Crime

Deputies investigate early-morning assault  

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies are looking for a suspect in an assault reported in the early morning hours Wednesday, according to station officials.   Deputies received a 911 call

Valencia looting suspect to face hearing Friday 

A Santa Clarita Valley woman charged with looting property from million-dollar homes devastated by brush fires earlier this year is due in court Friday to schedule a preliminary hearing.   California

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