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An airplane sits in a field after crash-landing there off The Old Road near Henry Mayo Drive, behind Magic Mountain in Valencia, Sept. 7, 2025. Michael Picarella/The Signal

Plane crash-lands behind Magic Mountain

An airplane crashed on Sunday evening in a field off The Old Road near Henry Mayo Drive, behind Magic Mountain in Valencia, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said.  According

FILE PHOTO A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Mulch fire breaks out in Newhall 

A quarter-acre mulch fire, dubbed the “Knight Fire,” broke out on the 23000 block of Coltrane Avenue in Newhall Saturday afternoon, according to public information officer Jonathan Torres with the

Hart district announces CTE milestone 

News release  The William S. Hart Union High School District announced that the number of high school students who have completed a career and technical education pathway over the past

Politics and government

Schiavo bills advance through committee, Senate 

News release  Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, announced that several of her bills have moved forward in the Legislature, with eight measures passing out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee and two

No local murders despite bookings 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies have booked two separate individuals on separate murder charges at the station jail this week, but there’s been no change in the local homicide

Teen ID’d in fatal crash  

A teenager was identified as the person killed in a fatal collision on Thursday afternoon in Canyon Country, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner.   Sinai Barraza, 18, of