WASHINGTON – As the summer vacation and travel seasons opens, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced Thursday that visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2018 resulted in a $40.1 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 329,000 jobs. According to the...

Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist Elizabeth Espinosa is the newest partner with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Communications team, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Wednesday. With more than two decades in broadcast journalism in Los Angeles, Espinosa (pictured above) will now lead the Sheriff’s...

Seven adults were arrested at a Valencia hotel Tuesday during an operation conducted by the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Taskforce and deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, authorities reported Wednesday afternoon. Jerome Roberson, 32, a resident of Bakersfield, was arrested...

OAKLAND – Just days after Bay Area counties released their homeless point-in-time figures showing significant increases in their homeless populations, California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday announced the formation of the Homeless and Supportive Housing Advisory Task Force and its co-chairs, Los...

Lief Labs, a premier formulation and product development innovator and manufacturer of dietary supplements, hosted a field trip for approximately 80 10th, 11th and 12th-grade students from San Fernando Valley High School on Friday, May 17. The students took a tour of Lief’s Valencia-based lab facilities...

At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, the Civilian Oversight Commission for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department covered several topics including further review of LASD’s Internal Administrative Investigations, a presentation on the Mental Evaluation Teams, and the approval of the Immigration...

SAN BERNARDINO – The Lancaster JetHawks played for the first time since in four days Tuesday night, hanging on to edge the Inland Empire 66ers 2-1 at San Manuel Stadium. Lancaster struck out 19 times on offense but won thanks to a pair of unearned runs. Lancaster (23-20) was without a hit until the...

Zoey White (pictured above) was four classes away from completing her animation degree at College of the Canyons when she decided to switch gears. “I was going through a lot of personal troubles trying to figure myself out, my true wants and needs,” White said. “I had a small bit of motivation,...

The California Senate has approved Senate Bill 153, which would ensure California law is in full compliance with changes to federal law regarding the cultivation of industrial hemp, Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, who introduced the bill, announced Wednesday. “Industrial hemp presents such...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey’s Conviction Review Unit has expanded its criteria for cases eligible for evaluation to include any felony conviction in which the defendant remains in custody, the DA’s office said Wednesday. Previously, wrongful conviction claims were only...