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The city of Santa Clarita invites families to experience the magic of the holidays at the fifth annual Barnyard Light Tour on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 5-7:30 p.m. at William S. Hart Park.
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The Old Town Newhall Public Library will host a Regency Blend: a Tea Making Social, Friday, Dec. 19, 4-5:30 p.m. at 24500 Main St., Santa Clarita, CA 91321.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department wants to remind the public of the dangers of driving impaired and to celebrate the holiday season responsibly by not driving under the influence.
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A two-decade Christmas tradition continues on Saturday, Dec. 20, when Faith Community Church welcomes hundreds of neighbors for its 20th annual “Festividad for Christ” celebration.
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As we complete the second week of Foothill League soccer competition, trends are beginning to show, and Saugus has taken over first place in both the boys and girls leagues.
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The California Department of Public Health is working with local health departments and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to the consumption of eggs.
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College of the Canyons men's basketball played to an 83-69 road win at L.A. City College on Wednesday, Dec. 10 as the Cougars received 43 bench points to help secure the win.
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1891 - Actor Buck Jones, a Placerita and Vasquez "regular," born in Indiana [ story]
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Valencia FivePoint Farmers Market will host a holiday market, 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14 at 27426 Navigation Avenue, Valencia, CA 91381.
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Real Way Foundation Inc. is teaming up with J.C.L. Productions’ L.A. Clave Latin Jazz Band for the Very Merry Jazzy Fiesta Holiday Fundraiser on Saturday, Dec. 13, beginning at 5 p.m.
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Luna Events will host a Winter Wonderland Holiday Market, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 20 at Saugus High School.
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The Santa Clarita Elks Lodge 2379 will host its 2025 Holiday Boutique, a fundraiser to help children with disabilities on Saturday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
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The California Department of Public Health is warning consumers not to eat TRE House brand Magic Mushroom gummies, chocolate bars and syrup.
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On Nov. 10, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department recovered an item which appears to be a large ceremonial brass bell.
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Valencia High School’s internationally acclaimed vocal jazz ensemble, “Two N’ Four,” has been selected to perform at the 2026 Jazz Education Network International Conference in New Orleans.
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This week Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares (R-Santa Clarita) continued her “District Dialogues” series with an education roundtable, bringing together school superintendents from across the High Desert.
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Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA-27) and Rep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6) have introduced the National Scam Prevention Coordination Act, legislation that would establish an office in the White House to oversee and coordinate the implementation of a national strategy for fraud and scam prevention.
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TMU track star Jack Anderson, the recent winner of the NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship, competed in the Sharon Colyear Invitational Dec. 5-6 in Boston.
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1922 - Piru bank robbed, banker and daughter kidnapped [ story]
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the California Transportation Commission approved $1.1 billion to fund new zero-emission buses, charging stations, and related infrastructure
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Indie Films R Us, the newest streaming platform to enter the market, has announced a strategic partnership with the Santa Clarita International Film Festival to expand meaningful distribution opportunities for independent filmmakers.
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Coalition for Clean Air is issuing this urgent warning regarding unauthorized individuals who are falsely claiming to represent the CCA while canvassing neighborhoods in Los Angeles.
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The city of Santa Clarita is highlighting Holiday events and shows that everyone in the community can enjoy.
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Together, as a community, Santa Clarita accomplished many great things in 2025.
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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:)
:)
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