Supes OK $50M for juvenile justice reform
April 4, 2023 5:24 pm
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors formally authorized Tuesday a $50 million grant allocation from the state for the next fiscal year to fund the next steps in a plan
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Supermarkets promote merger benefits amid federal scrutiny
April 4, 2023 5:18 pm
Two national grocery store chains, Albertsons and Kroger, shared announcements about their pending merger Tuesday, promising no store closures or “frontline” layoffs in a statement from store officials. It’s unclear
Couple busted on suspicion of possession, again, after Canyon Country traffic stop
April 4, 2023 10:45 am
Detectives with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Juvenile Intervention Team, or J-Team, which investigates drug crimes, arrested two suspects believed to be selling narcotics out of a storage unit
Lawsuit over Gascón recall petition heads back to court
April 3, 2023 5:00 pm
The lawsuit over a recall petition aimed at unseating District Attorney George Gascón is heading back to court Thursday in an ongoing dispute about the validity of the petition’s signatures.
Solis backtracks on immediate plans to ‘decarcerate’
April 3, 2023 11:56 am
An L.A. County supervisor’s plan to “depopulate and decarcerate” county jails by bringing back the emergency COVID-19 bail schedule and expanding the county’s “cite-and-release” policies was swiftly scuttled after it
Hart district students enjoy ‘game-changing’ tech at Henry Mayo
March 31, 2023 9:35 pm
The local students delicately pinched their fingers, deftly manipulated their wrists and gently worked the pedals, not unlike having a turn on the most expensive digital game they’ve ever touched.
Man faces 16 years to life for murder of friend
March 31, 2023 1:56 pm
A Pacoima man is facing 16 years to life in prison Monday at his sentencing hearing for a 2019 stabbing murder he committed outside a friend’s house. David Figueroa decided
City OK’s $14M contract for hydrogen, with notes
March 31, 2023 1:41 pm
The city of Santa Clarita approved this week an approximately $14 million contract with Trillium for the design and construction of a hydrogen-fueling facility for its transit fleet. The unanimous
Jury convicts Canyon Country man of attempted murder
March 30, 2023 4:39 pm
A Santa Clarita Valley man is facing up to 17 years, 4 months in prison after a jury convicted him of six counts, including two counts of attempted murder, for
Southbound I-5 lane closures could be in place for a while
March 30, 2023 3:50 pm
Drivers heading back and forth through the Grapevine will now have to deal with another potential delay after what a Caltrans official Thursday described as a “historic amount of rainfall”
Valencia resident announces run for DA’s office
March 28, 2023 5:43 pm
Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, a Valencia resident who’s led a number of successful high-profile prosecutions in his 17 years with the office, announced his candidacy for his boss’s job
CHP pursuit ends in AV after suspect jumps from car
March 28, 2023 3:33 pm
A man who crashed a red Toyota Corolla on Interstate 5 Tuesday, then stole the California Highway Patrol officer’s vehicle that responded and led officers on a pursuit before jumping
Deputies seek answers in ‘swatting’ call
March 27, 2023 7:21 pm
At 1:30 p.m. Friday, L.A. County Fire Department personnel were “staging” on Centurion Way, ready to find and treat any patients connected to the call that brought them to Saugus
City to look at $14M investment for ‘clean’ fleet
March 27, 2023 4:07 pm
In an effort to make sure the city complies with state energy mandates, Santa Clarita is looking to invest approximately $14 million for its renewable energy fleet at this week’s
SCV Water thanks customers as DWR announces big boost in deliveries
March 24, 2023 5:38 pm
The Department of Water Resources announced Friday a significant boost in the forecasted State Water Project deliveries this year due to continued winter storms in March and a massive Sierra
DA confirms murder charges against juvenile suspect
March 24, 2023 4:58 pm
The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office confirmed Friday the filing of charges at the Sylmar Juvenile Courthouse against an underage suspect for a double-murder that happened Saturday in Newhall.
LASD: Acton parolee arrested with gun outside courthouse
March 24, 2023 10:55 am
A man with a pending trial on an evading-arrest charge was taken into custody once again outside court in the San Fernando Valley by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies
Former SCV Man of the Year, Ed Bolden, dies at age 94
March 23, 2023 7:58 pm
A longtime community philanthropist, volunteer and influential pioneer in the development of the Santa Clarita Valley, Ed Bolden, died Wednesday. He was 94. One of the SCV’s first Man of
COC appoints board member for 4th District seat
March 22, 2023 10:42 pm
The College of the Canyons’ governing board Wednesday selected Jerry Danielsen to fill the seat vacated by the recent death of longtime 4th District Trustee Michele Jenkins. The board took
18-year-old pleads not guilty in double murder case
March 22, 2023 8:30 pm
DA’s office mum on second suspect, a juvenile One of two suspects arrested in connection with a double-fatal shooting in Newhall on Saturday has pleaded not guilty to two murder