A vehicle went off the I-5 freeway down into an embankment in Castaic Saturday, sending at least one to the hospital. Around 1:40 p.m. Saturday, first responders received a report of a traffic collision on the I-5 freeway just north of Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, said Dispatch Supervisor Bernard Peters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The vehicle ...

Officials with the Castaic Union School District (CUSD) announced Wednesday that full-time in-person learning is scheduled to resume in April. Due to COVID-19 cases continuing to decline, and Los Angeles County expected to be in the Orange Tier by next month, Castaic schools are scheduled to return to full-time in-person learning by Apr. 19, said CUSD Superintendent Steve Doyle in ...

The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger are expected to host a food drive at the Castaic Lake Recreation Area on Thursday.  This grocery giveaway and others held in the past year by Supervisor Barger and the L.A. Regional Food Bank comes as a relief response to the COVID-19 pandemic.   “As we work toward ...

A big rig fire on the I-5 Freeway spread to the surrounding brush Friday afternoon, prompting a response from firefighters. UPDATE (1:30 p.m.): Forward progress has been stopped on the Five Fire near Castaic at approximately one acre in size, firefighters are expected to remain on scene to mop up any hotspots related to the incident, according to the Los ...

A Crime Suppression Operation on Tuesday resulted in two individuals being arrested on felony charges, after a routine traffic stop in Castaic. Around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, deputies with the Juvenile Intervention Team, (J-Team) contacted two individuals near Castaic and Ridge Route Roads in Castaic, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “During a traffic stop ...

UPDATE: The southbound side of the I-5 Freeway in of Castaic has been reopened Thursday afternoon after being temporarily closed as a result of snow and low visibility in the Grapevine. Original Story: As of 12:50 p.m. Thursday, the southbound 5 Freeway is closed to Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, however, motorists wanting to turn around can do so by ...

A Castaic brush fire was quickly knocked down at a quarter acre Friday. Around 3:10 p.m. Friday, first responders received reports of a brush fire on the northbound I-5 Freeway on-ramp from Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, said Ed Pickett, dispatch supervisor for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “It reached a quarter acre,” Pickett said. Firefighters briefly shutdown the ...

Nearly 2,500 customers with Southern California Edison (SCE) were without power Thursday afternoon as the result of a Castaic power outage. Just after 1:50 p.m. Thursday, residents in Castaic began reporting power outages near Hasley Canyon. After receiving those reports, SCE officials confirmed that an estimated 2,465 of their customers in the area were impacted by the Castaic power outage, ...

A containment has been set up north of Castaic after a brief 5 Freeway pursuit ended when a stolen vehicle suspect fled across the freeway on foot. UPDATE: At 11:45 a.m., law enforcement located the suspect, and took him into custody, according to Sheriff’s officials. See Original Story: Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, deputies located a stolen vehicle on Golden State ...

The Castaic Union School District (CUSD), is set to discuss returning Transitional Kindergarten through second-grade students back to in-person learning at their next board meeting next week.   CUSD is targeting Monday, Feb. 22 as the return date to allow TK-2 students to return to in-person learning, said Steve Doyle, the superintendent for the District.   “At the Jan. 14th meeting of ...