Update: 5:50 p.m.: Fire is 575 acres and is 20% contained. Update: 4:45 p.m.: Evacuation orders have been lifted for homes along Elk Ridge Road and Vista Point Place. Residents may return to their homes. Update: 4:30 p.m.: Fire is 0% contained. Update: 4:27 p.m.: The fire has grown to 350 acres. Evacuations are complete, Elk Ridge Road and [...]

This weekend marked the end and the beginning of a journey for several high school students. The end of this year’s Nissan of Valencia Car Giveaway was signaled by a semiprivate ceremony in the dealership’s lobby, where each winner received their prize.

Thousands put their personal endurance to the test Sunday in Castaic, moving through the Merrell Down & Dirty Mud Run.

A new fire station now has dedication plaques following a Friday morning celebration.

Four waves of cyclists poured into and out of the Valencia Town Center on Saturday.

The Cougar News team aired its second live broadcast of the Spring 2013 semester on Mar 13, 2013.

Light rain fell over Newhall Tuesday night as locals from across Santa Clarita celebrated the opening of a new clothing boutique.

Bang. Crash. Boom.

Those are the three sounds that resonated Wednesday from the location of one of the oldest campus buildings at College of the Canyons, as the college began the demolition phase of the replacement plan for the campus’ Administration and Records building.

Warning chimes sounded and the crowd roared at a railroad crossing Sunday night as a thoroughly decorated train pulled into the Jan Heidt Metrolink station.

Oscar Rogel, Jessica Pineda and the Cougar News Team have the latest local and campus news stories.