The case against Ron Jeremy, an adult film star indicted for over 30 instances of sexual assault, including sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a house party in Santa Clarita, has been suspended amid questions about his mental competence. Thursday, attorneys representing Jeremy called into question his mental competence, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District ...

A drunk driver who was arrested for murder last year after causing a fatal 14 Freeway crash north of Santa Clarita pleading not guilty Friday. Roberto Deloya, 35, from Palmdale pleading not guilty in court Friday, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Around 1:15 a.m. Friday, July 16, 2021, first responders received reports of ...

Trial is underway in the domestic assault case of Santa Clarita lawyer and SCV Water Agency board member Daniel Mortensen, who was charged with one count of battery on a spouse in 2020.  Around 11 p.m. on April 12, 2020, Mortensen was arrested and transported to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on suspicion of assaulting his spouse in a ...

Paul De La Cerda, a former Saugus School Board member and Dean of East Los Angeles College who is facing school-related embezzlement charges, appeared in court for a preliminary setting on Thursday.  The defendant, who pleaded not guilty to the charges in January, returned to court for a special proceeding held before a judge to determine whether or not there ...

On Wednesday the William S. Hart Union School District announced that it reached a settlement with the alleged victims of sexual abuse by a former walk-on athletic coach in the district. “Several former students have claimed that they were sexually abused by a former walk-on athletic coach who worked for a period of time for the Hart District,” said a ...

On Friday, a wrongful death suit was filed by the widow and family of Tory Carlon, the Los Angeles County firefighter specialist shot and killed in the  Fire Station 81 shooting in Agua Dulce. The widow, Heidi Carlon, and the family of slain firefighter specialist Carlon have filed suit against L.A. County and the estate of Carlon’s assailant, Jonathan Patrick ...

A Former Saugus School Board member and Dean of East Los Angeles College appeared in court on Friday to face charges of embezzlement. Friday, Paul De La Cerda pled not guilty to the embezzlement charges, said Greg Risling, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. De La Cerda served as East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Dean until ...

Jury trials have been paused for three weeks in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, which covers the Santa Clarita area, due to concerns about coronavirus spread. The Central District of California announced Monday that all jury trials in its jurisdiction are set to be paused through Jan. 24 due to the “alarming” increase in ...

A former Saugus High School substitute teacher was sentenced to state prison Wednesday after pleading no contest to sexually assaulting one of his female students over two months. David Cornish, 28, pleaded no contest to lewd acts upon a child aged 14 or 15 on Wednesday, and was sentenced to three years in state prison, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for ...

Preliminary findings pointing to the cause of a Santa Clarita baby’s death, whose father has been arrested on suspicion of murder, have been released. Details about the cause of death for Santa Clarita baby Jelani Taylor, who passed away in September, have been released as part of an effort last week to oppose a bail reduction for the child’s father, ...