A Bowman High School student was chosen as the winner of the 2015 Congressional Art Competition. The five finalists and the eventual winner, senior Alex Farrell, were recognized on air at FastFrame in Valencia. Farrell, who used pencil to recreate a portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s face, earned a complimentary...

Santa Clarita officials temporarily stubbed out an e-cigarette discussion Tuesday, while restricting operations on aggressive sales reps and massage parlors. City leaders directed staff to take another look at a proposed ordinance that could limit where residents can “vape,” after more than a dozen...

[KHTS] – Hart district students garnered a 95 percent graduation rate for the class of 2014, according to state data released Thursday, and more than half completed the required coursework set forth by the UC/CSU system. However, the data also show most Hart district students headed to COC aren’t...

Exactly 13 years after a Saugus resident and deputy for the Temple Sheriff’s Station was shot and killed while making a traffic stop, officers continue their yearly tradition of a 24-hour vigil. Temple Station deputies are keeping a memorial for their colleague, Deputy David March, a Saugus man who...

Soliz A Santa Clarita man filed suit Tuesday against the Saugus Union School District, alleging its at-large elections are in violation of the California Voting Rights Act, according to court documents. Jim Soliz, who also sued the city and COC, seeks “injunctive relief requiring the SUSD to implement...

About 1,500 Santa Clarita Valley residents booed, clapped and cheered as Santa Clarita hosted a meeting Monday night at Canyon High ostensibly to decry the high speed rail plan. Representatives from Santa Clarita, San Fernando, Acton and Agua Dulce — the areas where officials feel their cities could...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials were able to thwart a street race Sunday after receiving tips online. “We received some information from a confidential source there may be some street racing heading into our area Sunday,” said Sgt. Rich Cohen, who leads the Sheriff’s Station’s...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies, city officials and county agency representatives were on hand Monday as the city of Santa Clarita continued its efforts to eradicate illegal homeless encampments. Santa Clarita has been working with the Sheriff’s Department and several county agencies,...

[KHTS] – Despite an overcast sky and a bit of rain Sunday, hundreds flocked to Reyes Winery in Agua Dulce for the third annual Sierra Pelona Valley Wine Festival. The wine festival and the Reyes Winery vineyard host the festival each year to give back to a Santa Clarita Valley nonprofit, choosing...

[KHTS] – Two murder suspects have been deemed unfit for trial, an official said Friday. A Santa Clarita woman accused of shooting her brother and father at their Canyon Country home, and a Castaic woman charged in the stabbing death of her father were deemed not mentally competent for trial in...