‘Mama Betty’ shares mobile ministry with those visiting Pitchess Detention Center
Betty Peters drives the route she takes when she picks up and drops off families visiting their loved ones at Pitchess Detention Center on weekends. Every weekend throughout the early morning and afternoon, women visiting their incarcerated family members pile into the back of Peters’ white, four-door sedan in Castaic. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

‘Mama Betty’ shares mobile ministry with those visiting Pitchess Detention Center

Editor's note: The following is the second installment in an occasional series from The Signal newsroom looking at influential women throughout modern Santa Clarita Valley history. Every weekend throughout the early…

Small roof fire at jail extinguished
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Small roof fire at jail extinguished

  There were some tense moments at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic shortly before noon Tuesday when officials received reports about the smell of smoke but learned quickly 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…

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