A DUI suspect was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he allegedly failed to stop at a red light and caused a fatal Canyon Country crash. Joshua David Austin, of Santa Clarita, is charged with one felony count each of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage causing injury and driving with a ...

A Canyon Country man charged with shooting his German Shepherd to death last year pleaded no contest Monday and was sentenced to six years in prison and five years of probation, officials said. Christopher Ray Nard, 58, of Canyon Country, faces one felony count of cruelty to an animal with personal use of a gun allegation, according to Deputy District ...

A music teacher from Ventura County who gave flute lessons throughout Southern California, including two school districts in Santa Clarita, agreed to plead guilty to multiple charges involving children, officials said Thursday. John Edward Zeretzke, 61, who operated the music education organization “Flutes Across the World,” was arrested in Orange County on April 10, 2019, after an investigation stemming from ...

A former Saugus High School substitute teacher pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting one of his female students over the past two months, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. David Cornish, 28, was charged with five counts each of lewd act upon a child, sexual penetration of a person under the age of 18, oral copulation of ...

A Stevenson Ranch robbery suspect has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder, along with more than a dozen other charges, after allegedly shooting a woman in an attempted carjacking, officials said. Jeremy Hernandez, 19, of Lancaster, sent in a plea of not guilty Wednesday on 14 counts of second-degree robbery, five counts of attempted second-degree robbery and one count of ...

A man arrested in connection with a Valencia Chase bank robbery pled guilty in federal court Monday. Forrest Colby Rowe, 49, pled guilty to one count of bank robbery on Monday after pleading not guilty back in February, according to Ciaran McEvoy with the United States Department of Justice. The bank robbery in Valencia was originally reported at about 3:15 p.m. on Jan. 6 ...

An off-duty police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPAD) appeared in court Friday for pretrial proceedings to the charge of brandishing a firearm during a Valencia road rage incident in December.  Georgeta Buruiana, 38, faces one felony count of brandishing a firearm at a person in a motor vehicle, said Ricardo Santiago with the Los Angeles County District ...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced Thursday that Time Warner Cable, now known as Spectrum, has to pay $18.8 million in settlements to more than 170,000 consumers, including those in Santa Clarita, who paid for internet speeds they did not receive, officials said. The settlement follows a lawsuit filed by the District Attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego ...

A drunk driver was sentenced to 15 years to life for a 14 Freeway crash which killed one person, officials said Thursday.  On Aug. 13, 2017, Joe Lopez, 25, of Little Rock, allegedly struck a parked car while driving on the 14 Freeway near Soledad Canyon Road, resulting in the death of Sam Edinburgh, 60. Edinburgh was parked on the ...

An off-duty police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) pled not guilty on Tuesday to the charge of brandishing a firearm during a road rage incident in Valencia back in December, officials said. Georgeta Buruiana, 38, faces one felony count of brandishing at a person in a motor vehicle, according to Ricardo Santiago with the Los Angeles County ...