A high-speed chase that started just after 7 p.m. Tuesday near Towsley Canyon has ended in the San Fernando Valley after a dramatic pursuit involving a stolen motorhome. Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station first identified the vehicle and began pursuit southbound on The Old Road until California Highway Patrol took over. “We got the call around 7 ...

California Highway Patrol officials were involved in a vehicle pursuit Sunday through multiple cities, including Santa Clarita, officials said. The chase began at 9:38 a.m. Sunday, and extended as the suspect led officials on a car chase, according to the California Highway Patrol. “The pursuit started in the Baldwin Park area and went through Altadena, through Newhall and then it ...

Assemblymember Tom Lackey released a statement Tuesday announcing his formal opposition to Assembly Bill 392 (AB 392), which limits when California police can use lethal force. “I will vote against AB 392,” said Lackey, who represents the 36th District. “California cops will die if this bill becomes law. No question.” The bill was initially introduced in February 2019 by Democratic ...

The California Highway Patrol Newhall office, along with all CHP officers and other law enforcement members, remember four of their brothers killed during the infamous “Newhall Incident” 49 years ago. On April 5, 1970, shortly before midnight, Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence and George Alleyn were killed by Bobby Augusta Davis and Jack Twinning, a pair of career criminals, ...

The California Highway Patrol is urging people to plan a sober drive home if they’re expecting to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with alcohol, officials said Thursday. CHP officials and the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) urge people to plan safe rides and avoid driving under the influence, and being taken to jail. “When you are celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, ...

Officials with the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office issued 21 citations Thursday to commercial vehicle drivers who were speeding in Castaic. In about three hours, three officers from the Newhall CHP office issued citations to commercial vehicles exceeding the 40 mph speed limit on the downgrade section of the 5 Freeway from Templin Highway to Lake Hughes Road in ...

The death of a Santa Clarita man who was killed in a Northern California crash in February has been ruled a homicide, officials said Thursday. Patrick Weber, 41, was found dead on Feb. 21 after he was shot while driving east on Highway 20 in Lake County, north of the Bay Area, according to Officer Hoberg with the California Highway ...

CHP officers issued 17 citations to drivers on Sierra Highway Wednesday, and one person received a second citation after reportedly speeding away from the initial traffic stop. During the commute hours Wednesday morning, officers wrote 17 citations for a variety of violations, according to officials. “An officer originally pulled a driver over for a mechanical violation, for having no front ...

California Highway Patrol Newhall Area officers made over 50 traffic stops on San Francisquito Canyon early Thursday morning, with one person cited for traveling nearly 100 mph. “The pre-dawn hours saw CHP officers out again on San Francisquito Canyon,” reads a Facebook post from the CHP Newhall office. “They made over 50 traffic stops, mostly for speeding violations.” One individual ...

California Highway Patrol officers issued over 30 citations on Sierra Highway Thursday for speeding and crossing yellow lines during a special operation, officials said. During the second suppression operation within a week, CHP Newhall area station officers staked out Sierra Highway near Santa Clarita Thursday morning, issuing 33 citations on the same stretch of the highway as a similar operation ...