When Dan Richards went searching for his biological father and found a murderer serving life in prison who was on the verge of being paroled, he alerted the murder victim’s family and friends about the parole decision and about his father’s pending release from prison. Now the murderer’s son and...

A motorist was rushed to the hospital Friday morning after being pinned inside their vehicle for more than 20 minutes after it crashed on the northbound lanes of Highway 14, slamming into the center median near Via Princessa. The solo traffic collision happened shortly before 6:30 a.m. More than half...

Between 120,000 and 165,000 gallons of water went down the drain, literally, Tuesday after a hydrant was sheared off in Newhall in the morning, and a service line broken later in the day. The water released in both breaches was between 100,000 to 150,000 gallons in Newhall and between 10,000 and 15,000...

A raid on a Canyon Country home by heavily armed members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau culminated in the arrest of a man and a woman suspected of child cruelty due to the “deplorable” living conditions inside the home, according to sheriff’s officials. On...

The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency tweaked conditions of its solar power-purchasing agreement Tuesday in a move that secures power for the agency, reduces cost and renders it more flexible, according to the agency. On Tuesday, the agency’s board members held a special meeting to nail down the proper...

The body of a man was found in Bouquet Creek Tuesday evening, leading investigators to believe he died of natural causes. The man, in his 60s, reportedly lived in one of the cabins that line Bouquet Creek along Bouquet Canyon Road, about a half-mile from the site of the former Big Oaks Lodge. “There...

UPDATE at 11:56 a.m.: Two students are being detained after a 911 call was traced to a cell phone, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station reports. “The students had no weapons; it was a prank call,” according to a tweet from station officials. “Lockdown to be lifted shortly,”...

A 15-year-old plan to build close to 500 homes between Shadow Pines and Agua Dulce was approved unanimously by county supervisors Tuesday provided the developer includes 14 green conditions that promise to transform the plan into a state-of-the-art project in terms of sustainability. The revamped Spring...

A 25-year-old woman found face down, bleeding on a roadway inside a Canyon Country mobile home park, received medical treatment from paramedics and was later taken to a rehab center for treatment of a “huffing” addiction of inhaling aerosol chemicals. Shortly before 10:30 a.m. Monday, a maintenance...

A motorcyclist hurt and taken to the hospital Monday morning narrowly missed being run over by a big rig, one of the rescuing paramedics said. The injured man, whose identity was not disclosed, suffered minor injuries after the motorcycle and a car collided in the southbound lanes of Highway 14, just...