The governing boards of the Hart High School District and College of the Canyons will meet side-by-side Sept. 19 for an update and discussion of three programs designed to improve college readiness and ease the transition from high school to COC. First on the agenda is the First Year Experience (FYE)...

The Hart Indians travel to Bakersfield tonight to take on the Ridgeview High School Wolf Pack. Due to air quality issues in Bakersfield, the games will have delayed starting times. The JV game will start no earlier than 6 p.m. The varsity game will immediately follow, starting at about 8:30 p.m.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein urged Gov. Jerry Brown Wednesday to sign Senate Bill 1186, which would provide certain protections to small businesses under California’s Americans with Disabilities Act. The text of Feinstein’s letter to Brown follows.   September...

UPDATE 6:07 p.m. Trained weather spotters and California Highway Patrol officers are reporting flash flooding from a thunderstorm in Pearblossom and Ctrystalaire (southeast of Pearblossom). Water, mud and rocks are strewn across Highway 138. The National Weather Service warns that travel across the Antelope...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a number of traffic regulations throughout the county Tuesday at the request of the Public Works Department, including two in the unincorporated Santa Clarita Valley community of Tesoro del Valle: * Adopt a traffic regulation order prohibiting...

Nissan of Valencia’s $99 down deal delivers for SCVTV’s Austin Dave, seen here with his brand-new Nissan Versa SV. He’s got easy payments (which we’re confident he can make, even on his SCVTV salary) – and plenty of room to lug around camera equipment, which is the important...

The Federal Communications Commission issued a report Tuesday saying that while progress has been made, some 19 million Americans – 6 percent of the population – still lack broadband Internet availability, defined as download speeds of 3MB per second or better. A detailed map of the nations shows...

Three hundred people from the local business community packed the Hyatt Valencia on Thursday for the 2012 Santa Clarita Valley Leadership Awards. It was an impressive turnout for a first-ever event, hosted by the SCV Chamber of Commerce, Valley Industry Association, SCV Economic Development Corp. and...

A power outage affecged as many as 583 customers in Castaic on Thursday afternoon, according to information from Southern California Edison. The unplanned outage was reported at 12:44 p.m. and Edison indicated it was restored around 3 p.m. – although some residents were reporting that the power...

The tragedy of heatstroke is 100 percent preventable, yet it continues to strike across the country. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department wants to remind parents and caregivers: “Where’s baby? Look before you lock.” According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,...