Crime

Firefighters work to put out a residential fire on Flower Park Drive in Canyon Country on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. Susan Monaghan/The Signal

Reports: Man sets house on fire 

A man was reported to have set his family home on fire at the 29100 block of Flowerpark Drive in Canyon Country on Saturday, according to Capt. Brian Kight, with

SCV’s top cop speaks with business community 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Capt. Brandon Barclay, the SCV’s de facto “chief of police,” shared a message with the business community Thursday, touting another month of reduction in overall crime numbers

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Murder suspect headed back to criminal court 

Criminal proceedings were reinstated against a San Fernando Valley man accused in the shooting death of a College of the Canyons student last year.  Grigor Hovsepyan, a 23-year-old Granada Hills

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Local hate crime reports decline 

  L.A. County’s Human Relations Commission released its 2024 Report on Hate Crime last week, with the countywide numbers remaining well above historic levels, despite a 1% year-over-year decrease.  The

DA charges suspect in fatal crash 

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office filed one felony count and a serious-felony special allegation in an alleged DUI crash that led to a 60-year-old man’s death last month.  Martin

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CHP officers seize drugs, gun after pursuit 

A California Highway Patrol investigation into speeding and unsafe lane changes on Highway 14 yielded drugs and a handgun after a man crashed and fled on foot in October, according

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies look for evidence after a shooting on the 22200 block of Park Street in Newhall, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Signal Staff/The Signal

LASD: Teen arrested with gun in Newhall 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies patrolling an apartment complex frequented by a “generational street gang” arrested a teen on suspicion of drug and gun charges, seizing several weapons from

Murder suspect held without bail  

L.A. County Superior Court Judge Pamela T. Usher ordered the suspect to remain held without bail Monday for his trial in the February homicide of a California Institute of the

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Pursuit suspect charged with 2 felonies 

A Palmdale man is due back in court in January for a hearing on felony charges for his alleged involvement in a high-speed pursuit with California Highway Patrol officers that

Burglars hit restaurants over Thanksgiving weekend 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials confirmed Tuesday there have been no arrests yet in their investigation into a break-in at a family-run Canyon Country restaurant over the holiday weekend.  The