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The Santa Clarita Century bicycling event returns next month with a fourth, shorter event for newcomers to the sport.

Thursday, March 4, 2010 courtesy photo Student Council members Brandon Ingalls, left, Amanda Whitten and Kelsey Hannon were among those who helped Acton Elementary School celebrate its 100th day of the current school year last week.

Richard Glasser, an independent film veteran and founder of the International Film Office, died Feb.

Congressman Adam Schiff and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich aren't satisfied with the US Forest Service's generally positive internal review of its own performance in battling the first stages of last summer's devastating Station Fire.

A storm is expected to move into the Southland Friday night, threatening heavy downpours, waterspouts, flash flooding and burn area mudslides.

A light storm will move into the Southland Wednesday, but a much more powerful system will arrive Friday.

Karineh Mangassarian leaves her home with belongings on Manistee St. in La Canada Flintridge as rain began to fall once again.

Valencia .22 inches as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday Contributed by Dennis O'Neill Castaic 0.90 inches as of 4 p.m. Tuesday Contributed by Jack Infranca Valencia 1.49 inches as of 7 a.m. Sunday Contributed by Allen Hohnroth We thank our contributors and invite others to send their rainfall reports to citydesk@the-signal.com. Include the time period recorded ...

Southern California braces for another nasty storm, and more flooding and mudslides are feared, especially in communities still cleaning up after the destruction over the weekend.

Residents returned home Wednesday morning after the mandatory evacuation order was lifted for 541 homes in Los Angeles County.

Authorities this morning ordered the evacuation of 39 homes in Acton as a winter storm prepared to dump rain on the Santa Clarita Valley today.

Los Angeles County authorities have ordered mandatory evacuations for more than 500 homes in mudslide-prone foothill neighborhoods as a new storm approaches.

Los Angeles County officials ordered mandatory evacuations for 541 homes in the Station Fire burn area in preparation for a new storm set to roll into Southern California today and Wednesday.

Most evacuations in the Southern California foothills have been called off as an evening round of rains proved far milder than the fierce morning showers that brought mudslides and destroyed homes.

You report The following rainfall totals were reported Saturday by our readers. * Valencia .93 inches as of 4 p.m. Saturday Contributed by Dennis O'Neill * Castaic .70 as of 4 p.m. Saturday Contributed by Jack Infranca * Saugus 1 inch as of 4 p.m. Saturday Contributed by Joy Williamson * Circle J Estates 1.5 inches as of noon Saturday Contributed ...

Thunderous mudslides swept away cars and pushed furniture out of homes and into the streets in the foothills north of Los Angeles Saturday as an intense winter storm brought down hillsides in wildfire burn areas.

Seven county roads remained closed today due to erosion, flooding, or debris, according to the Department of Public Works.

A new storm was forecast to dump rain on Southern California Tuesday and Wednesday, but the system was not expected to pose a significant threat to hillside areas saturated by last week's torrential downpours.

Evacuees from foothill neighborhoods returned home in droves on Friday and airborne firefighters staged a dramatic rescue of a dog that was trapped in the rushing Los Angeles River as a series of storms left parts of the region drenched, battered by hail and blanketed by snow.

A pole carrying a high-voltage wire fell down Saturday catching a dump truck on fire and halting power to a mobile home park near Aliso Canyon Road in Acton, a fire official said.