First responders were once again called to the Pitchess Detention Center Sunday morning for a medical emergency. The incident was reported shortly after 9 a.m. on The Old Road in…
By Emily Alvarenga & Caleb Lunetta Signal Staff Writers After an in-custody death Sunday and a growing number of overdoses being reported at the Pitchess Detention Center, Los Angeles County…
First responders were called to the scene of a reported assault Thursday at Pitchess Detention Center. The incident was reported just after 1 p.m. on the 29300 block of The…
Los Angeles County firefighters and paramedics responded to reports of a person threatening to kill themself at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic Tuesday morning. “It’s a jumper,” fire Supervisor…
Pitchess Detention Center officials reported there are no inmates in isolation due to coronavirus in its South Facility, but reported 63 inmates are under quarantine. Quarantine, according to Los Angeles…
Former Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Capt. Roosevelt Johnson, who was promoted to rank of commander two years ago, is back at work in the SCV as the person in…
George Herbert Walker Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died Friday. He was 94. “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro and I are saddened to announce that after 94 remarkable…
After a jury failed to reach a decision last week in the case of alleged inmate cruelty filed against a former sworn officer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,…
With temperatures in the Santa Clarita Valley still in the triple digits as Friday afternoon turned to evening, firefighters were dispatched a small brush fire in Castaic. The fire —…
County supervisors voted Tuesday to renovate county jails, approving $2.21 billion to build a new Men’s Central Jail, and $12 million to renovate the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic. Citing…
Prosecutors dismissed a case of alleged cruelty filed against a former sergeant of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, remaining tight-lipped about the reasons and circumstances behind the decision. David…
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…
Less than two weeks after sheriff's personnel saved five people from overdosing at the Inmate Reception Center in L.A., detectives at Pitchess Detention Center arrested two men on drug smuggling…
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…
County supervisors are poised to approve $5.6 million to provide improved mental health care for some 320 mentally ill inmates housed in downtown Los Angeles – and send them to…
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