Forget a tree hugger. How about a tree sitter? Activist John Quigley, famous for his 71 day sit-in protest amidst threats of the demolition of the Old Glory Oak Tree revisited the tree on the 20th anniversary of its rescue.  Quigley and other environmental activists and city officials gathered at Pico Canyon Park in Samta Clarita to celebrate the 20 ...

On Wednesday workers from the classified staff in the William S. Hart Union High School District rallied in front of the district building to advocate for higher wages and equal benefits, bringing their protest into the board meeting.  Classified staff include workers who are not teachers, including teacher aides, instruction aides, bus drivers, custodians, campus supervisors, special education aids and ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, has called for protesters to “immediately cease your operations” after hundreds of rioters have charged the United States Capitol on Wednesday, locking the building down. In response to the discussion Wednesday for Congress to ratify the Electoral College vote for President-Elect Joe Biden, hundreds of pro-Trump protesters have gathered in front of the Capitol, with ...

Dozens of people gathered on the corner of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway in Valencia Sunday to protest the results of a grand jury in relation to the case of the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Sunday afternoon, dozens of people gathered on the corner of one of the major intersections in Santa Clarita, the same corner that has become ...

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants collectively decided not to play Wednesday night’s game to join in the wave of athletes protesting social injustice in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A number of protests from some of America’s top athletes broke out following the decision by Milwaukee Bucks to not take the ...

Protests with the Black Lives Matter movement continued in Santa Clarita with a “Skate for Peace” protest Saturday afternoon.  Dozens gathered at the In-N-Out parking lot on Bouquet Canyon Road, signs in hand, to skate to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  “Everyone out here is skating to bring peace to our community,” said Roman Ward, organizer of Saturday’s protest. ...

Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth is expected to propose a roundtable to promote community discussion during the City Council meeting Tuesday after over a week of protests in the Santa Clarita Valley. Smyth is restarting a previously-active City of Santa Clarita “Human Relations Task Force” from over 20 years ago, which is expected to be changed to a new name, ...

The Black Lives Matter protests that have been held for over a week in Santa Clarita moved to Canyon Country Monday in an effort to reach residents on the east side of the valley. For over a week, demonstrators have lined the sidewalks and street corners of Valencia protesting the death of George Floyd, calling for justice and reforms. On ...

Last Friday, one woman stood alone on the corner of McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard in Valencia to join protests across the country due to the wrongful death of George Floyd in police custody. https://www.facebook.com/khtsradio/videos/892927257783735/   This Friday afternoon, hundreds of people marched down the sidewalks of Valencia Boulevard to protest in front of Santa Clarita City Hall for the ...

The National Guard is back in Santa Clarita Friday in response to an additional planned protest expected to take place in Valencia, officials said. A smaller protest is expected to take place Friday around 12 p.m. near Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway following the death of George Floyd, according to officials. Although the protests that occurred Thursday in the same ...