It's time for the County of Los Angeles Cinco De Mayo 2016 celebration! For those who aren't aware, Cinco de Mayo means the 5th of May, and it marks the date that Americans like to commemorate Mexico's defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1862. Often, people here in the US [...]
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Wednesday, April 27th is Denim Day at the Santa Clarita Domestic Violence Center. Denim Day is a day when women the world over are obliged to wear denim jeans in support of victims of domestic violence. Denim Day was started by the organization Peace Over Violence as a reaction to [...]
As many of you are well-aware, Proposition 47 was passed in November of 2014 with the intention of provided much needed relief to California's dangerously overcrowded prison system. Under the proposition, several commonly-committed, yet nonviolent felonies were reduced to misdemeanors with penalties that included less time behind bars. In needing to house fewer criminals, the [...]
Cities across the county are taking measures to help curb the rising crime rates across Los Angeles. While the San Fernando Valley has enlisted the help of volunteer patrols to be the eyes and ears of the LAPD, Manhattan Beach amps up deterrence with the installation of license-plate reading cameras. This fall, 7 license-plate reading [...]
An unfortunate turn of events on Tuesday started with a man being caught with his pants down and ended with identity theft charges. According to police, a man was observed urinating near a bridge at the intersection of Bouquet Canyon Road and Valencia Boulevard in Santa Clarita. Deputies conducted a patrol check which included a [...]
Earlier this week, a Santa Clarita business owner reported that he was the target of a phone scam. The victim's report describes receiving a call from someone claiming to be from Southern California Edison who told the victim that, if he did not immediately pay the past due amount on his account, power would be [...]
Ah, St. Patrick's Day weekend, a time of year as famous for its green beer as it is for its DUI arrests. St. Patrick's Day fell on a Thursday this year, and there were many events to be enjoyed. When St. Patty's falls on a weekday, the festivities usually continue through the weekend; and this year is [...]
A 20-year-old human trafficking victim was recently rescued by LASD deputies after her disappearance on Feb. 26. The rescue resulted in the subsequent arrests of Rico Clayton, Chad Miller and Monique Butler. According to reports, Butler invited the victim to her birthday party on February 26, in Palmdale. When the victim arrived, she was assaulted [...]
In late February, the body of Maximiliano Bernal, 21, was discovered in a Sand Canyon ravine in Canyon Country and quickly deemed a homicide. The suspect, David Aladana, who is also 21, turned himself in to authorities at the US Borders and Customs Office in San Ysidro on February 24. One week later, after leading investigators [...]
The LAPD is seeking the public's assistance in their search for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a a 70-year-old woman in Northridge. The alleged crime is reported to have occurred on February 2nd at 10:30 p.m. in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood of Northridge. The details of the crime are only that the man dragged [...]
