Six weapons and other items were stolen late Monday afternoon out of a CHP officer’s car, which was parked in a public parking lot in the Santa Clarita Valley. It should be noted that all of the following information is preliminary. Officer Gomez, spokesman for the CHP’s Southern Division,...

Click to enlarge Another dead bird and another “positive” mosquito sample bring to six the number of West Nile virus findings in the Santa Clarita Valley so far this summer. The virus, for which there is no cure, has infected more than two dozen people in Los Angeles County, at least one of whom...

Before… The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider clearing the way Tuesday for the Disney|ABC Studios at the Ranch development in Placerita Canyon. Envisioned are 12 new sound stages (555,950 square feet of indoor studio space) on a 58-acre portion of the 890-acre Disney Golden...

Santa Clarita’s unemployment rate stood at 6.6 percent in July, a 0.7-point improvement over the same period last year. It was the second consecutive month of increase after dipping to 5.6 percent in May. It’s a typical summertime phenomenon as educators file for unemployment benefits while...

Two of the four birds identified with West Nile virus across Los Angeles County over the past week were found in Valencia – bringing to four the number of WNV-positive findings in the Santa Clarita Valley so far in 2013. West Nile virus has been creeping up from areas to the south of the SCV, as has...

Tejon Ranch Co. posted higher profits for the three and six months ending June 30 compared to the year-ago periods, driven in part by higher almond prices and the return of the company’s hunting program, which had been suspended in 2012. The owner of vast swaths of farmland stretching from just...

Two more rabid bats turned up in the Santa Clarita Valley in late July and early August, bringing the SCV’s total for the year thus far to 7. Eighteen have been identified throughout Los Angeles County during 2013, so the SCV has seen 39 percent of all rabid bats to date – despite having...

Single-family and condominium sales prices hit levels in June that the Santa Clarita Valley hasn’t seen since the beginning of the recession in the fall of 2008. June’s median single-family home price of $430,000 matched October 2008 and reflected nearly a 20 percent improvement over last...

Clare Storey, animal shelter volunteer | File photo Construction of a new spay-neuter clinic and a new administration building at the Castaic Animal Shelter will cost $1 million more than previously thought, thanks to the instability of the soil. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a...

A power plant at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill turns methane gas into electricity for the cities of Burbank and Pasadena. Waste Connections Inc., owner of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Val Verde, with operations in 31 states, posted second-quarter net profits Tuesday of $44.0 million (35 cents a share),...