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SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country,  - Ridership on Santa Clarita Transit grew in January, for the second month in a row, city officials said Tuesday.

Ridership on the city's commuter lines is up 39.8 percent and local fixed routes have seen a 22.8 percent and over January 2000, studies show. The ``Dial A Ride'' service is up 11.2 percent.

Santa Clarita Transit offers express bus service on nine routes that travel to and from downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or , the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley

Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills.
, Century City/Westwood and the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
.

In December, local ridership grew by 30 percent over December 1999.

- Daily News

County weighing solar requirement

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
  • District 1: Gloria Molina, Democrat
 voted unanimously Tuesday to explore requiring solar power in new home developments, spurred by the threat of rolling blackouts.

Almost 40,000 new homes are slated to be built in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. , and all will draw on California's shaky power grid.

``We need to explore any possible solution,'' said Cam Currier, a spokesman for 5th District Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San , who introduced the resolution.

The county's Planning Department and the Department of Public Works public works
pl.n.
Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public.

Noun 1.
 are scheduled to report to the board in two weeks about the feasibility of requiring solar technology and amending the building code.

Area developers and home builders endorsed the board's action, but warned the technology is still very expensive.

For the first time in over a month Tuesday, California was not on the brink of rolling blackouts.

- Daily News

Residents favor Riverbend Park

SANTA CLARITA - Residents want a waterfall or a stream at a new Canyon Country park, but not a playground, city officials said.

About 75 residents also told city officials they want to see the 25-acre park at the end of Canyon View Drive named Riverbend Park rather than its working title, Discovery Park, according to according to
prep.
1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 comments from a recent public hearing.

The city's Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Service will take the residents' suggestions, made earlier this month, into consideration while making final decisions.

The city has received a $750,000 grant to begin building the park and is seeking another $2 million to $3 million to complete it.

- Daily News

Open space taxes topic of meeting

SANTA CLARITA - The city will propose floating a bond and setting up an open space assessment district at a public meeting March 8.

City officials want to hear residents' opinions on open space and the methods to be used to purchase and preserve it.

The forum is from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in City Hall Council Chambers.

The City Council has made open space a high priority in the last year, setting aside $1 million for the purchase of Whitney Canyon.

- Daily News
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