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This Signal file photo shows Pitchess Detention Center.

False alarm at Pitchess wakes up the SCV 

A false alarm went off Thursday morning in the Pitchess Detention Center alarm system due to a short circuit caused by the early-morning rain, according to officials.  A loud alarm

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Store owner reports $9K loss in robbery 

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station is investigating another brazen mid-day strong-arm robbery, which resulted in a reported loss of about $9,000 on Wednesday for the Canyon Country store owner.  SCV

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Pursuit through SCV ends on Interstate 405  

A pursuit that began on southbound Highway 14 near Escondido Canyon Road ended on southbound Interstate 405 near Sherman Way Wednesday morning, according to Officer Luis Quintero, a spokesman for the

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Teen arrested after rape reported at Old Orchard Park 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of rape Tuesday night in Newhall, according to station officials.  Station officials received a report from the victim,

Money race is tight in 23rd District 

The fundraising race for one of the more hotly contested seats in California’s March 5 Primary Election is heating up with less than six weeks to go until Election Day. 

Marco Marrufo, 38, was leaving Chiquita Canyon Landfill in his 1999 Ford F-150 pickup truck around 5:30 p.m. when the collision occurred, according to Officer April Elliott of the California Highway Patrol. Courtesy

Father of 4 killed in fatal crash 

The community is helping a Piru family mourning the loss of a father of four who died in a four-vehicle collision Friday in Val Verde.  Marco Marrufo, 38, was driving

County getting closer to sidewalk vending 

Directors of Public Health, Department of Economic Opportunity deliver reports on new ordinances being proposed, what can, cannot be done  Looking to start your own business selling food or other

Snow covers the mountain peak near the Phillips Station meadow where the California Department of Water Resources conducted its second media snow survey of the 2024 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada. The statewide snowpack is 52 percent of normal in the Sierras, with more snow expected in the next seven day forecast for the Sierras. The survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Photo taken January 30, 2024. Fred Greaves / California Department of Water Resources

Forecast warns of wet winter ahead  

Santa Clarita Valley residents might want to keep their raincoats, umbrellas and galoshes at the ready this week, according to the forecast.  The rain could come as early as the

The historic state capitol building in Sacramento is nearly 150 years old. Free tours are available of this living museum. Photo Visit California.

Incumbent leads in 40th District fundraising  

With the primary election less than six weeks away, the incumbent reported a hefty fundraising advantage in the state Assembly’s 40th District race, according to campaign finance forms due Thursday. 

Southbound Interstate 5 on Jan. 25. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Body found on I-5 Identified  

The body found in the southbound Interstate 5 truck route tunnel in the Newhall Pass just after 10 a.m. Thursday has been identified by the L.A County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office.  

SCV Sheriff Deputies responded to reports of a dead body found at The Oaks Club in Valencia on Saturday afternoon. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal

Man found at Oaks Club identified  

A body was found at The Oaks Club in Valencia Saturday afternoon, and the circumstances are still yet to be determined but foul play is not currently suspected, according to