School holds celebration of life for family that perished in flooded river
May 11, 2018
A tree was planted, a song was sung, a bench was unveiled and a special reading “nook” built inside the library at Meadows Elementary School, all in honor of
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UPDATE: Boy detained in connection with shooting at Palmdale high school
May 11, 2018
A 14-year-old boy was taken into custody following a shooting at Highland High School in Palmdale Friday morning. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department began receiving multiple 911 calls shortly
UPDATE: Crash downs utility pole in Agua Dulce, sparks outage, prompts all-day SigAlert
May 10, 2018
An early morning crash that sent a car into a utility pole in Agua Dulce, sent live wires onto the roadway, left 175 people without power and prompted the all-day
Local man convicted in semi-automatic firearm assault gets 14-year prison term
May 10, 2018
A Canyon Country man named in a 16-count felony complaint for allegedly having assaulted five people a year ago who pleaded no contest to three of the 16 charges was
Valencia couple arrested in connection with string of robberies
May 10, 2018
A Valencia couple has been arrested in connection with a string of bank robberies in Southern California, including two in the Santa Clarita Valley. James Hamill, 27, and Samantha Yaworski,
Two thieves steal three phones on Golden Valley
May 9, 2018
Local sheriff’s deputies are looking for two thieves who stole three phones from a phone store in Golden Valley. The robbery happened shortly after 1 p.m. Wednesday, when two men
Sentencing for former Valencia baseball coach delayed a half year
May 9, 2018
The sentencing of former Valencia High School varsity baseball coach Jared Snyder that was scheduled to be handed down Wednesday has, instead, been put off for another half-year. Snyder,
Still no preliminary hearing date for Saugus man accused of killing his mother
May 9, 2018
A Saugus man accused of stabbing his mother to death appeared briefly in court Wednesday, marking the fourth failed attempt to set a date for his preliminary hearing .
UPDATE: More than 65 gallons of fuel spilled near Agua Dulce, half entered storm drain
May 9, 2018
Between 65-70 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the punctured fuel tank of a big rig traveling southbound on Highway 14 near Agua Dulce om Wednesday morning, prompting a response
Community Academy to offer SCV residents a look at the life of a law enforcement officer
May 8, 2018
For anyone who’s ever wondered about the split-second, life-or-death decisions community law enforcement officers are faced with — or what a day in the life of a deputy patrolling the
Deputies union declines to endorse candidate in sheriff’s race
May 8, 2018
In the midst of a lengthy labor negotiation, the deputies union for the Sheriff’s Department held off on endorsing a candidate for the sheriff’s race in an early poll. The
COC student missing four days now recovering in hospital
May 8, 2018
A College of the Canyons student who, in a weakened physical state, crawled into her Stevenson Ranch home from her car after having been missing for four days, is recovering
Road rage ends in crash for motorcyclist, car driver
May 8, 2018
An apparent road rage incident between a biker and a car driver ended in a traffic collision this morning as commuters made their way south on Highway 14. The
Man accused of shooting up occupied car
May 8, 2018
A Canyon Country man was scheduled to appear in court this morning, accused of strafing an occupied car parked on a Saugus street in an incident that happened last month.
CHP, sheriff make numerous DUI arrests over Cinco de Mayo weekend
May 7, 2018
While Cinco de Mayo weekend wasn’t a “maximum enforcement” period on the roads for Santa Clarita Valley law enforcement officials, there were still a slew of DUI arrests. CHP and
UPDATE: Special crime team helps arrest alleged gun-toting assault suspect
May 7, 2018
Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station’s Crime Impact Team helped deputies arrest a man accused of chasing another man through a Valencia parking lot at gunpoint
Father charged with kidnapping, fleeing from police in RV
May 7, 2018
The man found hiding in an empty train car after a two-search by police, was scheduled to be arraigned on charges that he kidnapped his two young children and
UPDATE: Brush fire near Acton burns 18 acres
May 4, 2018
Updated: 8:52 p.m. Friday A brush fire near Bootlegger Canyon west of Acton burned about 18 and a half acres, Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said. The fire began
Detectives recap two days chasing fugitive kidnapping suspect
May 4, 2018
Detectives from several law enforcement agencies gave a blow by blow account of their two-day manhunt for alleged armed kidnapper Stephen Merle Houk, found hiding in the empty compartment of
Arvin murder suspect arrested at Castaic hotel
May 4, 2018
Detectives have identified the suspect taken into custody following a five-hour operation Thursday in which heavily-armed members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau shut down