Castaic News

Trout: The local mountain waters are seeing good action at Big Bear Lake, Green Valley Lake, Lake Gregory, and Lake Hemet all worth fishing.

Fish in many freshwater lakes and reservoirs tested in Southern California have highly elevated levels of mercury and some fish also have high levels of PCBs , according to a report issued by the State Water Resources Control Board in May.

Bristol Farms and the Bridgeport Marketplace added a new tradition Saturday to Santa Clarita Valley Independence Day celebrations - a new tradition with an old-fashioned twist.

Here we go again. Another potential Castaic high school site bit the dust recently as Hart district Superintendent Jaime Castellanos surrendered to the futility of trying to convince Newhall Land executives and Valencia Commerce Center property owners to change their minds.

Los Angeles County park officials say they will close beaches at three lakes this summer because of budget cuts.

Closure of northbound lanes of Interstate 5 due to a wildlands fire forest land north of Castaic backed up traffic for miles during rush hour today, according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department public information officer.

A brush fire has erupted off Interstate 5 near Castaic in Angeles National Forest.

After threatening to close a County Jail on Wednesday if he is forced to make an additional $25 million in cuts to his $2.5-billion budget, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca agreed today to delay making such a move until September, after a testy exchange with county supervisors.

Redmond O'Neal , who is currently serving a jail sentence for violating his probation on drug charge, will be able to attend mom Farrah Fawcett 's funeral today, says his lawyer.

The American Radio Relay League. ARRL is the Amateur Radio operations like the Auto Club is to motorists.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says he will close one of five county jails next week if he has to cut his budget.

Following the Board of Supervisors' approval of a $22.7 billion budget earlier this week, Sheriff Lee Baca on Friday said the loss of nearly $79 million in revenues could force him to close 1,600 jail beds at the Pitchess Detention Center North Facility in Castaic and redeploy 187 personnel to other duties.

Drive out Highway 126 from Castaic Junction to the Pacific Ocean and take a good look at the orange and lemon groves, strawberry patches, flower factories, palm forests and avocado jungles that line the Santa Clara River.

Chuck and Lisa Summers of Castaic are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Summers to Matt Jacobs of Anaheim.

When you keep hitting "bumps" in the road, eventually you'll get to a point where you have to ask, "Is it the road's fault or the driver's?" We have arrived at that point with the William S. Hart Union High School District in its fruitless, nearly decade-long search for a site upon which to build a high school in Castaic.

Tonight marks the second of two community meetings that will disseminate the findings of the community-commissioned and county-funded Initial Feasibility Analysis for incorporation of communities in the northwest Santa Clarita Valley.

According to westside residents, Tuesday's governance meeting didn't live up to expectations.

Los Angeles County firefighters have started a controlled burn near the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic as part of a training exercise, a fire department spokeswoman said.

Plambeck belongs on the MRF committee Establishing a committee to recommend sites for a Materials Recovery Facility , doesn't seem like a controversial issue, but it has certainly turned out that way.

A vote on whether to annex new homes from an area of Castaic into the district is on the agenda for a Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District meeting today.