California Department of Transportation advises motorists that some lanes on Interstate 5 will be closed at night for construction north of Lake Hughes Road in northern Los Angeles County, beginning Sunday night, Aug. 6, and continuing until about Aug. 17 on Sunday nights through Thursday nights. The...

Poster for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Courtesy of Paramount Pictures. Written by Taya Zoormandan Everybody’s favorite anthropomorphic crime-fighting reptiles rise from the New York City sewers to the silver screen in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, the animated feature...

Spectrum announced Friday a donation of $10,000 to Single Mothers Outreach through the company’s national community philanthropic program, Spectrum Employee Community Grants. This is the second Spectrum Employee Community Grant awarded to Single Mothers Outreach, bringing the total donation to $15,000...

The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued a heat advisory for the Santa Clarita Valley Saturday through Sunday as high temperatures have been forecast. Heat advisories have also been issued Saturday through Sunday for the following locations: – Western Santa Monica Mountains Recreational...

Summer is here and we all know the weather won’t stop our pets from wanting to be outside at a dog park, backyard or one of the city of Santa Clarita’s open spaces. That also means sprinklers and hoses are often running more frequently. If excess water runs off a property, dog waste left on the...

Photo courtesy of The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester, New York. In the late 1990s, creators at Mattel decided it was time to make a Barbie doll devoted to the Deaf and hard-of-hearing community. Who better to advise the El Segundo-based toymaker than the staff at California State University,...

Surfrider Beach in Malibu. L.A. County courtesy photo. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the following Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters due to bacterial levels exceeding health standards when...

About 16.2 million Californians now have a REAL ID – an increase of 165,613 from the previous month – according to California Department of Motor Vehicles data. School bells will soon be ringing and there is much to do to get ready. Before all the shopping and lunch packing starts, head to your...

The California Department of Transportation announces the scheduled closures of on- and off-ramps and some adjoining street lanes along Interstate 210 between Sunland and Pasadena to upgrade curb ramps, install Accessible Pedestrian Signal systems and pedestrian countdown timers and re-stripe crosswalks...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond will host a Teacher Recruitment Summit at the California Department of Education in Sacramento Monday, Aug. 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., in State Board Room 1101. Thurmond and guests will address the media at 10:30 a.m. CDE headquarters is located...