Business went on as usual Friday in Canyon Country. Hungry locals sat down for a hot meal at Micheladas Mexican Grill, gentlemen conversed over haircuts at Canyon Country Barber Shop and quick errands were made at Joe’s Liquor. But at one point during the day, customers and employees stopped their...

A man eating his lunch at Ameci Pizza Kitchen in Newhall Friday was injured when he was struck by a car that crashed through the plate glass window. The solo vehicle crash happened shortly after 12:30 p.m. at the restaurant on Lyons Avenue at Wiley Canyon Road. The wayward car — a black Ford Fusion...

With the help of two pumps, 40,000 square feet of plastic sheeting and 250,000 pounds of gravel, officials said they are planning to work 24 hours a day through the upcoming rainy weekend in hopes of protecting property at the site of the American Beauty/Trestles development landslide. On Wednesday,...

A 62-year-old woman who was riding a bicycle died after being struck by a vehicle in Newhall Friday morning. The call came in at 7:10 a.m. as a traffic collision with a pedestrian, said Austin Bennett, a spokesman with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “One pedestrian was struck and transported...

By Martin Macias Jr. Los Angeles County transit officials voted unanimously Thursday to explore a tax on ride-hail companies like Uber and Lyft, and advanced plans to study the impact of charging drivers a congestion fee to access certain roadways. L.A. Councilman Paul Krekorian, who endorsed the idea...

A man found dead on a Canyon Country sidewalk last week died of a heart attack, investigators with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner said. The deceased man was found Feb. 22 on the sidewalk of the 18200 block of Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country. He has since been identified...

SACRAMENTO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra on Friday released the 2018 Armed and Prohibited Persons program annual report, which tracks state residents who unlawfully own firearms. California is the first and only state in the nation to have established an automated system for tracking...

Sacramento – California Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, has been appointed to serve on four Senate select committees and one joint Senate and Assembly committee, his office announced Friday. The Senate Rules Committee made the appointments at its hearing this week. “Serving on these...

By Martin Macias Jr. LOS ANGELES – A California law requiring public disclosure of police misconduct records has been challenged by police unions in courts across the state, but received support Wednesday from Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. Police officer unions, including the Los Angeles...

It had never occurred to Valencia resident Robert Manley that his adopted son, Dwight Manley, had strong physical and character similarities to former Los Angeles County Fifth District Supervisor Mike Antonovich. The realization of those similarities happened only recently when the three gathered together...