Rep. Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, used Thursday’s congressional Oversight and Reform Committee hearings to speak on a number of issues related to veterans, including suicide, VA wait times and how military families face exposure to harmful chemicals. The committee’s first hearing was an Environment...

Professionals in the industries of journalism, film, sound arts and animation will head to College of the Canyons Saturday to interact and network with local students during Media Day. COC, Canyon and West Ranch high schools have once again partnered to bring media industry professionals to campus for...

As the two sides continue attempting to work out an agreement, College of the Canyons and members of the college’s faculty association participated in their third mediation meeting on Wednesday. The mediation meetings between the two sides are confidential, but the faculty’s lead negotiator Garrett...

When Stephanie and Luis Estrada stepped into their yard around 8 p.m. Monday night, the couple spotted cracks in a few bricks lining their home. By 7 a.m. the next morning, the couple noticed their land was sliding, bricks were falling, and walls, fences and trees were splitting with no apparent explanation. “I...

Rep. Katie Hill, D-Agua Dulce, announced Thursday she will join fellow legislators on the Freshmen Working Group on Addiction, a bipartisan effort to promote policies that attempt to end the nation’s addiction crisis. Started by Rep. David Trone, D-Maryland, the group is composed of 36 members from...

Recently elected Assemblywoman Christy Smith (D-Santa Clarita) will hold a community swearing-in ceremony and her first local town hall meeting at Oak Hills Elementary School in Valencia beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. The ceremony will include remarks by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) and...

Congress passed a funding bill Thursday to prevent another government shutdown, which includes $1.375 billion in funding that will be used to support 55 miles of border barrier. The bill was passed with bipartisan support as politicians from both sides of the aisle broke with party ranks to make the...

Gov. Gavin Newsom used his first State of the State speech Tuesday to announce some sweeping changes that he intends to implement in the coming year, including some issues that directly affect the Santa Clarita Valley, such as the state’s high-speed rail project and the proposed Sacramento-San Joaquin...

Former Rep. Steve Knight declared Tuesday that he will not run for election in the 2020 campaign season, but acknowledged that future events could change his decision. “It’s difficult but I had to make this decision — especially for 2020,” Knight said on a phone call Tuesday. “Beyond that I...