LARC Ranch Executive Director Kathy Sturkey has been a leader of the facility that helps the developmentally disabled in the Santa Clarita community for 24 years. The facility was recently threatened with rule changes that could shutdown the ranch. LARC Ranch, located just outside Santa Clarita city...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has confirmed the first death of West Nile virus infection in Los Angeles County for the 2017 season (excluding Long Beach and Pasadena as cases identified in those cities are reported by their local health departments). The resident was from the San...

More than two dozen families displaced by an apartment fire in Stevenson Ranch early Friday morning are now being relocated by the Red Cross, according to Los Angeles County Fire Department officials. Firefighters remained on the scene Friday afternoon as cleanup continued after the fire that started...

Here is the Castaic/Val Verde (Zone 2) Public Safety & Crime Information Report from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station for August 17-20, 2017: 8-17-17 Theft – 28000 block of Sloan Canyon Road The victim reported a brass water valve connector stolen from his side yard hose. The...

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Traffic Office mounted a speed enforcement operation in the city of Santa Clarita Thursday, and cited 53 motorists while dodging rain and aiding firefighters with traffic control. Here’s more of the story from the Station: All five of our...

Less than 24 hours after lightning strikes, brushfires at College of the Canyons and in Castaic, and a heat-driven thunderstorm, a fire at a Stevenson Ranch apartment complex early Friday morning claimed 20 units and displaced 26-35 people, according to officials. Firefighters extinguished the blaze...

SACRAMENTO – California’s Attorney General today issued a consumer alert to warn Californians about sham charities soliciting donations in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey has set a record for rainfall in the continental United States and has devastated parts of Texas and Louisiana. “Right...

Senate Bill 634, a measure to create a new valley-wide water district in the Santa Clarita Valley, has passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee and will head to the full Assembly for a floor vote, according to a news release from its author, Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita. “Water is our...

Updated: The L.A. County Department of Health’s heat and fire danger emergency alert for the Santa Clarita Valley has been extended to Sunday, September 3. The Health Department has also issued a high heat alert for the period from Sunday through Tuesday. Record-breaking heat is expected to continue...

The California Independent System Operator Corporation has issued a statewide Flex Alert calling for voluntary electricity conservation Friday, September 1, from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Consumers are urged to conserve electricity especially during the afternoon when air conditioners typically are at peak...