are restricting outside activities today and checking individual schools for smoke-related problems in the air and heating systems, said Jamie Garcia, district director of facilities. Newhall ...
Stock woes hit home
If plans to build Castaic High School on the NorthLake site seemed remote before, the outlook appears bleaker now that the company backing its developer declared bankuptcy.
Deputies investigate hot tub drowning
Homicide detectives spent Monday trying to contact relatives and look for more clues in two Canyon Country hot tub drownings that left a man dead and a woman in the hospital.
Working it out
Results Fitness trainers and clients made the most of messy situation. Although contractors vowed to be finished with renovations of the Newhall gym by Monday morning, owners Rachel and Alwyn Cosgrove, showed up to work at 5 a.m. to find fitness equipment covered in dust and an unfinished new juice bar. The Cosgroves shifted classes and training sessions to the parking lot. When clients were told they would exercise outside, they were surprised but not ...
Power outage slows traffic
A signal knocked out during a weekend traffic collision was still inoperable Monday afternoon slowing traffic along Whites Canyon Road and Ranier Street in Canyon Country, a sheriff's official said.
Patience pays off
About 2.5 million of additional revenues will allow the Hart district to pay teachers their retroactive 2-percent raises dating back to July 1, 2007.
News briefs
Assemblyman Smyth will visit IHOP The Santa Clarita Valley Chapter of the California Republican Assembly will be welcoming Assemblyman Cameron Smyth at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at the international House of Pancakes in Stevenson Ranch. Assymblyman Smyth will address issues such as the state budget crisis and several "Job Killer Bills" identified by the California Chamber of Commerce. The meeting is open to the public, and is free. Dinner will be available for $11.00. Contact ...
Three injured in Highway 14 crash
A tractor trailer struck an SUV before driving off the embankment near Highyway 14 and Agua Dulce Canyon Road, causing injuries to three men and backing up traffic for more than a mile, officials said.
UPDATED: Teens find bloody body
Three Hart High School students found a blood-soaked body sprawled on the front seat and hanging out of the door of a car Tuesday in a driveway on Udine Road, a sheriff's official said.
State wants cash back
Less than 60 days after College of the Canyons passed its 2008-09 budget, administrators learned the state of California wants nearly $900,000 back, college officials said.
Film industry keeps SCV residents working
College of the Canyons' Valencia campus was the scene of bicycle stunts, a scuffle and some mock gunfire recently as the cable TV show "Monk" filmed on site.
Sayre Fire still burning
The Sayre Fire continued to advance over the southern ridges of the Santa Clarita Valley Sunday, devouring thick chaparral and producing heavy clouds of smoke.
Soccer silence
As 11-year-old Adam Volpei kicked the soccer ball into the goal Sunday morning, his mom, squirming in her chair, gave him gave two thumbs up and quietly said, "Woo!"
Firestorms tear into Southern California
UPDATED 5:25 p.m. Sunday: Here's the latest from The Associated Press. All Santa Clarita Valley freeways are open. Click here for an L.A. County Fire Department map of the Sayre Fire area as of 6:55 p.m. Sunday. UPDATED 11:00 p.m. Saturday: Highway 126 is closed from Interstate 5 north to San Fernando Road. Interstate 5 is open through the Newhall Pass. The L.A. County Fire Department reports the wind-driven Sayre wildfire has burned approximately ...
Articles by Section - Santa Clarita Valley News
Hearing due to begin Monday in Sand Canyon street racing case
A preliminary hearing is expected to get under way Monday for two men described as street racers charged with murder in a fatal crash that killed a friend, a court clerk said Thursday.
Castaic burglar sought
A burglar spotted running from a Castaic house with a laptop in his hands prompted sheriff's deputies to scour an area near Parker Road and The Old Road Thursday afternoon, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Knight introduces aerospace industry package
(SACRAMENTO, CA) – Senator Steve Knight (R-Antelope Valley) introduced a series of bills this week focused on the aerospace industry in California.
Boxer and Senate Colleagues Press NRC to Ensure Nuclear Reactor Safety
Washington, D.C. – Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), joined with 11 of her Senate colleagues on a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) urging the Commission to take the next steps needed to protect the 31 nuclear reactors in the U.S. that are similarly designed to the ones that melted down in Fukushima, Japan, nearly two years ago. The letter calls for NRC to ...
‘Stuff the Truck’ fundraiser planned for West Ranch
West Ranch High School Wildcat Band, Orchestra, and Colorguard will host a Goodwill "Stuff the Truck" fundraiser on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
City seeks vendors for Earth Arbor Day
The city of Santa Clarita is accepting applications for vendors to participate in the Earth Arbor Day Festival in April.
Wind will die down but temps to rise
Winds are expected to ease off in the Santa Clarita Valley today following a day of high winds that caused some damage.
Today in the SCV: Thursday, Feb. 21
Today in the SCV
