Ravine crash victim identified
November 3, 2017
California Highway Patrol investigators probing the discovery Thursday of a person found at the bottom of a ravine in a crashed car have identified the driver killed in the incident
Crime
Crime
Prosecutors toss out 3 rape cases in 2 months
November 2, 2017
In the last two months, three men have been arrested on suspicion of rape in three separate and unrelated cases, but not one of them is going to trial. In
IRS phone scam targets SCV seniors
November 2, 2017
At least half a dozen Santa Clarita Valley seniors received a frightening phone call from the Internal Revenue Service this week demanding immediate payment for alleged tax violations – or
Addicts, counselors and drug fighters sit down to dinner
November 2, 2017
More than three decades after DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena was murdered by drug traffickers and since the Red Ribbon campaign was launched to raise awareness about the destructiveness
Body found in ravine, inside crashed vehicle
November 2, 2017
California Highway Patrol officers are investigating the discovery of a deceased person at the foot of a ravine, the apparent victim of a crash in which a vehicle plunged off
UPDATE: Truck crash on Golden Valley knocks out local phones
November 1, 2017
A truck slammed into an electrical unit and utility pole on Golden Valley Road Wednesday, creating a small fuel spill and knocking out phone service to nearby businesses. The traffic
Suspect in police pursuit, deputy shooting, scheduled for court
November 1, 2017
A West Hills man accused of assaulting a peace officer in connection with Tuesday’s alleged pole waving incident which ended in a police pursuit and shots fired by a
SCV serial burglar suspect arrested
November 1, 2017
Local sheriff’s detectives have arrested a Canyon Country man they believe is a serial burglar wanted in connection with several burglaries in the Santa Clarita Valley thanks in part
Deputies find man reported to be suicidal, surround bank
November 1, 2017
Deputies surrounded a bank in Canyon Country Wednesday morning – not in response to a robbery – but in response to a phone call from a woman worried her
UPDATE: Wild pursuit ends in shooting, Homicide detectives investigate
October 31, 2017
Homicide detectives are probing the circumstances behind a deputy involved shooting that involved a motorist suspected of driving a stolen law enforcement vehicle briefly through the Santa Clarita Valley and
Phone store robbery in Stevenson Ranch ends in fiery crash
October 31, 2017
Phone thieves hit a cell phone store in Stevenson Ranch Monday night – the sixth of such theft in less than two months – then crashed the getaway car
Law enforcement officers arrested for domestic violence
October 31, 2017
Two law enforcement officers who live in Saugus were arrested Monday night on suspicion of domestic violence – one facing a misdemeanor, the other a felony. Kristi Nielsen and
UPDATE: Drugs or alcohol suspected in fatal crash Friday near Gorman
October 30, 2017
Drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in a fiery head-on crash near Gorman Friday night which claimed the life of a Lancaster woman and critically injured another
Trial date set for Fresno man accused of murder
October 30, 2017
A trial date was set Monday for one of two men accused of killing Kimberly Harvill, whose body was found in Gorman last year. Alex Richard Valdez, a 29-year-old
Three people “hanging out” nabbed for meth, drug paraphernalia
October 30, 2017
Patrol deputies stopping to check on people “hanging out” Monday morning end up arresting three on drug-related charges. Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station were on patrol
UPDATE: Woman led from bank in handcuffs
October 27, 2017
A woman in handcuffs was escorted from a Bank of America branch on Golden Valley Road Friday morning after more than a dozen sworn officers of the Santa Clarita Valley
One arrested, one sought, in daytime mugging
October 27, 2017
One man is custody and another man is still being sought in connection with a brazen daytime mugging in Canyon Country this week in which a man was accosted by
Burglary suspect nabbed while riding his bicycle
October 26, 2017
A man wanted for burglary who for a while eluded capture this week was arrested by a deputy who spotted him riding his bicycle through Newhall. The suspect –
UPDATE: 2 cell phone robbers escape in Prius
October 25, 2017
The recent rash of phone store thefts – five burglaries in less than two months – is fueled by demand for iPhone 8 cell phones, according to the sergeant in
Castaic stabbing victim ID’d as Inglewood man, 31
October 24, 2017
The man found murdered in Castaic Monday afternoon has been identified as a 31-year-old resident of Inglewood. Investigators with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner identified the man