A former Saugus High School substitute teacher appeared in court Wednesday on charges of sexually assaulting one of his female students over two months.  David Cornish, 28, was charged in May with five counts each of lewd act upon a child, sexual penetration of a person under the age of 18, oral copulation of a person under the age of ...

A Valencia man accused of strangling his boyfriend to death appeared in court on Tuesday. Christian Ortiz, 23, is suspected of strangling Brayan “Brian” Rodriguez, 20, and hiding his body at a Valencia home in September 2017, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The couple had been arguing the last time Rodriguez was ...

A federal court has sided with Tejon Ranch over a habitat conservation challenge regarding the California Condor, allowing the company to move forward with developments. The United States District Court, Central District of California, granted summary judgment on Dec. 4 in favor of the US. Fish & Wildlife Service and Tejon Ranch Co. in a lawsuit that challenged the 2013 ...

A Canyon Country kidnapping suspect appeared in court Wednesday on charges of carjacking a vehicle from his ex-girlfriend which had their 3-month-old twins inside, officials said. James O’Neal, 26, was arrested on several different felony charges including carjacking, domestic violence, child abduction without right and false imprisonment, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at the ...

A Valencia man accused of strangling his boyfriend to death appeared in court on Tuesday. Christian Ortiz, 24, is suspected of strangling Brayan “Brian” Rodriguez, 20, and hiding his body at a Valencia home in September 2017, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The couple had been arguing the last time Rodriguez was ...

The United States Supreme Court sided with a Pasadena church challenging California Governor Gavin Newsom’s ban on indoor religious services Thursday. Supreme Court justices ordered a lower federal court to reexamine California restrictions on indoor religious services after a challenge by Pasadena-based Harvest Rock Church Inc. and Harvest International Ministries Inc., which have over 160 churches across the state. Justices ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected to release $6 million for a lawsuit settlement relating to a 2016 fatal accident that killed a 19-year-old woman on Bouquet Canyon Road.  On Jan. 4, 2016, 19-year-old Elena Kramer, from Leona Valley, was killed when her car hit an oak tree and plunged 20 feet down a ravine off of ...

The nephew of Will Cierzan, a Valencia resident missing since 2017, has pled not guilty to murder on Friday, officials said. Daniel Cierzan, 24, of Saugus, pled not guilty to one count of murder for allegedly killing his uncle Will, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “He allegedly disposed of his uncle’s body, ...

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Wednesday in a Ventura County Court on behalf of the four-year-old son of drowning victim, “Glee” star and Valencia High School graduate Naya Rivera. Rivera, best known for her role in the musical comedy television series “Glee” as cheerleader Santana Lopez, was a native of Santa Clarita and graduate of Valencia High School in ...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has declined to press criminal charges related to the Saugus High Shooting nearly a year after the tragedy, officials said Friday. On the morning of Nov. 14, 2019, the landscape of the Santa Clarita community was “forever changed” when 16-year-old Nathaniel Berhow walked into the quad of Saugus High School, pulled a .45-caliber ...