President Barack Obama signed H.R. 3641 into law Thursday, elevating Pinnacles from a national monument to a national park. Pinnacles National Park is located in the chaparral-covered Gabilan Mountains, east of central California’s Salinas Valley. It derives its name from its rock spires and crags...

Small businesses in 30 of California’s 58 counties, including Ventura and Los Angeles, may be eligible for federal disaster relief if they do business with farmers. In December the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared six California counties (Amador, Merced, San Luis Obispo, Sonoma, Ventura...

A snow advisory is in effect for Interstate 5 over the Grapevine north of Gorman, creating hazardous driving conditions. Accumulations of 1 to 3 inches of snow are expected above 3,000 feet through the Grapevine pass, and 4 to 6 inches in mountain areas above 5,000 feet. The National Weather Service...

Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s deputies are scouring the Jake’s Way area (Friday, 4:50 p.m.) for a would-be burglar. According to the sheriff’s crime broadcast, a woman in the 27300 block of Dovehouse Street in Canyon Country was startled by a loud “thud” at her door. She was in...

The Michael’s arts and crafts store in the Valencia Marketplace was robbed at gunpoint late Saturday night. Deputy Hawkins of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station said two 20-year-old Hispanic men were armed with a silver revolver and got away with $800 in cash at 11:13 p.m. The store’s...

A foreclosure sale is scheduled for Jan. 8 in Pomona to auction off the Santa Clarita Athletic Club property at 24640 Wiley Canyon Road in Newhall. According to trustee Chicago Title Co., the business is in default on a 2004 loan secured by a deed of trust to the real property, buildings and accounts,...

The wind has died down, but Southland deserts and valley regions are in for another round of sub-freezing temperatures, according to the latest advisory from the National Weather Service. Thermometers should drop as low as 28 to 32 degrees across wind-sheltered regions of the Santa Clarita Valley late...

Broadcast television students from the Santa Clarita Valley are among the best in the U.S., and they proved it again this week when they learned they’d won multiple awards in an annual, nationwide competition. Three Santa Clarita Valley schools won awards and a fourth earned an honorable mention...

The American Legion Riders Chapter 507 are selling lapel pins to support Post 507’s events for military veterans. The pins measure 1 inch by 1 inch and cost $5 each. They can be purchased through the 507 Riders’ website, http://alr507.org, or by e-mail, pins@alr507.org. Perons who order 25...

SCVTV is making several changes to its web presence. The local media organization has consolidated its two main Facebook pages into one, making the combined page (Facebook.com/scvtv) the largest local news-oriented social media page in terms of audience size and interaction. The content previously delivered...