Car-shooting suspects held to answer
June 3, 2025 12:38 pm
A San Fernando Superior Court judge last week ordered a man to answer for four felony counts, including attempted murder, and special allegations for a Dec. 3 car-to-car shooting on
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Saugus nurse charged with Medicare fraud
June 2, 2025 7:47 pm
A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday alleged a licensed nurse living in Saugus committed health care fraud in Fresno County from June 2023 to February. Federal prosecutors in Sacramento alleged that
CHP issues hundreds of tickets over holiday weekend
June 2, 2025 7:40 pm
If it seemed as though there was a heavy law-enforcement presence on Santa Clarita Valley roads and highways over Memorial Day weekend, that wasn’t an illusion. A maximum enforcement period
Deputy gets 4 months for Lancaster altercation
June 2, 2025 12:50 pm
A Valencia man received a four-month prison sentence Monday in response to his federal conviction for using excessive force as a sheriff’s deputy responding to theft reported at a Lancaster
Search continues for missing paddleboarder at Castaic Lake
June 2, 2025 11:44 am
By Perry Smith and Maya Morales L.A. County Sheriff’s Department officials said they will be continuing their search of Castaic Lake on Tuesday for a man presumed to have drowned
Residents host Chiquita Canyon media event
May 30, 2025 7:23 pm
More than three dozen residents, upset by Chiquita Canyon Landfill’s repeated claims of progress amid their ongoing claims of health problems in lawsuits seeking compensation for the problems caused by
Deputies confirm operation to target illegal street vending
May 30, 2025 7:04 pm
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials Friday confirmed they conducted an operation Thursday evening that focused on illegal street vending, which was an issue raised by Castaic residents during a
Woman gets 10 years in crash that killed 3
May 29, 2025 5:05 pm
A San Fernando Superior Court judge sentenced a 20-year-old Redlands woman to state prison Wednesday as part of a negotiated plea deal for her conviction in a DUI crash that
Kirk attorney hopeful on sentencing
May 29, 2025 3:45 pm
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a Valencia man convicted of deprivation of rights under the color of law will face sentencing for a misdemeanor at his hearing next week,
City OKs trash-rate increase
May 28, 2025 6:01 pm
The Santa Clarita City Council on Tuesday authorized a rate increase for its commercial and residential waste-management services, which is associated with cost increases due to the closure of Chiquita
City discusses MetroWalk, affordable housing
May 28, 2025 4:59 pm
Santa Clarita’s lack of affordable-housing policy once again came up during a City Council discussion at City Hall as a developer said his struggle to finance that portion of a
Chiquita offers tour of work on leachate, gases
May 28, 2025 4:25 pm
Two nauseating smells — one likened to rotten milk, another, the acetone in nail polish remover — permeated Chiquita Canyon Landfill on Wednesday during an invite-only media tour of the
Defense questions suspect’s shot at fair trial in deputy murder case
May 27, 2025 6:32 pm
Defense attorneys in the special circumstances trial of the man accused of murdering Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer — a Palmdale deputy from the Santa Clarita Valley — are trying to hire
Man hopes video will help lead to justice
May 27, 2025 6:15 pm
A Sand Canyon man is hoping some attention on a crime that happened almost at his front doorstep will help bring some accountability and justice, he said Tuesday. Especially after
West Ranch alum ID’ed as plane-crash victim
May 23, 2025 6:59 pm
Numerous media reports, social media posts and a former teacher have identified a 2018 West Ranch High graduate as one of six individuals killed in a San Diego plane crash
MetroWalk seeks changes from City Council
May 23, 2025 5:26 pm
Santa Clarita city planners are recommending the City Council on Tuesday approve some developer-requested changes to MetroWalk — plans for nearly 500 homes in Canyon Country — but not all
Landfill closure prompts new trash rate
May 23, 2025 5:22 pm
For months last year, Chiquita Canyon Landfill officials forewarned of cost increases if the ongoing environmental crisis there forced it to close. Then on Jan. 1, they abruptly closed the
Judge sets hearing for deputy sentence
May 23, 2025 4:13 pm
The sentencing of a Valencia man convicted by a jury for his response to a Lancaster grocery store incident is set for next month, according to a federal docket posted
City begins work on 2035 Arts Master Plan
May 23, 2025 4:05 pm
A group of consultants hired to lead the city of Santa Clarita’s arts master plan — an effort meant to guide the city’s role in supporting the arts for the
Capital improvement plan looks at new park, mall entrance, road repairs
May 22, 2025 6:42 pm
The city’s budget officer reviewed Santa Clarita’s Capital Improvement Program, or CIP, with the Planning Commission on Tuesday at City Hall. The funding is a part of the budget that