Read more about the article Mother facing competency hearing in April hit-and-run allegation
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station can be reached by calling 661-260-4000.

Mother facing competency hearing in April hit-and-run allegation

A Palmdale mother arrested in Canyon Country on suspicion that, while driving with her kids in the car, she crashed into another car on purpose, is due back in court…

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Read more about the article Newhall man arrested on suspicion of hit and run causing injury
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Newhall man arrested on suspicion of hit and run causing injury

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested a Newhall man Monday evening on suspicion of hit and run causing an injury, after their investigation into a report of a vehicle-vs.-pedestrian…

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Read more about the article SCV Sheriff’s searching for suspect connected to Saugus hit-and-run
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station can be reached by calling 661-260-4000.

SCV Sheriff’s searching for suspect connected to Saugus hit-and-run

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s investigators are seeking the public’s help in locating a hit-and-run suspect and vehicle connected to a collision that injured a pedestrian Friday.  Deputies are searching for…

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Read more about the article Man seriously hurt in Saugus hit-and-run
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Man seriously hurt in Saugus hit-and-run

A man in his 30s suffered serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital Friday morning in what local sheriff’s deputies are treating as a hit and run in Saugus.…

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Read more about the article Hit-and-run crash into hydrant leaves gusher of water
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Hit-and-run crash into hydrant leaves gusher of water

A motorist knocked a fire hydrant off its mooring Wednesday night, then abandoned the car and took off, leaving a gusher of water shooting into the air in Canyon Country.…

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Read more about the article The faces behind roadside memorial shrines
SCV resident Roger Rodas, who ran a nonprofit organization with Walker, was reportedly driving the Porsche Carrera GT somewhere between 80-94 mph when the car crashed, killing Rodas and Walker. Signal photo by Dan Watson

The faces behind roadside memorial shrines

Whether young or old, in a car or on a bike, several high-profile crashes in the Santa Clarita Valley over the last few years have claimed a number of lives…

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Read more about the article Deputies respond to hit and run that involves children
Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies investigate a hit-and-run head-on collision on Wiley Canyon Road north of Canerwell Street in Newhall Thursday afternoon. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Deputies respond to hit and run that involves children

Deputies are looking for the suspect after a report of a hit-and-run collision Thursday in Newhall. Paramedics were called to a crash involving children, near the corner of the Wiley…

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Read more about the article Witnesses sought in Thursday hit-and-run
Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics tend to a woman hit by a vehicle near Jakes Way and Palo Verde Place in Canyon Country Thursday night. Austin Dave/The Signal

Witnesses sought in Thursday hit-and-run

By Jim Holt & Caleb Lunetta Signal Staff Writers   Local sheriff’s detectives investigating a Thursday night traffic collision in which a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle are looking…

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Read more about the article Grinning & bearing: Santa Clarita resident and sheriff’s deputy stays positive after hit-and-run collision
Garrett Rifkin, who lost his foot after a motorcycle crash, smiles with a teddy bear from a friend. Courtesy Photo.

Grinning & bearing: Santa Clarita resident and sheriff’s deputy stays positive after hit-and-run collision

Deputy Garrett Rifkin, a Santa Clarita resident, was on his way to work at the West Hollywood Sheriff’s Station on Aug. 3, when a traffic collision changed his life.

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Read more about the article Hit and run ends in gunpoint arrest, argument and injury
A California Highway Patrol officer handcuffs a man to a stretcher near the Canyon Country Community Center on Sept. 26, 2017. Austin Dave/The SIgnal

Hit and run ends in gunpoint arrest, argument and injury

Two motorists arguing over an alleged hit and run traffic collision in Canyon Country ended with the gunpoint detainment of one suspect by an off-duty cop and a request for…

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