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Barger issues statement on storm recovery

News release  Supervisor Kathryn Barger issued a statement following an announcement by the Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management that winter storm recovery efforts have been launched.  “I want

Sheriff's deputies established a containment in response to a barricaded suspect who was reported to be seen carrying a machete near Canyon Springs Elementary School on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Habeba Mostafa/The Signal

Report details runup to hourslong standoff  

Courthouse records offer details of an incident that led to an hourslong law enforcement standoff on Feb. 1 with Carl Pruett, a 65-year-old Canyon Country man who’s currently being held

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Earthquake near Malibu felt in SCV

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake was registered nearly 7.5 miles northwest of Malibu at approximately 1:47 p.m. on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.   Three aftershocks were registered at the

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Hot-prowl, assault suspect held on $1M bail 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies Thursday arrested a man they said is responsible for an early-morning break-in at his neighbor’s home the previous day.  A Canyon Country woman living

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Budget uncertainty prompts layoffs at JPL 

The director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena this week shared bad news with her team regarding layoffs being forced upon the rocket science facility and its contractors.  The

LASD official retires while under investigation

UPDATED Thursday, Feb. 8: L.A. County Sheriff’s Information Bureau has confirmed the investigation remains ongoing. By Signal Staff  A high-ranking captain in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who was

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City shares outlook in budget talk 

Santa Clarita kicked off the first budget study session for the 2024-25 fiscal year with a slightly more optimistic tone than last year but with a call to try and