The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to review a motion Tuesday that urges the Sheriff’s Department, and the 46 different police departments within the county, to update their use-of-force policies and where appropriate new ones, such as requiring officers to intervene and halt officers...

Spearheading the many marches and messages through megaphones in the name of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement in the Santa Clarita Valley on Thursday were some of the community’s very own students. Near the conclusion of the protest with about 800 people, including many local high...

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, known for his environmental art pieces such as “The Umbrellas Japan-USA” installation in the Tejon Pass, died Sunday. The 84-year-old, recognized worldwide by his first name, died in his New York City home, according to a statement released on the official Twitter account...

The Westfield Valencia Town Center has scheduled its reopening for June 3 after a two-month closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, mall officials announced Wednesday. The Valencia mall will reopen alongside centers in Culver City, Santa Anita and Topanga, with the Century City location opening first...

Santa Clarita is among the top 40 cities in Los Angeles County facing the highest unemployment rates amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to recently released state data. From March to April, the unemployment rate citywide soared from 6% to 20%, with an estimated 21,600 people without a job,...

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has identified the man killed in a Newhall stabbing late Friday night, and a suspect is now in custody. Sean Lewis Driggs, 51, a transient, was pronounced dead Friday, according to Lt. Rudy Molano with the Coroner’s Office, who confirmed that a suspect was...

The L.A. County Public Health Department on Friday reported a total of 17 deaths related to COVID-19 for the Santa Clarita Valley area, nine more than the death toll previously known to the public. The tally shows a total of 15 deaths in the city of Santa Clarita, one in Acton and one in Castaic, according...

The Santa Clarita City Council is expected to revise its approved schedule of steps necessary to be completed in order to transition from at-large to district-based voting. Among those steps is to hold public hearings to collect feedback from the community on suggested district map ideas. The first...

One person died in a head-on collision early Tuesday morning on Sierra Highway in Agua Dulce. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to reports of an expanded traffic collision just before 6:30 a.m. on Sierra Highway and Penman Road, near the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints....

The Santa Clarita City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to establish an ordinance that protects residential and commercial tenants citywide from evictions through the end of May. Under the eviction moratorium, landlords cannot evict tenants for nonpayment of rent through at least May 31. Renters will...