Deputies: Submachine gun found in parolee’s Castaic home
The firearms deputies reported to have found in a parolee's home in Castaic Wednesday. Courtesy of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station

Deputies: Submachine gun found in parolee’s Castaic home

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies reported that they found a semi-automatic submachine gun in a Castaic home after responding to reports of a family disturbance Wednesday night. Once deputies…

Fake gunpoint holdup nets real gunpoint detainment of 4
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies detain four male juviniles at gunpoint in connection with a firearm investigation near the railroad tracks at the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Prima Way in Saugus. Cory Rubin/The SIgnal

Fake gunpoint holdup nets real gunpoint detainment of 4

Four boys imitating a holdup, one pointing a cell phone like a firearm and another posing as the victim with arms raised, were themselves held at gunpoint by sheriff’s deputies…

Newhall man pleads no contest to five firearms offenses
A sheriff's deputy stands guard at the northern edge of a containment near a barricaded suspect situation in Newhall on Dec. 6, 2017. Austin Dave/The Signal

Newhall man pleads no contest to five firearms offenses

A Newhall man charged with 65 felony counts related to firearms now faces six years in state prison after pleading no contest Monday to five weapons offenses. Robert Wayne Mount,…

SCV Sheriff’s specialty “zero tolerance” squad makes arrests, seizes guns, drugs
Firearms seized on the weekend by the SCV Sheriff Station's Summer Crime Enforcement Team. photo courtesy of SCV Sheriff's Station.

SCV Sheriff’s specialty “zero tolerance” squad makes arrests, seizes guns, drugs

Just two days on the job and the sheriff’s specialty Summer Crime Enforcement Team deputies are already back at it, seizing firearms and drugs, according to station officials. On Friday,…

Suspected gun-toting felon arrested during alleged target practice
Gun seized by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies in arrest of alleged felon. photo courtesy of SCV Sheriff's Station.

Suspected gun-toting felon arrested during alleged target practice

If you’re a convicted felon, it’s probably not a good idea to make a trip to the Santa Clarita Valley to practice your target shooting. That’s the advice posted on…

New California gun laws taking effect Jan. 1, 2018
Handguns are on display at Adam's Armory in Stevenson Ranch on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2017. The Proposition 63 provisions coming into effect on January 1, 2018 are new laws for convicted criminals to turn over their firearms and tighter controls for internet ammunition sales. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

New California gun laws taking effect Jan. 1, 2018

Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced several new gun laws set to take effect Jan. 1, several of which were a result of Prop. 63, which Newsom co-authored. Prop. 63,…

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