The 4th of July is this coming Thursday, and the city of Santa Clarita has a lot going on according to Mayor Bob Kellar. The 4th of July in Santa Clarita festivities begin at 8:00 am with the 5k and 10k Independence Day runs, beginning in Newhall. The runs will go along the parade route, [...]
Los Angeles has seen an uptick in shootings this June, according to the LAPD. In South Los Angeles, five people were shot on Friday the 14th and two more on Saturday the 15th. There have been 8 homicides recorded between May 30th and June 15th by the LAPD's South Bureau, though nobody was killed in [...]
Thanks to the Internet and its unmatched ability to spread information, 'smoking' alcohol is a new and burgeoning problem that may have serious and unintended consequences. In the latest effort to "have one's cake and eat it too," a growing number of would-be drinkers have turned to "inhaling" the vapors of alcohol in an effort [...]
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Deputies will be targeting impaired drivers with a DUI checkpoint on Friday June 7th in Santa Clarita. The location in our valley has not yet been disclosed, but the Sheriff's office will be conducting a safety checkpoint somewhere in SCV between the hours of 6:00 pm and 2:00 am. Checkpoints are [...]
An attempted poisoning was thwarted at a San Jose Starbucks. The San Jose police arrested Ramineh Behbehanian, aged 50 after a customer at the Starbucks reported strange behavior. Ramineh was seen removing orange juice bottles from the store shelves and replacing them with ones she carried in her purse. After the customer reported what he saw to [...]
There has been a drunken driving threshold change recommended in Washington this week that would change the legal blood alcohol limit of .08 to .05. In other countries, this lower limit has proven effective in reducing the amount of DUI related deaths. The new limit would be the equivalent of about 1 drink for a [...]
There will be several DUI checkpoints set up throughout Los Angeles County in an attempt to dissuade drunk driving over this Cinco de Mayo weekend. Cinco de Mayo is the day to celebrate the Mexican victory over the French at The Battle of Puebla in 1862. Over the years, it has grown to also encompass [...]
A person was arrested Friday suspected of breaking in to local Santa Clarita Valley schools. Gonzalo Ortiz, a 20 year old Newhall resident and suspected gang member was arrested along with a 17 year old boy, Friday morning and is currently being held on $85,000 bail. However, he is being held on an immigration hold. The charges [...]
For years now, a man has been driving around in a red sedan and exposing himself to a variety of victims. After two years, the LAPD is proud to report a suspect arrested in the Red Car Flasher case. The LAPD was able to zero in on a suspect thanks to the help of composite sketches, [...]
In Castaic Lake, Deputies arrested a Texas couple who possessed four pounds of marijuana in their vehicle. Like so many big busts, it all began with a minor traffic violation when Deputies first stopped the couple after noticing problems with their registration. In accordance with procedure, Deputies obtained identification from the couple and after running it [...]
