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Six Flags Magic Mountain Hurricane Harbor is hiring lifeguards for the 2025 season and will host a hiring event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 12.
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The Latino Business Alliance will host a Cinco de Mayo Networking Celebration, Thursday, May 1 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Las Originales Bar and Grill.
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Join the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce for a Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting at Sanaya Beauty, Wednesday, April 30 at 4 p.m.
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The unmistakable sights, sounds and flavors of the Old West are making their way back to William S. Hart Park, 24151 Newhall Ave., Newhall, CA 91321 and you do not have to wait long.
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Visit the Santa Clarita Public Library Valencia branch, 10-11 a.m. Monday, April 14 for a paws-itively delightful new program, "Paws to Connect: Adults and Animals."
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Special Needs Athletes and Peers Sports will host its Food and Wine Tasting with Salt Creek Grille Fundraiser and Blues Music event, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 8.
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College of the Canyons will host Howard Fisher's Cougar Basketball Camp, with registration for two sessions now open to boys and girls entering third through eighth grade.
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The College of the Canyons women's volleyball program invites girls and boys ages 8-14 to participate in the 2025 COC Summer Volleyball Camp, with two sessions beginning in July.
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The Valley Industry Association will host a luncheon Friday, April 18, on the topic of "An Innovative California Community for the 21st Century."
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College of the Canyons women's basketball will host the 2025 Cougar Pride Team Camp June 27-28 at Lee Smelser Court in the Cougar Cage.
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SCV Water Agency will hold its next regular board meeting on Tuesday, April 15.
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1909 - Oil Pioneer Wallace L. Hardison killed in collision with train [ story]
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In its efforts to prevent distracted driving and save lives on our roads, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is reminding all drivers to stay focused, keep their eyes forward and keep their hands on the wheel.
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Connect with other businesses and attend the Valley Industry Association After Five networking mixer on Thursday, April 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at J Blair Group
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At the direction of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, KH Consulting Group is conducting an independent study to identify strengths and challenges of L.A. County’s current governance model and make recommendations for actionable change.
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Effective April 2, 2025, The Los Angeles County Department of Military and Veterans Affairs is proud to announce that Bob Hope Patriotic Hall has been officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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California State University, Northridge’s top student choreographers and dancers will demonstrate diverse choreographic vision, passionate dancing and powerful performances in “Kinesis: Emerging Choreography,” which will premiere on April 23, at 7:30 p.m. and Thursday, April 24, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
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WiSH Education Foundation's Over the Edge, the first annual rappelling event to hit the SCV, is waiting for all our adventurous friends to join us by raising funds for our local students through a brand new and exciting opportunity.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is lifting the Ocean Water Advisory due to Fire Impacts from Las Flores State Beach (SMB 1-14) to Santa Monica State Beach (DPH 104 A&B).
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The city of Santa Clarita is pleased to present its latest art exhibition, “Saddle Up Santa Clarita,” on view in the First Floor Gallery at City Hall now through May 14.
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Get ready for a sweet and exciting showdown at the 2nd Annual Donut Day, hosted by the Santa Clarita Valley Salvation Army Corps.
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1937 - Pioneer aviator E.B. Christopher and passenger killed in crash of light plane on Ridge Route near Gorman [ story]
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The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Santa Clarita Valley is calling on community members to rally together for the 27th annual Relay For Life of Santa Clarita Valley, on Saturday, May 3, at Central Park.
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The Friends of Santa Clarita Public Library will welcome back Western author J.R. Sanders for a free special event 6 p.m. Thursday, April 10 at the Old Town Newhall Library.
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78 Comments
Stephanie Hovsepian Becky Flores Jules Torrez
Scary! I know this is happening everywhere, just so crazy that it’s happening right here.
Awesome Town!…….Geez
Used to be awesome!! It’s so awesome that I’m moving out of this state!
Please let me know if you need help with your exit plan if you have Real Estate to sale or by in whatever location you are moving. I have helped many of my clients get connected with agents in the new state!
Rick Harms I did in January……
Right behind you.
My view now
In our own backyard. Pray for safety,but mostly pray we return to God!
Lets see; was not Mary Magdalene also a sex trafficker?Bury your head in the sand Jesus is a DEMOCRAT.The traffickers will prosper in Kerm County
Shellie Kitzes Bremner awesome town, not so awesome. Geezus
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F*cking disgusting and horrible. I hate people.
We need to take a road trip and look at some different places to move. CA period has become disgusting. Politically, taxation-wise, traffic, etc.
and Sacramento lawmakers want to make this crime a “no bail” offense
Apparently it disenfranchises the poor because they can’t post bail, so they’re locked up. I personally feel they need to look at the crime and figure out who warrants being locked up.
that whole poor versus rich, level the playing field is bull crap.
Hello Jerry Brown going to retire on his 150 acre ranch. Must be easy to give our hard earned money away and allow more criminals to go free.
Shellie Kitzes Bremner a plane trip over the ocean . If I move it’s Lake Tahoe or Hawaii know where else
Vicki Ross-White out of Ca and HI is no better politically. Very high cost of living
Yes, HI has Dem leaders, high taxes AND lots of prostitution and drugs!
Wait a minute. This sounded at first like people being held prisoner forced to have sex.
That is NOT what this story is.
This is people agreeing to have sex. regular prostitution. So you arrested a bunch of Johns right?
Sleazy yes but not really what all of us consider “human trafficking”. Did you rescue women or men being help prisoner? Catch anybody other than some “johns”?
Go ahead and report picking up johns to stop prostitution but don’t mislead with the title or we won’t know what you are talking about when you REALLY rescue people being held and forced into sex like you did a while back.
Read the byline.
This is terrifying.
If the internet sites were about having sex with underage or unwilling than I am fine with you nailing them. I am fine with you going after them if they are just johns too. But this is not the same as catching the people kidnapping and holding people hostage so please don’t call it the same thing.
I know that prostitution wouldn’t exist without the johns but not all prostitutes are prisoners or unwilling. Not all johns would have sex with someone being forced if they knew.
So the Sheriffs had some female deputies strut around on the old road and some men tried to pick the up to have sex. This is just an old fashioned prostitution sting.
The Sheriffs ran some ads about women or men willing to have sex and some men showed up. Were they trying to have sex with children? Or did they think they were meeting willing prostitutes?
Look, I’m a conservative baby boomer grandmother who doesn’t know a lot about this kind of crap but it does not seem like SCV is going to hell. The story was misleading at best.
Like i told a friend a while back , this would not suprise me, soooo many more people hoarding into SCV that anything can be happening behind closed doors, next thing we’ll be seeing headlines of a pedophile ring too, hope not.
Yet Jerry “Moonbeam” Brown will let human trafficking criminals off with a warning.
Maricela Medrano
Guillermo Medrano (Memo)
Sickos !!!!
Consenting adults attempting to engage in capitalism… great use of resources.
Adolfo Naranjo explain this to me.
You appear to be an expert on “Consenting adults… engaging in capitalism…” Be my guest. I’m all ears.
Adolfo Naranjo what does that mean?
Nina Marie, near your work! Be careful sweetie!
So happy these 11 predators r off the streets at least for for tonight
Carolyn Tucker this is nuts! In our own backyard. Glad they were caught!
I know I saw this. I can’t believe it . Human trafficking is everywhere sadly so happy they were caught and quit a bit of them . Soo sooo scary ? keep a good eye on our kiddos .
I had the officer come up to my window and asked if I was looking for a date. I didn’t do anything other than a stop to get auto parts and I was a target for the aggressive tactics used by Santa Clarita’s finest! It is a complete set-up and a waste of tax dollars besides being just plain wrong. I have to say, The officer they used was very pretty and easily commanded everyone’s attention as she was prancing around, you couldn’t help but notice her. whos to say if these men that were arrested had any thought of buying a hooker if it wasn’t randomly shoved in their face every couple years. Everyone on here is so up in arms about the city going to hell, when its the city promoting that image in the first place.
What city? Castaic isn’t in a city. The city of Santa Clarita had nothing to do with it. This was L.A. County.
Didn’t think you would print another viewpoint!
Viva Los Pinchis Dodgers Cabrones!!
Katie Newman. Alexa Michele. Whatttttt?????
The best part is the comments! I love the comments! Sickos, lock them up, best keep an eye on the kiddies! I’ve got news for you people you’re supposed to be keeping an eye on your kids already before reading this crap from our local PD! And I wonder how many of you leaving comments to turn off the computer and jump into bed with the hubby and break out the handcuffs and close pins trying to keep it interesting, but that’s ok!
I’m confused. These dudes thought they were going to bang a hooker and that’s now classed as “human trafficking”?
I read the same thing… what classifies this as human trafficking? Maybe I missed something??
W.T.F. ?
Desiree DA Rosy Selena Bloom
I’m amazed that after the astounding home prices, and exorbitant property taxes, that people could actually afford prostitution.
11 less around here
They were arrested for prostitution charges… Is this a human trafficing prostitution ring? Cops were undercover.
Lisa Summers
I saw this! What the heck?
At least the SIGNAL called them “johns”. NO, this is not a human trafficking ring. This was a Sheriffs sting where they pretend to be hookers and lure in guys for sex and then bust them.
Note the author: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
You are correct that your story was from the Sheriffs dept. Total cut and paste for sure.
At least the SIGNAL added a paragraph at the beginning to clarify what the story was REALLY about. They did however use the same misleading term in the title of the story “Human Trafficking”.
Not sure what you mean by “total cut and paste.” We run press releases from government agencies and nonprofit agencies. So obviously most things on SCVNews.com are “total cut and paste.” (Unlike SCVTV.com and SCVHistory.com.)
Really? I guess that was my mistake. So now I see the value in the SIGNAL instead of SCVNews which is a billboard.
The primary purpose of SCVNews.com is to share government/school/nonprofit press releases. Our original work is on SCVTV.com and SCVHistory.com. We encourage you to read The Signal and listen to KHTS.
SCVNews still allows for community comments and open dialogue in a way the the SIGNAL USED TO but does not anymore. That is where the real value of this site is.
Plus it is easy to navigate.
I still love you. Lets not fight anymore:)
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This was just prostitution but this article is calling it “Human trafficking”. These were just “Johns” caught by undercover sheriffs trying to arrange consensual sex. Gross, but not the same thing at all as Human trafficking. If it was, how many “captives were rescued?”.
We’re talking about men seeking sex with prostitutes. Nothing new here. Prohibition didn’t stop alcohol abuse, war on drugs didn’t work either. Once they can figure out how to tax it they’ll legalize it. Just another waste of tax payer resources fighting something they can’t stop.
So paying for sex from a consenting adult is now human trafficking. Good to know. Way to blow the actual crime out of Proportion CA.
Not even real prostitutes used, just Sheriffs dept. deputies. How could this be Human trafficking? This was just prostitution sting.
This story is misleading to say the least. Makes SCV sound awful which is NOT TRUE.
I apologize to SCVNews. I thought they actually reported news but they just told me they just forward press releases mainly so content is not guaranteed to be correct I guess.
It is not their fault that the Sheriff’s dept. keeps trying to make every bust sound like a major bust at the expense of the reputation of Santa Clarita.
Doesn’t LA County have better things to do with their time and our money. I think its just a bunch of pervert cops getting their kicks at our expense. We’ve legalized pot, now legalize prostitution. The waste of tax payers dollars and the waste of resources by LA County is almost as bad here as their NAT storm troopers in Acton/Agua Dulce, Palmdale, Littlerock and surrounding areas. Look that one up!
Prostitution is a voluntary arrangement between consenting adults. No victim, no crime.
It is very different from human trafficking. The headline was misleading.
I’m originally from NJ and I can remember that when such an arrest was made for soliciting prostitutes, the alleged Johns’ names were published in the newspaper. The idea was to shame not just the prostitutes but the Johns who promulgate such business. I wish CA would do the same. Also, the headlines have as much information as the stories so why subscribe to a newspaper if it provides no details.
Human trafficking I think not; at first I thought good job! They saved victims but then I clicked to read about it and it was just prostitution stings. Click bait
Out of 48 comments (so far), 9 brave clear headed souls displayed intelligence and called this what is actually is. Jeanne, Rob, Paul, Nicole, Corrine, wmscv, Anders, Matilda and Kurt; you are my people. The majority of Californians have sadly become sheeple. As the old saying goes; know where you’re going and leave quickly.
Streets???
This place just keeps getting better and better. Geez Wiz!
Castaic isn’t considered SCV to me.
Brittany Yukawa !!
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Nearly-A-Dozen-Men-Arrested-In-Human-Trafficking-Sting-In-Santa-Clarita-Valley-492063911.html