[KHTS] – A Canyon High graduate and former COC volleyball player was shot in the neck, but is in stable condition, after a high-speed pursuit and shootout Sunday, officials said. Heather Seddon, a San Diego Police Department officer, was pursuing a suspect sought for a series of shootings when...

[KHTS] – A man accused in the “mercy killings” of his wife and sister is due back in court July 22, when the court expects to have a preliminary hearing date set. Lance Holger Anderson, 60, of Canyon Country, is accused of fatally shooting his wife and his sister — both of whom reportedly...

Jaime Briano helps tutor children after school at Val Verde Park through the Sheriff’s YAL. [KHTS] – Deputy Brian Rooney knows crime prevention and neighborhood policing start with being a part of the community. For the last six or so years, he’s somewhat “entrenched” himself in the Val...

[KHTS] – A cab driver accused of killing a Valencia man in a hit-and-run crash New Year’s Day waived his preliminary hearing Monday, officials said. Ronald Lloyd Aviles, 57, of San Clemente, allegedly drove a vehicle that fatally struck Travis Marton, 23, of Valencia, and then left the scene,...

[KHTS] – A bill sponsored by Congressman Steve Knight aimed at improving private investment in the aerospace industry passed 18-13 in the Science, Space, and Technology Committee in the House recently. U.S. Rep. Steve Knight Knight saw the bill as a way to promote innovation, safety and standards...

From Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, May 14: Mayor Michael D. Antonovich applauded a staff report by the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District to reject deep well injection and brine pipelines. “While the State continues to saddle our ratepayers with these unfair burdens, we remain committed to...

To help bridge a $4.1 million budget gap, the Castaic Union School District’s governing board approved 45.4 layoff notices Monday at a special meeting. The total figure, which includes classified employees, teachers and part-time staffers, is actually lower than initially budgeted, officials said,...

[KHTS] – The Santa Clarita City Council voted 5-0 Tuesday to honor one of the city’s founders posthumously. On a motion by Councilman TimBen Boydston, seconded by Councilwoman Laurene Weste, the council approved Mayor Pro-tem Bob Kellar’s proposal to name the Golden Valley Road bridge over...

Former Santa Clarita Mayor George Pederson, who guided Santa Clarita through the recovery from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, died Saturday. He was 90. Pederson was commander of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic from 1980-1984 and served...

[KHTS] – Prosecutors are charging a Santa Clarita Valley teen with four counts in connection with an alleged assault outside West Ranch High School last month. A 17-year-old student denied the charges in juvenile court, which is essentially a not-guilty plea, according to a District Attorney’s...