Actor Paul Walker, who died in a fiery car crash Nov. 30 in Valencia, left his entire $25 million fortune to his daughter Meadow, according to the fan site TMZ.com, which said it obtained a copy of Walker’s will. Meadow is only 15. According to TMZ, Walker wished for his own mother, Cheryl, to...

UPDATE Saturday morning: Edison reports that power remains off for 77 customers near the Granary Square shopping center in Valencia. The estimated restoration time is noon.   UPDATE Friday night: Power was restored for most Newhall customers at about 9:30 p.m. According to Edison, 77 customers in...

Assemblyman Jeff Gorell Assemblyman Jeff Gorell submitted a proposed ballot measure to the state Attorney General’s office Friday that aims to stop California’s high-speed rail project in its nonexistent tracks. Gorell, R-Thousand Oaks, represented western portions of the Santa Clarita Valley...

Art students at West Ranch High School will be displaying and selling their works Sunday, Jan, 5., at the It’s a Grind coffee house in Castaic. A portion of the sale proceeds will benefit the high school art program. It’s a Grind is located at 29641 The Old Road. The exhibition runs from...

The union that represents more than 55,000 county employees said it has reached a tentative agreement with Los Angeles County following a six-day strike. The union was fighting for reduced caseloads and a retroactive 6-percent pay raise for its 3,600 social workers. The timing of any potential wage hike...

Hospital staff at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital are using their dance moves to help raise money for breast cancer research. Dr. Brian Ayuste has submitted a locally produced video (seen above) into a national contest in hopes to win $25,000 for the Avon Foundation. Online voting for the Pink Glove...

SCVTV’s weekly sports highlights program, “Inside Sports,” is moving to a new day on Santa Clarita’s only local television station. Starting Sept. 23, new episodes of “Inside Sports” will premier Mondays at 9 p.m. “We’ve made the change in our programming lineup so we can...

UPDATE 2:13 p.m.: Los Angeles County Fire Department officials declared the fire knocked down at 2:13 p.m. It was held to about one-quarter acre.   Original story: A brush fire has broken out about one-quarter mile east of Interstate 5 near the Templin Highway exit, in the vicinity of the Paradise...

UPDATE 9:30 p.m.: The right lane of northbound Interstate 5 in the fire area will remain closed overnight in case of flare-ups.   UPDATE 5:10 p.m.: Los Angeles County Fire Department officials say they are working with U.S. Forest Service firefighters and are making good progress with the fire. The...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will consider a motion Tuesday by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich to declare a portion of the parking lot behind the Santa Clarita Courthouse in Valencia “surplus to any present or foreseeable county need” so a low-cost spay-neuter clinic can use...