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Friends of the Children – Los Angeles presented Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger with the “Power of One” award at the organization’s inaugural Women’s Leadership Breakfast held this week at The California Club in Los Angeles. Barger was selected to receive the award for...

Santa Clarita Valley sees suicide rates increase in the last two years; resources available to those in need. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors received and filed a report back on the rollout of the newly established 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, with county staff detailing the positive impact it’s had on county residents and some challenges to overcome.

The Missing Persons Unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has located missing person Lance Theodore Stone, the LASD announced early Friday morning. The Missing Persons Unit originally requested the public’s help in locating Stone, who was reported as missing, on Tuesday. Stone, 27, of Kern County,...

The Santa Clarita City Council voted to adjust the timeline Tuesday for a developer planning to add more than 800 homes to the west side of Santa Clarita. The move is intended to give a more definitive timeline for the incentives surrounding the project, according to a city senior planner. City Council members approved the staff recommendation on the adjustment unanimously.

Saugus Centurions girls’ volleyball had an unforgettable 2022 season. The Centurions won the Foothill League for the first time in 11 years, brought home a CIF title with four straight sweeps and ended their season in the State Regional Semifinals. Saugus played in 38 matches and dropped only 11 sets.

The Old Road between Crescent Valley Mobile Home Park and Newhall Church of the Nazarene in Newhall is expected to close Friday night to Saturday morning as part of the I-5 North County Enhancements Project, according to Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials. Patrick Chandler, a spokesman for Metro,...

Santa Clarita participates in 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count. Residents, some in groups and others alone, trickled into the Santa Clarita Recreation Center to volunteer for the 2023 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count in the late evening Tuesday — all prepared to face the strong winds and cold night to collect data used to address homelessness on various fronts.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies were searching the Saugus area Thursday night for a burglary suspect who was tracked to the SCV from the San Fernando Valley, according to an SCV Sheriff’s Station official. A helicopter could be seen circling the area south of San Francisquito Canyon...

Castaic High School’s open-enrollment process for the 2023/2024 school year will begin in February. As part of this process, three information nights have been scheduled to offer parents an opportunity to learn more about Castaic High and all the school has to offer. . There are many unique opportunities at...

The city of Santa Clarita issued an “avoid the area” alert Tuesday evening following a reported gas leak in Saugus. The alert also shared that delays and lane closures were to be expected. “At approximately 12:29 p.m. yesterday we were made aware of a gas leak via an...

About five years ago, Drug Enforcement Administration agents began battling an opponent unlike any other they’d ever faced. The extreme danger posed by fentanyl, the demographics of who it was killing and how pervasive it was becoming — and on the heels of an opioid epidemic that was already reshaping attitudes — prompted a new approach.

The Missing Persons Unit of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released an update on the physical appearance of missing person Lance Theodore Stone on Wednesday night. The update released by the Sheriff’s Department said Stone recently shaved off his hair on his face and head. The department provided...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion on Tuesday that would extend a pandemic-era eviction moratorium until the end of March. Several protections for renters have been changed and extended by the board since the beginning of the pandemic and included rent assistance for tenants, grants for landlords and restrictions on eviction.

They’re honest. They have integrity and tenacity, and they’re forthright. Cowboys can be wild, he said, but they’re good people. Longtime Castaic resident Billy Burton insists that it’s his “cowboy mentality” that’s given him his 50-plus-year career in the film industry as an extra-turned-stunt performer, stunt coordinator and second-unit director.

A reported burglary at a residence on the 28000 block of Florence Lane on Thursday morning marks the second time jewelry and other possessions have been taken from a home in Santa Clarita during the past 48 hours. Natalie Arriaga, spokeswoman for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, said the...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday requesting state leaders to investigate the spike in the cost of natural gas that residents experienced this month, and the county will also mobilize its departments to offer relief. The motion authored by 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger and...

The Santa Clarita Community College District’s Independent Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee voted to accept the results of an independent audit confirming the district properly accounted for all bond expenditures in the 2021-22 fiscal year. Eide Bailly LLP conducted financial and performance audits, and issued the district an unmodified...

Bridge to Home has announced that its Soup for the Soul event is returning to a live audience at 4 p.m. Feb. 26 at the Canyon Country Community Center. Bridge to Home’s mission is to bridge people out of homelessness and into housing. Formed in 1996, Bridge to Home provides access to homeless services and shelter. At first, the organization provided 22 emergency shelter beds and now serves more than 700 households a year.

Landmark Opera will present Gilbert & Sullivan’s famous operetta, “The Pirates of Penzance,” on Sunday, Feb. 5, at 2 p.m. at Santa Clarita United Methodist Church, located at 26640 Bouquet Canyon Road in Santa Clarita. “The Pirates of Penzance” is Gilbert and Sullivan’s most beloved operetta. A...

At the request of the city of Santa Clarita, the Valencia High School Marching Band drumline led off the second annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Walk. The drumline, which was made up of 14 students playing five different instruments, entertained the crowd before the speeches began, and then started the Jan. 16 Unity Walk with a rousing drum cadence.