The Los Angeles County Health Officer is again issuing a Cold Weather Alert due to the National Weather Service’s forecast for low temperatures in Southern California through Thursday. Wind chill temperatures are expected to be below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Affected areas include: * Santa Clarita...

Washington, DC – U.S. Rep Katie Hill (D-Agua Dulce) has introduced “The Shutdown Fairness Act,” H.R. 1117, a bill to clarify that federal employees forced to work without pay during government shutdowns are eligible for earned unemployment benefits. These benefits effectively operate as...

PASADENA – A new space mission announced by NASA on Wednesday will allow astronomers to study the universe like they never have before, gathering data on more than 300 million galaxies and more than 100 million stars in the Milky Way. Designed to explore the origin of the universe, the Spectro-Photometer...

California 36th District Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, has lauded Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to kill most of the state’s high-speed rail project, including the section that would have affected Acton and Sand Canyon in the Santa Clarita Valley. “After listening to the heartfelt...

By Helen Christofi SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Bay Area free-speech group sued California’s attorney general and justice department Thursday over the refusal to disclose records on police misconduct under a new police transparency law. According to the complaint filed in San Francisco Superior...

More rain turned into more traffic collisions, mudslides, debris flows and flooding for the Santa Clarita Valley Thursday morning. A big rig and a car collided in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Magic Mountain Parkway shortly before 8:40 a.m. but it was one of at least half a dozen traffic...

With more storms in the forecast, the city of Santa Clarita wants to make sure residents know how to prepare for heavy rainfall and where to seek assistance. More than 3 inches of rain have already drenched Southern California this month and more is underway as the National Weather Services warns of...

More than 75 students in the Newhall School District are homeless, according to an eye-opening presentation the district’s board and administrators received Wednesday night from their Student Support Services Department. “I’ve been here for a year and a half, and we’re now bringing forward all...

By Martin Macias, Jr. LOS ANGELES (CN) – Women who said former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall sexually abused them settled their claims for $215 million, ushering in an era of wide-ranging reforms at the university. In a federal class-action lawsuit filed in May 2018,...

SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wilk, (R-Santa Clarita), introduced Senate Bill 219 (SB 219), legislation that will create a pilot program for foster youth to receive grants for extracurricular and enrichment activities. “California ranks 36th in the nation among states in overall child well-being....