Democratic Assemblywoman Christy Smith of Santa Clarita and former Navy pilot Mike Garcia, a Republican newcomer, will face off twice in the coming months — once on May 12 to fill the unexpired term of former Rep. Katie Hill, and again in November for a full 2-year term of his or her own. Smith...

Biologist and naturalist Don Mullally, whose work was crucial in keeping a landfill out of Towsley Canyon, died Sunday, January 5. He was 90. Mullally spent much of his life documenting the wildlife and ecological landscape of the Santa Susana Mountains, designated Significant Ecological Area 20 by the...

Saugus High School will remain closed for classes until Dec. 2, following the Thanksgiving break. Other campuses will resume classes Monday, November 18. This coming week, certain services will be available on campus to Saugus students, who will also be allowed on campus Tuesday to retrieve belongings. Mike...

All areas are repopulated.  County Fire and Sheriff’s officials are working together to safely repopulate the Tick Fire area.  Only the following road closures are still in place: * Tick Canyon Road (from Abelia Road to Summit Knoll Road) Acreage: 4,615 Containment: 65% A Local Assistance Center...

Tick Fire Incident Command has approved the repopulation of areas including Baker Canyon Road from Sierra Highway, north of Vasquez Canyon Road, to where it ends near 15142 Sierra Highway. Areas still under evacuation are Tick Canyon Road from Abelia Road to Summit Knoll Road. These areas will continue...

Due to the ongoing fires in the Santa Clarita Valley, the William S. Hart Union High School Saugus Union School, Newhall, Sulphur Spring Union, Castaic Union School districts and their district offices will be closed on Friday, Oct. 25. This the second time in two weeks the Hart District has cancelled...

Carl Kanowsky, Esq. As you’ll recall, Charles Lee, the guy who worked for Dynamex for fifteen days (yes, just 15 days), set the employment world on its head. Because of his lawsuit, it suddenly became much more difficult in California to justify classifying a worker as an independent contractor. Under...

UPDATE 3:45 p.m. LA County Firefighters have fully contained the Sloan Incident, according to supervisor Flores. UPDATE 2:40 p.m. Forward progress of the Sloan Incident has been stopped, according to Los Angeles Fire supervisor Melanie Flores. ORIGINAL STORY A 2-acre brush fire burned near the 29000...

Ed Masterson and Pam Ingram were named the 2019 Santa Clarita Valley Man and Woman of the Year Friday night at the Hyatt Regency Valencia in recognition of their many years of volunteer service on behalf of numerous local charities. Keep an eye on SCVTV.com for the life stories of Masterson and Ingram...

Deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s station are investigating a break-in at a Newhall liquor store Thursday morning. In addition to the break-in, broadcast cable wires for a neighboring community access television station were cut. Jarnail Singh, owner of Dooly’s Liquor &...