Risks taken, lives saved: Narcan after 5 months
Cary Quashen, founder of Action Family Counseling, demonstrates the assembly of a Narcan pack, which is administered via an oral spray to a patient who has overdosed on heroin or any other opiate-based narcotic. Representative Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, said he has joined a congressional bipartisan task force to craft legislation to fight heroin addiction. Ryan Painter/The Signal.

Risks taken, lives saved: Narcan after 5 months

A Santa Clarita Valley mother walks into her son’s bedroom, finds him blue, unconscious and — by all appearances — dead. But, she grabs the “miracle drug” Narcan, gives it…

Leaving jail: The closing chapter in the rehab of an SCV heroin addict
James "Kenny" Fusca hugs his mom, Sunny Ludlow, after he was released from the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Leaving jail: The closing chapter in the rehab of an SCV heroin addict

  Every time the jail door opens, the jarring metallic sound rattles the woman sitting there. She looks up to find her son and when she doesn’t see him, she…

“Suppression Patrol” deputies disrupt burglary, robbery, arrest 9
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Captain Robert Lewis at the Newhall Ranch Road Bridge Widening groundbreaking on May 2, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

“Suppression Patrol” deputies disrupt burglary, robbery, arrest 9

Local patrol deputies carrying out a “suppression patrol” of suspected high crime areas arrested nine people Wednesday night, disrupting a burglary and thwarting a robbery while each of the respective…

Relapse of a heroin addict
Cary Quashen holds James by the collar to get him to pay attention and look up after a heart-to-heart discussion with housemates at rehab about James' behavior. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Relapse of a heroin addict

James Fusca, SCV heroin addict, who touched the hearts of thousands after they read his story - how he hit rock bottom, the ensuing family intervention and his pledge to…

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…

Mother and daughter survive heroin nightmare
Cary Quashen reaches out to hug Emilie Calabrese, who will be three years sober from heroin on May 16, after Emilie's mom, Kellee, talked about what it took to get her daughter sober at the Signal's Talk About Heroin and Drug Addiction at Action Family Counseling on Monday, May 15, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Mother and daughter survive heroin nightmare

Today, Emilie Calabrese is three years clean and sober. Her story of getting to that point, however, one of several shared Monday at a symposium called A Talk About Heroin…

Katie Hill: Let’s join together to battle opioids
Katie Hill, executive director and deputy CEO of PATH and a candidate for Congress, is one of three Democratic candidates for the 25th California Congressional District race in 2018. She is seen here during a Signal-sponsored debate on Measure H in February. Dan Watson/The Signal

Katie Hill: Let’s join together to battle opioids

Last week I was devastated when I saw the news about the heroin overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley. Many people were shocked that something like this would happen in…

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