Approximately 400 vendors go to the Saugus Speedway for the biweekly swap meet where people can purchase goods at a low cost compared to retail prices. 080424 Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Swap meet owner announces closure date 

The Santa Clarita Swap Meet at the Saugus Speedway is closing down Oct. 27, according to the owner of the land, Doug Bonelli.   Bonelli said he’s been trying to close

Historic Sable Ranch for sale at $35M 

A famed 400-acre movie ranch on Sand Canyon Road is now on the market for $35 million, according to representatives from CBRE, which has the listing with Christie’s International Real

SCV Water discusses growth ahead of rate-hike talk 

The good news: A rate analysis showed years of drought-management outreach and water-conservation lessons appear to have taken hold, playing at least a role in declining consumption rates presented at

Man sentenced in hit-and-run witnessed by CHP 

A man arrested by California Highway Patrol officers who watched his hit-and-run and then pursued him as he drove against traffic to evade arrest July 3 was sentenced Tuesday.   Jose

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Witnesses sought in fatal Gorman crash 

California Highway Patrol officers said they are seeking any potential witnesses in a fatal crash that happened Wednesday evening off Interstate 5 in a fairly remote stretch of road in Gorman. 

Former CalArts president dies at age 84 

California Institute of the Arts’ second president, Robert “Bob” Fitzpatrick, who left the renowned Valencia art school in 1987 to lead what was then called Euro Disney, has died. He

Canyon Country woman named in federal indictment 

A Canyon Country woman was named in a more-than 250-page federal indictment linking a San Fernando Valley-based white supremacy group to numerous financial crimes, weapons charges and drug trafficking, according

Detectives still waiting on last murder of 2023 

More than nine months after Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies found a man bleeding to death in his truck next to a Valencia golf course, Homicide Bureau officials still

Brush fire burns more than 20 acres in Castaic 

Los Angeles County Fire Department officials confirmed firefighters stopped progress on a brush fire in Castaic that began in the early morning hours Wednesday, with its forward progress stopped just

Members of the Santa Clarita Valley business community mingle during a break during the SCV Economic Development Corp.'s Economic Forecast Outlook. Perry Smith/The Signal

Economic Development Corp. discusses outlook 

Renowned investor and TV “Shark” Lori Greiner shared some of her insights gleaned from the hit reality TV show with the business community Friday, as hundreds filled the Santa Clarita Performing Arts

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Condemned Castaic man beaten to death in prison  

A 46-year-old condemned man from Castaic was beaten to death by several inmates who are suspected of using “an incarcerated-manufactured weapon,” according to prison officials investigating the death.  Alberto Martinez

Firefighters handle brush fire near freeway 

Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to a brush fire reported south of the Calgrove Boulevard exit of Interstate 5, in the Newhall Pass.  The incident was first reported

LASD issues alert for Saugus man reported missing 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials Friday issued an alert regarding a man who was reported missing.   Eric Peter Nelson, 44, of Saugus, was last seen around 8:45 p.m. Thursday,