In an answer filed in federal court Thursday, attorneys for Los Angeles County denied any liability or wrongdoing in the death of Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores. Flores, a 20-year veteran
The city of Santa Clarita announced Thursday that Capt. Brandon Barclay, who has been serving in the role in an acting capacity since April, is replacing Cmdr. Justin Diez on
A Homicide Bureau official confirmed Thursday a person found dead Wednesday on Sierra Highway is being investigated as a suspected suicide. Medical examiners identified the decedent as Jose Aparicio Cordova,
Santa Clarita Mayor Bill Miranda has called for a controversial Main Street condo plan to head back to the Planning Commission, after city staff said the plan was going to
A local environmentalist group Tuesday announced its appeal of the Department of Regional Planning’s approval of more than 500 homes in the unincorporated west side of the Santa Clarita Valley.
Deputy Richard Wyatt testified that he remembered hearing his partner telling somebody to drop a knife, before he saw Carl Wayne Pruett emerge from behind some bushes swinging a large
A Santa Clarita man charged with four counts of sexually assaulting two underage female relatives was denied bail Friday. Victor Alvarez, 31, of Canyon Country, remained in custody Wednesday at
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials Wednesday confirmed a dead body was found on Sierra Highway, about 1 mile south of Needham Ranch Parkway, in Newhall. L.A. County Fire Department
Canyon Country residents might have gotten an early taste of what’s to come early Wednesday morning with Public Safety Power Shutoffs in the forecast to go along with wind gusts
Los Angeles County officials Tuesday announced the first progress on a yearslong multimillion-dollar effort to restore Bouquet Canyon Creek, a watershed eyed as being in need of work since a
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued orders Monday for two witnesses to testify in a Newhall double-murder case, under threat of arrest, seeking information families have waited on
A federal judge Friday denied a Santa Clarita man’s last chance to avoid federal custody for a misdemeanor conviction, rejecting a motion to dismiss his conviction. The ruling puts the
A former assemblyman and longtime local philanthropist, Hank Arklin, died Aug. 1. He was 97. Arklin was born July 17, 1928, in Albany, California, north of Berkeley. Arklin was a
Perry Smith A Newhall man pleaded no contest to allegations he was one of three suspects in the shooting of a Los Angeles Police Department officer at his Valencia home
Recent changes to the state’s conflict-of-interest law for politicians and two recent recusals prompted questions on what’s in place to keep pay-to-play from creeping into Santa Clarita policy-making and who’s
A Newhall man pleaded no contest to allegations he was one of three suspects in the shooting of a Los Angeles Police Department officer at his Valencia home after an
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is completely rethinking care for patients experiencing mental health crises, officials confirmed this week, leaving service providers excited for a service one expert called “historic.” An
Santa Clarita City Councilwoman Marsha McLean said she was wearing “the biggest smile” after the state’s Historical Resources Commission made things official Friday: “La Puerta” is now officially a Point
A 43-year-old former California Highway Patrol officer charged wtih 10 counts, including criminal threats and possession of assault weapons, pleaded not guilty on July 30. Brian Timothy Powers, of Castaic,
The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office leveled a handful of charges at a Los Angeles woman arrested by officers with the California Highway Patrol’s Newhall-area Office following a brief July
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