Los Angeles County Fire department officials and law enforcement personnel responded to an unidentified incident where 17 patients were identified as needing medical attention at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

DOJ recommends 70 months for deputy smuggler 

A federal judge has granted a fifth continuance for a former deputy drug smuggler from the Pitchess Detention Center awaiting sentencing for his guilty plea.   Michael Meiser abused the public’s trust, bragging

Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene where a person was killed in a shooting Monday night near the intersection of Newhall Avenue and Lyons Avenue. Staff photo

Newhall murder trial moved to next month 

The trial dates have shifted yet again for the two men charged in a shooting death that happened June 17, 2024, outside Valencia Liquor in Newhall.  Omar Garcia Ramirez and

Drama behind the cameras continues  

A group protesting local traffic-surveillance cameras, DeFlock SCV, returned to Santa Clarita City Hall for Tuesday’s meeting, determined to get the City Council’s attention.  This time, it did.  At the Aug. 24

City approves grants for Bouquet Canyon businesses 

The Santa Clarita City Council offered a helping hand and a mea culpa on Tuesday to nearly three dozen Bouquet Canyon business owners hurt by a road closure approved in 2020, which cut off significant traffic

LA County Sheriff's Department deputies at the scene of an officer-involved shooting investigation Friday on Parker Road in Castaic. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal

Man gets 19 years in DV standoff 

A Santa Clarita Valley man pleaded no contest to holding his ex-wife and son against their will at gunpoint, which led to a brief standoff and then a shooting that

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Man convicted of murder in DUI crash 

A jury Friday convicted a Canyon Country man of murder in the Nov. 1, 2023, DUI crash that killed Orlando Gomez Salas, 39.  Prosecutors charged Raul Rosalezs Ramirez with murder

DeFlock SCV raises flap over traffic cameras 

Flock Safety isn’t on Tuesday’s Santa Clarita City Council agenda, but a local group plans to keep pressing the city over its $500,000 contract for 35 traffic-surveillance cameras until the group’s public-safety and privacy

City to take up Bouquet Canyon relief 

Nearly seven months after a Bouquet Canyon Road closure made Plum Canyon business owners fret for their future, the Santa Clarita City Council is expected to discuss how it can help

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Man convicted of sharing nudes with church 

After two days of deliberation, a Santa Clarita Valley jury Monday convicted a man of violating the state’s “revenge porn” law for sharing nude photos of his now ex-wife with

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No charges in fatal shooting at Sports Complex 

A detective with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau confirmed this week that no arrests have been made and no charges are expected to be filed in the fatal May 30 shooting outside the Santa

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District sued over claims that teacher touched student

Attorneys for the William S. Hart Union High School District filed an Aug. 24 response denying the district’s liability for a family of a former seventh-grade student suing the district over claims of negligence, negligent hiring,

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Former CHP officer takes plea deal 

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office reached a plea deal this week with a former California Highway Patrol officer from Castaic accused of criminal threats, illegal possession of an assault

Six Flags, family to settle X2 lawsuit 

Six Flags Magic Mountain and a family suing the theme park over claims that a June 2022 ride on the X2 roller coaster led to a man’s brain injury and death have reached a settlement, a

Target thief gets 3 years 

A Santa Clarita Valley woman accused of serial theft pleaded no contest Friday in connection with a robbery charge, receiving what the judge referred to as the “mid-range” sentence for

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Labor Day forecast calls for rain 

After about two weeks of extreme heat and now a week or so of lower temperatures, the tail end of the Santa Clarita Valley forecast this weekend will bring rain

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Trial to start Tuesday for DUI murder charges  

A second-degree murder trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for Raul Rosales Ramirez, a 23-year-old Canyon Country man accused of being responsible for the fatal crash that killed his friend,

New ‘promise’ for Gabriel’s Law 

A horrific, fatal case of child abuse, which resulted in a death-penalty case, tried by a Valencia prosecutor, and a multipart Netflix documentary, led to a bill that passed the Legislature with unanimous