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

DA: Pitchess deputy part of drug-smuggling ring  

Indictment lists 18 suspects, Mexican Mafia ties in ‘sophisticated’ operation to deliver drugs to jails  The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office announced a 26-count indictment centered around a “sophisticated drug

Chiquita Canyon looking at leachate facility 

Just weeks after Chiquita Canyon Landfill evacuated in response to the Hughes Fire in January, residents learned last week the facility is looking into an on-site treatment facility for its

Castaic leaders share thanks for Hughes Fire response 

The Castaic Area Town Council thanked local agencies at Wednesday’s meeting and talked about how the responses by Castaic’s schools, law enforcement and firefighters worked together to prevent significant local

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DA’s Office declines case against truck driver 

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to charge a 33-year-old truck driver with two charges that were presented by investigators with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims

300 apartments proposed along Golden Valley Road  

Developers are looking at the potential for 300 market-rate apartments in four four-story buildings with about 34.5 acres of commercial space on land off Golden Valley Road between Golden Valley

Local judge admonished by state commission 

A judge who lives in the Santa Clarita Valley has been publicly admonished by the state’s judicial oversight commission for entering her colleagues’ chambers without permission multiple times and making inappropriate

Planning to discuss cell tower, liquor sales 

  The Santa Clarita Planning Commission is scheduled to discuss the potential for increasing cell phone service on the west side and liquor sales on the east side at Tuesday’s

COC discusses next steps for ATC plan 

The Santa Clarita Community College District has a handful of projects on its wish list for College of the Canyons, but it doesn’t have the money for all of them,

Gun club hosts harm-reduction group 

A handful of mental health advocates met Wednesday at a seemingly unlikely setting to solve the problems facing the Lethal Means Subcommittee: the Oak Tree Gun Club.   But the group,

Dutch Bros looking at SCV locations  

While some Santa Clarita coffee lovers are still awaiting a first Dutch Bros location, the Oregon-based coffee chain already is looking for permission on a possible second site, according to

Homicide asks for help solving Newhall murder  

Homicide officials with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department announced a $20,000 reward for anyone who has information leading to the arrest of the person who murdered a California Institute of