By Perry Smith Signal Managing Editor After news reports detailing sexual assault allegations against a Newhall massage therapist on Sept. 2, a half-dozen additional victims have come forward, according to sheriff’s investigators. The allegations thus far have involved women who are also Santa Clarita...

Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau began investigating the alleged sexual assault of an adult female that occurred in April of this year at “Massage Plus Healing” in the city of Santa Clarita. The victim told detectives that while receiving...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has thrown out a request for a restraining order against current L.A. Dodgers and former Hart High School pitcher Trevor Bauer after the woman alleged the professional athlete raped her earlier this year. The Associated Press reported that, while reading her...

Trevor Bauer standing in his L.A. Dodgers jersey in a video he posted to social media on Friday. Photo courtesy of Trevor Bauer. Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, a Hart High School graduate, is under investigation after a woman accused the Cy Young Award winner of sexual assault, the Dodgers acknowledged...

During the second day of testimony during the preliminary hearing for Noel Fisher, the Stevenson Ranch resident and Grammy-winning producer arrested on suspicion of 26 counts of sexual assault and/or rape, the second victim to testify alleged that he grabbed her arm and forced her face down into the...

By Nathan Solis LOS ANGELES (CN) — The University of Southern California will pay $852 million to over 700 women who were allegedly sexually abused by former campus gynecologist George Tyndall as revealed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court. From 1989 through 2016, Tyndall worked at a USC campus...

The COVID-19 pandemic has required people to stay at home as much as possible. For those in abusive households, “Safer at Home” orders heightened the risk factors associated with child maltreatment, domestic violence and sexual assault. Rates of domestic violence are rising and many victims have...

“Start by Believing.” They are three simple words, but can make the difference for a survivor of sexual assault when he or she comes forward to report the attack. They are words that Katherine Lorenz, an assistant professor of criminology and justice studies at California State University, Northridge,...

By Martin Macias Jr. SACRAMENTO – California Department of Justice officials did not fully comply with requests that data from rape evidence kits be reported to prosecutors in order to demonstrate the benefits of fully clearing test backlogs, the state auditor said Thursday. The testing kits – which...

The co-owner of Southern Smoke BBQ & Brewhouse in Newhall was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail for sexually assaulting a former employee, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Taylor Carr said Sam Albert Gardian, 50, was also sentenced to three...