Smokers of meat suspected in Newhall smoke sightings

Meat “smokers” are believed responsible for heavy smoke seen rising near Highway 14 and Newhall Avenue, scrambling firefighting crews in response twice in the past two days. Firefighters from both

Armed transient sentenced to 90 days in jail

A transient has been sentenced to 90 days in Jail after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of exhibiting a deadly weapon, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County

A shift in SCV attitude about water

Having emerged from at least four years of drought, one in every four Santa Clarita Valley residents has changed their landscaping ways In a recent study undertaken by the Castaic

UPDATE: Girl struck, killed by car Monday night

A 9-year-old girl was struck and killed by a car Monday evening after she stepped into traffic near the intersection of Orchard Village and Wiley Canyon roads in Newhall, according

FEMA expected to address Sand Fire costs

Reimbursement for the multi-million cost of this summer’s Sand Fire by FEMA – Federal Emergency Management Agency – is expected to be a topic of much discussion over the next

Student arrested for allegedly bringing ammo to school

An 18-year-old student was arrested Thursday on suspicion of bringing ammunition to school. Christopher Cox, of Canyon Country, was arrested by a Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station detective shortly after

Salinas family searches SCV for missing son

A mother came to the Santa Clarita Valley Friday looking for her son. Josefina Gellogos traveled Friday from Salinas where she lives.  It’s the third sad trip she’s made to

One person hurt in early morning crash

One person was injured and taken to the hospital early Thursday morning following a single vehicle crash on Highway 14 near Sand Canyon Road. The traffic collision happened about 1:50

5 big rigs burn in 2 fiery crashes near Lebec

Two early morning multi-truck fiery crashes at the Kern County line – one involving two big rigs, the other three big rigs – ended with all five trucks destroyed. At

Shaved mailbox keys seized in arrest

On the heels of news this month of mailboxes being pilfered, mail stolen, mailboxes broken into and mail dumped into bags by identity thieves, now there’s a skeleton key of