Crime

SCV deputies driven to detect DUIs 

One thought quickly comes into focus quickly after talking about DUI investigations with Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Deputy Samuel Curameng for any amount of time.  He’s the last person

D.A. charges Valencia mom with misdemeanor 

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office filed a misdemeanor charge against a mother who was arrested after her 6-year-old girl was found running by herself near a major intersection around

A patrol vehicle pulls into the California Highway Patrol office in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton, CalMatters

Newsom expands CHP deployments to major cities 

By Chase Smith Contributing Writer   California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that new California Highway Patrol crime suppression teams will be deployed in major cities across the state, expanding a

Two detained during Valencia football game

Two juveniles were detained during a football game at Valencia High School on Thursday night, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  Sgt. Jerome Gage reported that a sheriff’s

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

Task force seeks out ‘Happy Cards’  

Despite several high-profile arrests, drug smuggling at Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic remains a challenge for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, with “happy cards” a popular way narcotics are

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Child found alone near Valencia intersection 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies placed a 6-year-old girl with special needs in her father’s custody, after the girl was found alone and in a diaper outside Five Below

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LASD: Elder-abuse investigation leads to arrest 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a Canyon Country man on suspicion of elder abuse.   SCV Sheriff’s Station deputies responded around 8 p.m. Tuesday to

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on Golden Valley Road.

One taken into custody following pursuit 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies engaged in a brief vehicle pursuit on surface streets of Valencia on Tuesday afternoon, before the suspect fled on foot and was then detained

Courts filler

Man pleads not guilty to rape charges 

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office levied a pair of rape charges against a Palmdale man arrested in Santa Clarita earlier this month, after a victim came forward back in

Deputies make ‘significant’ seizure of meth 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials this week announced a “significant” seizure of suspected methamphetamine they said was taken off the streets during a traffic stop in Agua Dulce.  The

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CHP: Speeder tops 100 mph  

A California Highway Patrol officer arrested a woman driving more than 100 mph near Lake Hughes Road on Wednesday morning, according to officials.  The 20-year-old suspect from Bakersfield was seen

The suspect is transported from the scene via ambulance at the conclusion of the standoff on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Tyler Wainfeld/The Signal.

Man pleads not guilty in standoff charges 

  A Canyon Country man pleaded not guilty after a preliminary hearing Thursday for charges he threatened a Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputy with a machete before an hourslong