Harry Bell, 2011 SCV Man of the Year [KHTS] – More than two years after a fatal Piru-area plane crash killed the 2011 SCV Man of the Year and his co-pilot, a federal aviation report shed little light on the circumstances of the incident. The factual findings, which were released recently on the...

Rep. Buck McKeon Exactly 11 years – to the day – after he first introduced legislation seeking to block a massive gravel mine in Soledad Canyon, Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon introduced what will be his last bill aimed at achieving the same end. And this version is different. McKeon, who retires...

The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has identified the victim of Friday afternoon’s car crash on Copper Hill Drive as Dylan Zimmerman of Valencia. Zimmerman was transported to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, where he succumbed to the massive injuries he sustained when, at about...

[SEE MORE PHOTOS by Jason Brice and Austin Dave]   A vehicle went over the side of San Francisquito Canyon Road on Monday at about 10:35 a.m. just south of the historic St. Francis Dam site and north of LADWP Powerhouse 2, roughly 7 miles north of Copper Hill Drive in Saugus. The vehicle burst into...

Update Saturday, Feb. 1 (KHTS): The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office has identified the man shot by deputies as 47-year-old Steven Pettersen. Public records show a Steven Pettersen, age 47, with a Sunland address.     Update Jan. 31: [Sheriff’s Statement on Shooting of Man Wielding...

>>>CLICK HERE TO SEE THURSDAY’S STORY FOR FURTHER UPDATES<<<   UPDATE 7, Thursday, 8 a.m.: Nothing new to report. One sheriff’s team continues to search the area, Lt. Mark Hershey said. School resource deputies have been briefed on the situation. School resource deputies...

City officials are expected to approve Tuesday night a staff recommendation that calls for a new parking lot and a park in Bridgeport Marketplace, near Real Life Church in Valencia. The 26-acre site has been developed into roughly 200,000 square feet of commercial buildings, including restaurants, a...

Jerry Moon Jerry Moon, 19, of Stevenson Ranch, will be back in court next month on allegations that he raped and attempt to murder a Stevenson Ranch woman last January. Moon’s case was continued to Feb. 28, after he let Superior Court Judge Lloyd Nash know he intended to file a motion in San Fernando...

Friends gather at the crash site where Dakota Demott was killed. Two men charged with murder in the death of a Canyon Country man are due back in court next month, officials said Tuesday. Colt Doherty and Thomas Vensko, who are both facing murder charges in the death of Dakota Demott, will be back in...

The retail-heavy Santa Clarita’s unemployment rate inched up to 6.2 percent in December as holiday hiring was off its usual pace across Los Angeles County for the month, even as the county and state’s adjusted jobless rates remained flat at 10.2 and 9.8 percent respectively. Santa Clarita...