The multinational Cemex corporation has let the City of Santa Clarita know it is starting work to update its required mining permits and plans to begin surface mining of aggregate in Soledad Canyon, on city-owned land. Thanks to two 10-year leases issued by the Federal Bureau of Land Management, Cemex...

Andrew G. Fried It would be understandable for anyone who has fought the long, hard fight to keep a massive sand and gravel mine out of Soledad Canyon to reflect upon the last-minute developments of the congressional session that ended just before the holidays, and come to a sobering conclusion: The...

Soledad Canyon mining area | Photo: SAFE Action for the Environment [KHTS] – With the 113th Congress failing to stop large-scale mining the Santa Clarita Valley, Cemex appears ready to start mining aggregates in Soledad Canyon. The Senate closed up shop for the holidays Tuesday night after a flurry...

I have satellite TV, and I was watching a program when a commercial for Florida oranges came on. Perfect timing, because I was sitting there eating a big, fat, juicy and delicious California navel orange. I’ve never figured out the allure of the orange things from Florida. How do they allow fruit with...

Santa Clarita needs your help! Senator Martin Heinrich has decided to undo 14 years of hard work to prevent mega-mining in Soledad Canyon. A bill sits on the Senate floor that is backed by Cemex and the City of Santa Clarita, at no cost to taxpayers, to prevent a mega-mine from being built on the edge...

Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico [KHTS] – A New Mexico senator who claims to be an advocate for environmental causes said Monday he opposes the Cemex bill — which would prevent a 56 million ton sand-and-gravel mine from opening in the Santa Clarita Valley — because it sets a “dangerous...

Happy Monday. More rain on the way. Just what we need. Keep doing the rain dance and maybe, just maybe, we can see our way out of the drought. Now this doesn’t mean you can turn your sprinkler timers back on already. Looks like all of those lawns will get watered this week a few times. Took a drive...

KHTS co-owner Carl Goldman The Santa Clarita Valley’s long-running fight to block a mega-mining project in Soledad Canyon comes down to one vote, and one day, and one man: a New Mexico Democrat who is blocking Senate passage of bipartisan legislation that would save the local environment – at...

After years of meetings in D.C. conference rooms, a seven-year partnership and about $12 million in effort, the Cemex bill — the city of Santa Clarita’s last hope for stopping a 56 million-ton sand-and-gravel mine from opening next door — is in jeopardy due to a New Mexico senator’s legislative...

[KHTS] – While the House’s passage of the Soledad Canyon Settlement Act, also known as H.R. 5472, was a big win for Santa Clarita and others opposed to SCV mining, those in support of the move aren’t yet in the clear. The next few days will be critical to the future of a bill to keep a massive...