Off-duty LAPD officer dies in motorcycle crash
An off-duty LAPD officer who lives in Canyon Country died Thursday night from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash in Porter Ranch. Los Angeles Police Department Officer John Gasparyan was…
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Early morning crashes slow Friday commute
Morning commuters encountered heavy traffic in and around the Santa Clarita Valley Friday as law enforcement and highway work crews cleaned up from early morning crashes. Traffic slowed around…
Scene at the Oak Tree Gun Club on the night of Sept. 6 at the time of the shooting. photo by Austin Dave, The Signal.
Homicide detective: Fatal gun club shooting was self-inflicted
The young man who took a quiet Uber ride to the Oak Tree Gun Club in Santa Clarita, bought some ammunition, rented a shotgun, fired off some rounds, walked back…
A Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's deputy watches for speeding motorists on Copper Hill Drive. SIGNAL FILE PHOTO
At least 14 motorists hit with speeding tickets Friday
Speed kills. And, because it kills, law enforcement officers vigilant about making sure it does not happen, slapped more than a dozen motorists Friday with speeding citations. Recent serious traffic…
Three Los Angeles Police officers join three California Highway Patrol officers at the scene of a fatality on southbound Interstate 5 near the 405 freeway interchange on Aug. 10, 2017. Austin Dave/The Signal
Man struck and killed after exiting moving vehicle
California Highway Patrol officers are investigating the bizarre death of a man who was hit and killed by a truck on Interstate 5 Wednesday after he opened the passenger door…
Sylmar man killed repairing truck
The body of a man found Tuesday night near the Via Princessa on-ramp has been identified as a Sylmar man who was apparently crushed under a pickup truck as he…
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Solo collision results in fatality on I-5 near Lebec
One woman was killed after she crashed into the center guardrail along the southbound 5 freeway just north of Vista Del Lago Wednesday. The solo traffic collision occurred at 12:06…
A blue truck drives past the spot in the far right lane of southbound McBean Parkway just south of Decoro Drive where a BMW hit at Honda head-on in a fatal car crash in July 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Speed remains the suspected cause of July 4th double fatal crash
After two days of probing the circumstances surrounding a fatal crash in Valencia that claimed the lives of two local men on July 4, speed remains the primary factor…
A California Highway Patrol officer investigates the scene of a deadly crash that claimed the life of motorcyclist Gary Clement on Sierra Highway near College of the Canyons on June 14, 2017. (Austin Dave/The Signal)
68-year-old motorcyclist killed in crash on Sierra Highway
A 68-year-old Canyon Country man was killed Wednesday night in a traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car. Lt. David Smith of the Los Angeles County Department of…
UPDATE: Man killed in early morning crash near Agua Dulce
The driver of a van which had broken down on Highway 14 near Agua Dulce early Wednesday morning was hit by a big rig. The collision resulted in the van…
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Man killed when errant tire smashes through windshield
Investigators began probing a freak highway accident Wednesday after an errant wheel or tire from one vehicle smashed into a car and killed the driver. The victim was described by…
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Father still critical after crash that killed his daughter
As friends and family prepare for a “celebration of life” Saturday in memory of seven-year-old Sophia Bella Cano Reveles who died in a traffic collision Apr. 29, the little girl’s…
Two Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies stand guard near the scene of a shooting in Newhall on Monday April 3, 2017. (Austin Dave/The Signal)
Homicide detectives probe deadly gang shooting
Homicide detectives have identified the victim of a shooting in Newhall Monday night as a Brown Familia gang member. Det. Q. Rodriguez of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department’s Homicide…
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Crash victim identified as 36-year-old Pacoima man
A motorist who died in a crash late Saturday night after having lost control of his car and then colliding into a dirt berm with a drainage ditch on Sierra…
County posts $20,000 reward for fatal hit-and-run
A $20,000 reward has been posted by county officials for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of the person responsible for the hit-and-run death of a 15 year-old girl…
A Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputy ropes off the scene of a deadly crash in Valencia Dec. 29, 2016. (Austin Dave/The Signal)
UPDATE: Woman killed in Valencia crash
An unnamed woman was killed and a man hospitalized as a result of injuries sustained in a Valencia crash Thursday morning.
Officials investigate a fatal collision involving a pedestrian and at least one vehicle on Sierra Highway in 2016 Samie Gebers/ Signal
Victim in fatal hit-and-run accident on Sierra Highway identified
The juvenile pedestrian struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver Monday night on Sierra Highway has been identified as 15-year-old Desiree Renee Lawson. Officials with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s…
Officials investigate a fatal collision involving a pedestrian and at least one vehicle on Sierra Highway in 2016 Samie Gebers/ Signal
Female found dead on Sierra Highway in potential hit and run
A deputy found a person lying in the road Monday night after the victim was struck by a vehicle on Sierra Highway just south of Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country,…
Ventura County firefighters work to remove a crash victim from a vehicle on Highway 126 Tuesday. Photo courtesy Joe Lopez
Driver killed in Highway 126 crash ID’d; Valencia man unhurt
The driver killed Tuesday in a three-car, four-person crash on Highway 126 just west of Santa Clarita was identified by the Ventura County medical examiner’s office Wednesday as Patrick Scott,…
