A man in his 30s shot himself to death as he sat in his car Wednesday morning after crashing through a California Highway Patrol barricade in Castaic. According to Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s station, the man, a Castaic resident, told his family he wanted to kill himself,...

When you see 50 people standing outside a clinic waiting for their prescriptions, you can pretty much guess there’s something up. That’s what detectives from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes HALT unit found Tuesday morning when they visited a clinic in Sylmar. “These are what we call pill mills,”...

Homicide investigators are on the scene in Newhall where a man was found dead by a woman walking her dog. Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s station said that the woman made the discovery Friday around 7:45 a.m. in the neighborhood near Newhall Avenue and 16th Street. He said that...

After an extensive investigation, Los Angeles Animal Control officers served a search warrant Tuesday at a property in an unincorporated area of Canyon Country and arrested a man suspected of being a backyard butcher. Gentle Barn volunteers are working to remove the mud that's cemented onto this...

Detectives looking for Jacob Rico found more than they bargained for Thursday morning when they knocked on his door in the 24000 block of Joshua Drive in the Tesoro del Valle tract in Saugus. Rico, 18, was wanted for suspicion of furnishing narcotics to a minor and having sex with a minor under the age...

Deputies driving southbound on the I-5 freeway near Highway 138 pulled over a vehicle around 11 a.m. and discovered a large amount of marijuana in the car. According to Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s station, a search of the car yielded 42 pounds of marijuana. Vladimir Pricota,...

Technically, it’s a Turbidity Exceedance Tier 2 Violation. State officials contend they couldn’t see clearly enough, so they wrote up the Rio Vista Water Treatment Plant for having cloudy water. But not a single customer tasted a thing. Castaic Lake Water Agency General Manager Dan Masnada said that...

Ian Long There’s some woeful howling going on at the Lazy Dog Café at the Westfield Valencia Town Center, mourning the loss of beloved bartender Ian Long, who died in his sleep Saturday night. Long had worked at the popular café since its opening a few years ago and was a favorite of many customers....

Students in Santa Clarita Valley junior high schools are probably thinking about what they want to do after high school…and ultimately when they grow up. Parents can help nurture those dreams by bringing them to the fifth annual Discovering Careers Expo from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 28 at College...

A suspected parolee eluded capture Friday morning near Canyon Springs Elementary School in Canyon Country, prompting school officials to lock down the campus. Lt. Mark Hershey of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station said that deputies recognized a man who they thought might be selling drugs...