Parks Bureau and Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested a wanted robbery suspect after a brief standoff Tuesday evening in Val Verde, officials reported. A Parks Bureau deputy patrolling a neighborhood near Chiquito Canyon Road, about a half-mile south of San Martinez Road, spotted...

An alleged “road rage” incident involving windshield wiper spray led to a shooting on Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country on Monday night. Deputies received a call a few minutes before 7 p.m. regarding a victim who reportedly was driving on the 18200 block of Soledad Canyon Road, near River Circle...

Canyon Country resident Ralph August Steger, 75, who struck and killed 14-year-old Wyatt Savaikie at a Saugus intersection in July 2015 received 60 days in jail and probation Monday, officials said. Read the full story [here].  

Rep. Steve Knight [Rep. Knight] – U.S. Rep. Steve Knight announced Thursday that the decades-long fight to prevent Cemex from mining in Santa Clarita may come to an end as soon as next week. In a letter delivered to Knight last week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Acting Principal Deputy...

A woman accused as an accomplice to a Newhall man who victimized at least 10 children over a 15-year span received probation and 256 days time served, officials said Friday. The sentence Jacqueline Wadsworth, 32, for was much lighter than the plea deal for her live-in boyfriend, Francisco Avedano, due...

After more than 20 years as a Burger King, owner Dave Wurtz said he’s turning his building at Bouquet and Newhall Ranch Road into a drive-through Starbucks. Read full story [here].  

On Aug. 1, at approximately 8:44 p.m., CHP’s Los Angeles Communications Center began receiving a series of 911 calls reporting a vehicle verses object and also pedestrian on the ground in the northbound No. 1 and 2 lanes of Interstate 5. However, the callers provided several different locations. The...

California Highway Patrol officers caught up with a stolen vehicle Monday morning, but it was too late to save the car. Read the full story [here].

Coroner’s officials identified a man who died Friday night during the Sand Fire. Bob Bresnick, 67, was found in his car near a home her shared with his significant other, Donna Fink, on Iron Canyon Road. For the full story, click [here].

Detectives are investigating the death of a woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle in the 17600 block of Sierra Highway, near the Salvation Army store in Canyon Country. The victim, a white female in her 40s, was trying to rescue her dog, which ran out into the street. The driver is cooperating...