County officials seized 58 malnourished and abused animals from a "backyard butcher" in Santa Clarita Valley. Officials found out he was selling the meat he butchered to other people, which is illegal (and based on the appearance of the animals, probably pretty unhealthy). more ›

After sexually assaulting at least 14 underage girls, some as young as twelve, 19-year-old Michael Downs has been arrested and faces 29 felony charges, reports KTLA. Downs, who lives in Santa Clarita, allegedly met the girls on Facebook, and lied to them by saying he was 16. He then arranged times and places to meet them, and that's when the attacks occurred. more ›

An assistant high school football coach suspected of having sex with a 15-year-old student at the school where he coached was arrested yesterday at his home near Santa Clarita. School officials reported to sheriff's deputies that they suspected that the 20-year-old coach Nicolas Ovendale and a girl had sex. more ›

An 11-year-old boy was sexually assaulted at the Westfield Valencia Town Center on Monday afternoon while inside a public restroom in the food court area of the mall. The molester has been identified as 25-year-old Casey Crockett of Santa Clarita. more ›

This morning a 3.2 quake hit the area 8 miles northeast of Santa Clarita at 11:23 a.m. Let us know if you felt it. more ›

A Santa Clarita man shot his next door neighbor to death after the two got into an argument early this morning, according to sheriff's homicide detectives. The 51-year-old victim walked over to his next door neighbor's house around the 3 a.m. to complain about some ongoing dispute. The neighbor shot the 51-year-old man in the torso, killing him. Firefighters pronounced him dead at the scene. more ›

It's not your imagination, the earth is still shaking in the Valley after Thursday's 4.2 quake. more ›

No, that wasn't your stomach rumbling if you forgot to eat lunch, that was indeed a magnitude 4.3 earthquake that hit the Los Angeles area at 1:47 this afternoon. more ›

Recently the Los Angeles Police Department announced a crackdown on drunk driving, with an intensified period of focus on getting drivers under the influence off the streets through the Labor Day long weekend. Several other regional law enforcement agencies are also similarly focused this weekend and next, as part of an ongoing campaign to educate drivers about the dangers of getting being the wheel while intoxicated. more ›

It's a tragic end for a woman who accidentally fell into a backyard swimming pool with a lawnmower over the weekend. 30-year-old Lucinda Godinez of Newhall had been doing paid landscaping with her husband at a home in the Santa Clarita Valley on Friday morning when she fell. more ›

Castaic, known for its beautiful lake, its proximity to Six Flags, and its ongoing prostitution problem, has hosted another Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department "John" sting around a heavily-trafficked area on Castaic Road, according to a LASD statement. more ›

A rise in purse snatchings at malls and grocery stores in the Santa Clarita Valley has prompted a warning to shoppers, according to KTLA. With the recent increase in grabby hands, women are being asked to pay extra attention. more ›

A semi-spectacular "chase" took place in the Santa Clarita Valley overnight, when a car with two occupants attempted to flee from a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy and crashed into a gas station. The crash happened so quickly after the driver spotted the authorities that the deputy didn't even get the chance to start a pursuit, according to L.A. Now. more ›

A 29-year-old man employed as a high school math teacher in the William S. Hart School District in Santa Clarita was busted for selling drugs during a sting operation held this weekend, according to L.A. Now. Ashraf Boulos Hindi was taken into custody after providing an undercover Ventura County Sheriff's deputy with drugs at a Motel 6 in Camarillo. more ›

A former federal tax agent and Santa Clarita resident convicted of filing multiple fraudulent tax returns was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison on Thursday. 51-year-old Albert Bront admitted in court earlier this year that he filed fraudulent tax returns for himself and on behalf of relatives during the tax years 2003-2007, when he took excessive deductions and neglected to declare all his income. more ›

A 32-year-old male student at Santa Clarita's College of the Canyons was arrested Tuesday on charges of disorderly conduct and possession of child pornography after he was found attempting to film a boy using a campus restroom. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department say Daniel Donovan was identified by a 12-year-old boy who saw Donovan trying to videotape him as he was using the restroom in one of the stalls Tuesday evening. more ›

A Santa Clarita resident who shares a home with several roommates says he was the target of an apparent hate crime. Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Deputies were dispatched on a call of a vehicle fire at the home, according to a release issued by the LASD, and the victim, an African-American male, said he initially heard noises coming from outside the front of the home. In his driveway was "his 2009 Scion fully engulfed in flames." more ›

A former Santa Clarita resident employed as a revenue agent with the IRS pleaded guilty yesterday on charges he filed false tax returns for himself and relatives, according to the Department of Justice. 51-year-old Albert Bront admitted in court he filed fraudulent tax returns for himself in 2005, for which he is charged, as well as during the tax years 2003-2007, when he took excessive deductions and neglected to declare all his income. more ›

Not to be outdone by the East Coast's end of days, Southern California welcomed some new flakes of its own today when snow levels dropped to about 1,300 feet coating Santa Clarita, Valencia and other L.A. surrounding areas. Thanks to all the winter-loving locals who thought to take photos while slipping and sliding. more ›

An 800-mile Tour de France-style road race tailored for California will be back next May and include two stages in the Los Angeles region, race officials announced today. The Tour of California is scheduled for May 15 through 22 and will hold stages between Claremont & Mount Baldy and Santa Clarita & Thousand Oaks, home to the sponsoring company Amgen. more ›

This afternoon a brush fire that grew to about 40 acres tore through Santa Clarita, at times threatening around 50 homes homes in the Brookview Terrace area. more ›

A brush fire that has already grown to at least 10 acres is burning in Santa Clarita, according to cbs2.com. "The blaze was burning on Copper Hill and Haskell Canyon," say officials, and some structures are reportedly threatened. Crews are currently on scene "creating a perimeter for structure protection." No information has been made available as of yet regarding evacuations, if necessary, or the cause of the fire. more ›

A brush fire in the Newhall Pass between Los Angeles and Santa Clarita Valley has prompted officials to close all northbound lanes, according to an e-mail alert from KNX1070. Traffic is being re-routed from the northbound 5 freeway to 14. An alternative route that may help is Santa Clarita's cross-valley connector. more ›

The sunsets are sure pretty in Awesometown, but we're not sure how awesome Valencia really is. Considering that people actually are camping out waiting for the opening of a Chick-fil-A, these people seem awesomely bored. Or maybe they are the smartest people around -- depends on how you look at it. The first 100 people in line get 52 free sandwiches. No, no, not all at once. They get a free sandwich each week for a year. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office at city hall yesterday morning was swept for a bomb after a threat was phoned in. “No evidence of a bomb or any sort of destructive device was located, nor has evidence been found lending credibility to this threat," mayoral spokesperson Sarah Hamilton said. And in Santa Clarita today, a bomb threat was called in to the Providence Holy Cross medical in the Valencia neighborhood. Both incidents come days after a car bomb attempt in New York City. more ›

Some ten years after breaking ground, Santa Clarita officials last week opened the last segment of an 8.5 mile road that they hoped would relieve traffic throughout the city and valley. So far, the Cross-Valley Connector, which diagonally connects the 14 freeway with the 126 highway, has worked, city officials are touting today. more ›

So you go the gas pump, insert your card and fill the tank. What you may not know is that a thief installed a card skimmer on the pump so they could steal your info and re-crete the card for their own purchase. Three prolific identify theft suspects were arrested of just that today by a large task force led by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department with the FBI, LAPD, Glendale Police, ICE, USPS and U.S. Attorneys Office. more ›