Three months after proposed an emergency plan following a chaotic Thanksgiving Day weekend in terms of Interstate 5 traffic congestion, the Castaic Town Council on Wednesday heard a progress report from Barger’s field representative, Stephanie English. Barger, who represents the county’s 5th district,...

A 24-year-old Canyon Country man arrested for DUI early Saturday was allegedly driving at nearly three times the legal blood alcohol limit and with a suspended license, according to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station authorities. Here’s more of the story from the station’s social...

The trucker accused of killing two women and four young children when his big rig hit a minivan two years ago showed no signs of weaving lanes, swerving or driving in a “serpentine manner” on the freeway before the crash, an investigator said in court Thursday. He wasn’t driving erratically, talking...

Los Angeles County Fire Department officials reported finding a man deceased on the sidewalk of the 18200 block of Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country on Friday morning. “The call came in as a cardiac arrest at 4:30 a.m.,” said Austin Bennett, a spokesman for the fire department. “They were on...

SAN DIEGO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, unveiled legislation, AB 1296, the Tax Recovery in the Underground Recovery program (TRUE Act), on Friday to combat underground economic crimes. AB 1296 is sponsored by Becerra and was introduced...

When Stephanie and Luis Estrada stepped into their yard around 8 p.m. Monday night, the couple spotted cracks in a few bricks lining their home. By 7 a.m. the next morning, the couple noticed their land was sliding, bricks were falling, and walls, fences and trees were splitting with no apparent explanation. “I...

By Maria Dinzeo SAN FRANCISCO – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and Assemblymember Marc Levine, D-San Rafael, are seeking to bolster California’s consumer privacy laws with new legislation requiring businesses to notify customers when their passport numbers and biometric information have...

The inventory of homes and condominiums listed for sale throughout the Santa Clarita Valley continued to rise during January even as high resale prices and seasonal forces combined to keep sales in check, the Southland Regional Association of Realtors reported Friday. The 550 active listings at the end...

By Martin Macias Jr. LOS ANGELES – Three Southern California men conspired with a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy to steal cash and 1,200 pounds of marijuana in a sham warehouse raid staged to look like a police operation, federal authorities said Thursday. Police arrested Matthew...

By Nick Cahill SACRAMENTO – California’s unique ability to set strict car emissions rules is on the chopping block after the Trump administration said Thursday it was ending talks with state officials over a new federal standard. California’s emissions laws, which have been adopted by a dozen other...