Hyatt workers and their allies have launched a global boycott of Hyatt Hotels, including the Hyatt Regency Valencia, for what they describe as years of struggle for basic worker rights. “Hyatt Hotels has quite purposefully chosen to position itself as the major hotel company that is driving conditions...

Photos by Mark Archuleta A morning joint operation between Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics and Aero Bureaus, and the U.S. Forest Service ended with two arrests, and the seizure of 6,448 marijuana plants, three pounds of finished product and two firearms from the Whitney Canyon area,...

The Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller has invoiced the city of Santa Clarita’s “successor agency” to its former redevelopment agency for $543,415.89, representing excess revenues the agency received during the 2011-12 fiscal year. City Redevelopment Manager Arminé Chaparyan said...

While 25th District Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon rode down Lyons Avenue in an army jeep for the City of Santa Clarita July 4th Parade, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was preparing to publish its report on “How Countrywide Used its VIP Loan Program...

From near and not too far our country’s birthday will be celebrated with runs, classic cars, parades and a chili cookoff. Closest to home the City of Santa Clarita will begin the July 4th celebration early with the 30th Annual Independence Day Classic. The 10K Run begins at 7:00 a.m. followed by the...

Bob Haueter Alissa McCurley, spokesperson for 25th District Congressman Howard “Buck” McKeon, issued the following statement regarding the departure of District Director Bob Haueter: “Bob Haueter has decided to pursue other opportunities.  Bob has been an integral part of Congressman McKeon’s...

The Santa Clarita Valley Leadership Awards is now accepting nominations for their inaugural event designed to recognize top-performing businesses and individuals throughout the Santa Clarita Valley. “We were trying to figure out a way to reach businesses that we don’t typically reach to acknowledge...

At Tuesday night’s meeting the Santa Clarita City Council gave a unanimous vote of support for the “Bay Delta Conservation Plan” (BDCP). In case you’re not familiar with it, the California Delta is an expansive inland river delta and estuary in Northern California which supplies an ever...

Double-stabbing suspect Raymundo Soto has pleaded innocent to four counts including the attempted murder of Daniel Muir in his Canyon Country home on Jan. 29. Muir said he’d returned to his home on Loretta Lane after a year’s absence to find his wife living with the 35-year-old Soto. Muir suffered...

A man and his dog were both found deceased in a car around 4 p.m. Sunday afternoon in the 25000 block of Silver Aspen Way near The Old Road. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials the bodies were discovered by a civilian and then reported to deputies. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s...