A man who was found in the wash in Canyon Country Monday afternoon appears to have died of natural causes, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials said. The man’s body was found around 2:49 p.m. in the wash near the 26000 block of Reuther Avenue, said Sgt. Brian Allen with the SCV...

The Santa Clarita City Council approved a proposal for a memorial wall in Veterans Historical Plaza. The proposal was originally brought up in the May 24 meeting but was sent back for an alternative design. Bill Reynolds, who proposed the wall, brought back an alternative design in June that was brought...

A high-speed chase that began on the southbound 14 freeway Tuesday night ended in the a crash and the suspect’s arrest. Miguel Angel Jiminez Jr., 21, of Sylmar, was seen driving a maroon Chevy Corvette at speeds more than 100 mph on the southbound 14 freeway, south of Soledad Canyon Road, according...

A fatal traffic collision shut down the eastbound 126 highway Wednesday morning. The 35-year-old male victim was identified as Christopher Parry, of Lodi. He was traveling eastbound on a 2008 Shanghai Shenke motorcycle on the 126, east of the Ventura County line. The driver of a 2006 Dodge Stratus was...

The county planning director has issued a waiver allowing the Chiquita Canyon Landfill to continue accepting trash beyond its approved capacity while the landfill’s expansion plan works its way through the approval process, an official confirmed Thursday. Under its 1997 conditions of approval, the...

The Sand Fire in the Santa Clarita Valley has grown to 20,000 acres with 10 percent containment throughout Saturday with more mandatory evacuations in effect. Officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Angeles National Forest and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department are in unified...

  A brush fire that erupted Friday afternoon in the Santa Clara River bed in Canyon Country was blown south into the Angeles National Forest and had charred 3,327 acres with no containment by 9:45 p.m., with hundreds of homes evacuated. Los Angeles County Fire and the U.S. Forest Service are in...

A Castaic School Board member said Thursday he will be resigning from the position. Michael Lambarth announced his departure during a special meeting of the board. “During the past several months I’ve been forced to examine my use of time,” Lambarth said. “I have experienced ill health affecting...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to approve a resolution Tuesday that would clear the way for the West Creek community to annex into the city of Santa Clarita. If the resolution is approved, the Local Agency Formation Commission would then begin to hold hearings on the annexation....

Indigenous people from all over the Americas who are participating in a run across two continents stopped in the Santa Clarita Valley to be greeted by local tribal members before continuing on to Los Angeles and points south. Elders and other members of the Fernandeño-Tataviam Band of Mission Indians,...