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Vehicle Totaled After Slamming Into Pole In Canyon Country
Around 4:27 p.m., Santa Clarita Sheriff’s deputies reported to a call that a vehicle slammed into a pole and swerved off into a ditch in Canyon Country, according to Melanie Flores of the Los Angeles County Fire Department. When the deputies arrived on the scene of Golden Triangle Road and Carl Boyer Drive, they discovered ...
Thefts of avocados, farming equipment on the rise in Ventura County, authorities warn
FILLMORE, Calif. - Authorities are investigating what they're calling a recent trend in which large amounts of avocados, crops, and agricultural equipment are being stolen in Fillmore and Santa Paula. According officials, recent cases involved the thieves "staging" large amounts of illegally-picked avocados in bags, crates, and other containers in...
Santa Clarita Sees More Rainfall Than Seattle
In spite of a lack of a Superbloom, the Santa Clarita Valley has seen more rainfall this year than Seattle, Washington, making it the moistest back-to-back year since the late 1800s. Since the beginning of this year, Los Angeles County – including the Santa Clarita Valley – has received a total of 15.77 inches of ...
Man charged in cold-case murder attacked in jail: Critical condition leaves court date in question; defense team considers civil lawsuit
The Feb. 7, 2023 arrest of double murder defendant Tony Garcia was big news in Ventura County, not only due to the nature of the crimes but also the length of time it took authorities to solve the case. Garcia, 68, is accused of strangling two young women, Camarillo resident...
BREAKING NEWS: Mint Canyon Elementary On Lockdown After Man Shot Pellet Gun Towards School
UPDATE: Deputies have detained a man who allegedly shot a BB gun towards Mint Canyon Elementary School Wednesday. After a several hour search, deputies eventually located and detained the suspect, said Deputy Meza, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. “He had a BB gun, not a gun,” Meza said. The call was first ...
Ventura County home prices kept climbing in March, topping $1M in Thousand Oaks, Ojai
Real estate in Ventura County keeps getting more expensive, with some cities now above $1 million for the typical home while sales keep getting rarer. In March, the median price of single family homes sold in the county was $918,040, up 8.1% from a year earlier and the county's highest price ever for the month of March, according to data released last week by the California Association of Realtors. The median is the point at which half...
Cleanliness at Sulphur Springs district schools to be evaluated
School cleanliness was the biggest issue that Sulphur Springs Union School District students cited in a survey sent out by the district to help create the 2024-25 local control and accountability plan. The survey, conducted in March, saw 58 transitional kindergarten and first-grade classes submit responses as well as 3,590...
Tuesday's Top Prep Performers: Local teams clinch league championships
Highlights from Tuesday in high school sports: SOFTBALL Lea Tapia allowed one run on one hit while striking out five in four innings, Jadyn Claycamp allowed one hit while striking...
Wrongfully convicted man freed with the help of an amateur detective
It began as a pandemic binge-watch for a true-crime fan and educator in Topanga. It ended with freedom for two men wrongly convicted of a 2003 drive-by murder. Jessica Jacobs Dirschel is an educator who became a tireless champion of Jofama Coleman, appearing in court, tracking down witnesses, even questioning investigators. Thanks to Dirschel’s efforts, and Coleman’s own, Coleman is now a free man after serving 19 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Dirschel and Coleman shared their stories on "LA Times Today."
Hit And Run Leads To One Being Hospitalized
A vehicle is on the run after striking a dirt bike rider and fleeing the scene in Castaic, according to officials with the California Highway Patrol. At 5:37 p.m., CHP officers and the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a dirt bike rider who had been hit on Hillcrest Parkway and Madloy Parkway in ...
$25,000 of musical instruments stolen from high school band while in Chula Vista
It’s music tour season for Newbury Park Adventist Academy. Or it was. “We just relax and have a good time before the end of the school year,” said Joel Albritton, the principal of Newbury Park Adventist Academy, which is up north in Thousand Oaks, California. Last weekend’s stop...
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