Crime

Four priests named in sweeping sex abuse lawsuit

Four Catholic priests who served parishioners in Newhall have been named in a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse stretching back decades, and involving more than 300 alleged offenders. The “nuisance lawsuit”

One dead, one injured, in Neenach crash

A 55-year-old Lancaster man is dead and a 23-year-old Palmdale woman seriously injured following a traffic collision on Highway 36, near Neenach, Thursday. About 7:10 p.m., the driver of a

Castaic driver in fatal crash in Fillmore

A 62-year-old Castaic man has been identified by authorities as the driver of a pickup truck that struck and killed a pedestrian in Fillmore on Thursday morning. Senior Deputy Shawn

Jury finds Saugus man guilty of rape

A jury found a Saugus man guilty Thursday of committing rape by use of a drug. Brady John Wood, 21, was found guilty the same day lawyers presented their closing

Woman injures two deputies in Newhall fight

A woman questioned by deputies about a noon hour fight in Newhall on Tuesday was arrested after allegedly assaulting two deputies who tried to detain her. More than a dozen

Case dropped in car sale gone awry

Prosecutors citing a lack of evidence tossed out the case against a Northridge man accused of running down another man with his car during a car-sale-gone-awry. Gary Keith Evans, 22,