[KHTS] – As the Santa Clarita Valley enters another week of unseasonably warm and dry winter weather, local officials are assessing what it will mean for residents if the drought persists and how to mitigate the effects of one of the driest years on record. Gov. Jerry Brown declared a State of...

[KHTS] – Albertsons grocery stores have had a presence in the Santa Clarita Valley for more than 25 years, but two of the four local stores will be closing on or around Feb. 20, said an Albertsons spokeswoman on Wednesday. The Albertsons on The Old Road in Valencia and on Soledad Canyon Road in...

[KHTS] – An 18-year-old skateboarder was struck and killed late Tuesday afternoon near Valencia Boulevard and The Old Road. The victim has been identified as Albert Castro of Castaic, coroner and CHP officials confirmed Wednesday. Castro was pronounced dead at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital...

Tom Miller [KHTS] – As of December, Westfield Valencia Town Center is under new management. Tom Miller replaced Raj Chandani as general manager. Chandani left in November to take a position in Carlsbad, said Stacie House, spokeswoman for Westfield Valencia. As a Hart High School graduate, Miller...

[KHTS] – A Valencia woman was killed in a motorcycle collision on the Interstate 405 near Roscoe Boulevard on Monday at about 8:45 p.m., officials with the California Highway Patrol West Valley Area Office said Tuesday. Sharry K. Friel, 50, was traveling northbound on I-405 when her 2009 Yamaha...

[KHTS] – The Congressional Art Competition, organized locally by the office of Congressman Buck McKeon, sponsored by KHTS AM-1220 and hosted by FastFrame Valencia, is coming in April. Every year, high school students from each congressional district across the United States submit two-dimensional...

Helen Hunt Jackson [KHTS] – Rancho Camulos, the  setting of Helen Hunt Jackson’s novel “Ramona” – just 10 miles west of Valencia on Highway 126 – will host a reenactment of Jackson’s 1882 visit to the Ranch on Saturday, Jan. 25. Docents of the Rancho Camulos museum will perform...

[KHTS] – In an effort to promote local authors and their work, the Friends of Santa Clarita Public Library are hosting their inaugural “Celebration of Local Authors” event on Saturday, Jan. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jo Anne Darcy Canyon Country Library. The free event will feature...

[KHTS] – A proposal by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to remove 118 billboards in the Santa Clarita Valley in exchange for three digital billboards along Interstate 5 and State Route 14 will be going before the City Council, thanks to a recommendation by the Planning Commission on Tuesday. The...

[KHTS] – Representatives of HoneyBaked Ham confirmed on Wednesday that their Valencia location closed as of Jan. 1. HoneyBaked Ham had been in the Santa Clarita Valley for at least 20 years. The tenant of the Granary Square shopping center off of McBean Parkway was a popular local vendor of holiday...