The Board of Supervisors approved plans Tuesday for the hotly contested development of a Taco Bell restaurant in Acton – sans drive-through window. The issue previously came before the board in November following Regional Planning Commission approval in September. Many Actonites were infuriated...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved the Sulphur Springs School District’s request to move to even voting years for board members beginning in 2018. “Over the past few years, the district has been evaluating options to increase voter participation and to reduce potential...

The Los Angeles County Fire Department and County Health Hazardous materials crews are responding to a report of a a liquid found in Valencia. About a gallon of unknown liquid was found in the gutter near Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road around 6 p.m., said Supervisor Michael Pittman with...

The parents of a man killed in a deputy-involved shooting in Canyon Country have filed a civil rights lawsuit against the county of Los Angeles and the Sheriff’s Department. (Scroll down to read complaint) Plaintiffs Miguel Hernandez and Anna Hernandez allege that the unidentified deputy sheriff who...

The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake near Pico Canyon Park in Stevenson Ranch around 2:21 p.m. Friday. The earthquake was reportedly measured at a 3.3-magnitude. This is the fourth small earthquake at or above a 2.5-magnitude in the vicinity since March 30. March 30 there was a...

Santa Clarita City Council members voted to renew a five-year contract with the current company that runs the local libraries for the public library services in the community. In a 4-1 vote, with Councilmember TimBen Boydston being the lone “nay,” council members voted to approve the $18,719,036...

Despite protests by a developer, Santa Clarita City Council members unanimously agreed to move forward with annexation of West Creek and West Hills. City Council members conducted a public hearing Tuesday evening during the meeting on the proposed annexation. The attorney that was in opposition of the...

A 7-year-old’s playtime with an old cell phone turned into disaster when he called 9-1-1, prompting the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station to encourage parents to have a conversation with their children. “A 7-year-old SCV boy was playing around with a cell phone that was not in service, but...

A petroleum fire in the hills of Fillmore is contained, a Ventura County Fire Department official said Friday. “There were two petroleum oil tankers that caught on fire,” said Heather Sumagaysay, public information officer for the VCFD. The fire spread to some nearby brush but was a “relatively...

A custody battle between a Santa Clarita foster family and a biological family over a 6-year-old girl wages on. The foster parents, Summer and Rusty Page, raised the foster child known as “Lexi” since she was 2 years old. Lexi was supposed to be relocated Sunday morning to family members in Utah...