A second pandemic looms
Director Heidi Dobosi in the Incidental Medical Services room of the Healthy Living Residential Program in Saugus on Tuesday, 082421. Dan Watson/The Signal

A second pandemic looms

The pandemic’s toll could be seen nationwide this past year, as deaths from drug overdoses hit a record high in 2020, according to the U.S. government. The death toll jumped…

LASD remains silent as another overdose is reported at Pitchess Detention Center
An ambulance leaves Pitchess Detention Center on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Dan Watson/The Signal

LASD remains silent as another overdose is reported at Pitchess Detention Center

By Emily Alvarenga & Caleb Lunetta Signal Staff Writers After an in-custody death Sunday and a growing number of overdoses being reported at the Pitchess Detention Center, Los Angeles County…

Three more overdoses reported at Pitchess Detention Center
FILE PHOTO: One of three ambulances leaves Pitchess Detention Center after reported overdoses on Monday, June 21, 2021. Bobby Block/The Signal

Three more overdoses reported at Pitchess Detention Center

Three additional Pitchess Detention Center inmates were transported to the hospital following suspected drug-related overdoses Monday. This incident follows reports that Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel had transported more…

Emergency room shares its response to overdoses
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital emergency medicine attending physician Darrin Privett demonstrates how anti-overdose drug Narcan is administered on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Emergency room shares its response to overdoses

In late-April, a 24-hour surge in drug overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley shocked community members and emergency room physicians at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital alike. “Last night, we had…

Drug overdose victims wrestled with addiction
In this 2014 photo, Narcotics Detective Bill Velek displays a box of drug paraphernalia he uses to show parents what to look for around the house. Signal photo by Jim Holt.

Drug overdose victims wrestled with addiction

Two Santa Clarita Valley residents, a man and a woman, who had each mapped out a future for themselves of helping others, died of apparent drug overdoses this past weekend…

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