The seven-week trial of a commercial driver charged with six counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter has ended in a hung jury and a mistrial declared in the case of 71-year-old
Since the Bureau of Land Management granted Cemex two 10-year back-to-back mining contracts, civic leaders, environmental groups and residents have been fighting to stop the mine from happening. The battle
After four years of investigation, wrangling and debate, a federal review board has reached a decision in Cemex’s appeal of the contract-canceling decision made by the Bureau of Land Management
A kidnapping suspect found hiding last year in an empty train car after a two-day search by police was ordered to stand trial this week. Stephen Merle Houk, 46, appeared
Two years ago, a spike in the number of pedestrian collisions prompted city officials to team up with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station to try and curb the trend.
Local sheriff’s deputies paid their respects Tuesday to a fellow deputy shot and killed in the line of duty four decades ago. On March 19, 1978, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s
County supervisors, citing a number of worrisome scientific studies, placed a 30-day ban on the use of glyphosate, a controversial herbicide used on county lands, until they figure out its
Several members of an L.A. County hazardous materials crew were dispatched to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital on Tuesday at noon for “an unknown smell.” At 12:04 p.m., more than a
Medical examiners with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office identified the motorcyclist killed Thursday in a motorcycle crash: James Birchfield, 57, of Saugus. Sarah Ardalani, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles
The fate of the commercial driver charged with six counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter is now in the hands of a jury. Lawyers wrapped up their arguments Friday in the
The drought is officially over, with water officials reporting reservoirs filling to capacity, including Castaic Lake and Lake Piru at 81 and 73 percent full, respectively. “Castaic Lake is 92
The fate of the commercial driver charged with six counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter is now in the hands of a jury. Lawyers wrapped up their arguments Friday in the
More than a half-dozen homeless people have been arrested, a few others issued citations, after a pair of operations aimed at removing “illegal campers.” On Friday, and then again on
Suspicion that a small brush fire near Canyon High School may have been purposely set prompted a brief search of the area by deputies Friday morning. “We were looking for
After six weeks of testimony and evidence presented at the trial of a commercial driver charged with six counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, the prosecution began delivering her closing arguments.
County supervisors squared off with the county sheriff Tuesday, telling the county’s top cop to stop pursuing his Truth and Reconciliation panel. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of
A 57-year-old man died Thursday evening after his motorcycle struck a curb and then hit a fire hydrant on a Saugus roadway. The crash happened at 6 p.m. near the
After six weeks of testimony and evidence presented by prosecutors in the case of a commercial driver charged with six counts of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, defense lawyers began arguing their
A 29-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman who stole from the lockers and parked cars of LA Fitness patrons across the Santa Clarita Valley were sentenced to two years in
A day trip to see flowers blooming in Lancaster was cut short for a group of friends after the SUV they were in lost control and flipped over on San
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