Crime

Deputy-involved fight occurs in Newhall 

A deputy-involved fight took place after deputies responded to reports of a DUI near a tire shop near the intersection of Lyons Avenue and Newhall Avenue Thursday morning, according to Santa Clarita

DA charges suspect in grocery-store attack  

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office filed charges against a Valencia man Wednesday of indecent exposure and sexual battery over allegations from an incident at Whole Foods Market.  Prosecutors filed four misdemeanors

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Murder trial likely in September 

A trial schedule was set for a 22-year-old Santa Clarita man being charged with second-degree murder in a 2023 Saugus crash that left his passenger dead.   On Monday, Judge Hilleri Merritt set

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Filming suspect pleads not guilty 

A Canyon Country man charged with secretly filming a woman without her consent at the Valencia Town Center pleaded not guilty April 14, according to records from the Santa Clarita Courthouse.  The

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

Former deputy delays sentencing again 

A former Pitchess Detention Center deputy from Lancaster who pleaded guilty in July to his role in smuggling narcotics into the massive Castaic jail has once again asked the court

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Realtor lawsuit moves ahead  

  A federal judge last week recently moved a lawsuit forward against a former Santa Clarita Valley Realtor being sued in federal court over allegations he drugged and sexually assaulted more

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Reports of shots fired  

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station received reports of gunshots heard near the Valencia Town Center mall on Saturday afternoon, according to a station official.   The incident was reported on

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Leads sought in fatal hit and run  

Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station are seeking the public’s assistance for leads into the investigation of a hit-and-run collision that killed a man in Valencia on Friday night.  The identification

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County wary of rise in metal thefts 

After seeing a surge of metal and construction-material thefts in recent years, 5th District L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger authored a motion recently to call for a crackdown, particularly ahead

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Pursuit suspect takes plea deal 

A judge granted a two-year mental health diversion program to a Los Angeles man facing felony charges of fleeing from California Highway Patrol officers and taking a car without the

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Pursuit suspect takes plea deal 

A judge granted a two-year mental health diversion program to a Los Angeles man facing felony charges of fleeing from California Highway Patrol officers and taking a car without the

Rape suspect held to answer  

Palmdale man accused of sexual assaulting SCV resident in Palmdale, Valley resident in SCV  A Palmdale man pleaded not guilty Monday to two rape charges in connection to allegations by two women who testified