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Homicide Detectives Investigating Santa Clarita Death In Hospital Parking Structure

Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau are investigating a death in Santa Clarita on Saturday.  At around 7:43 a.m. Saturday first responders received reports of a medical emergency in the Kaiser parking structure on the 27000 block of Tourney Road, according to Jonathan Matheny, spokesperson with the L.A. County Fire Department.  “There was no transport to ...

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Two Search And Rescue Members Released From Hospital, One Critical After Fatal 5 Freeway Crash

Two Ventura County Search and Rescue team members have been released from the hospital, while one remains in critical condition after a fatal 5 Freeway crash over the weekend, officials said Wednesday. Just before 8 a.m. Saturday, a Ventura County Sheriff’s Office (VCSO) Search and Rescue (SAR) team member was killed and nine others were injured on the 5 Freeway ...

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Northridge Man Identified As Person Found Dead On 5 Freeway

A Northridge man was found dead in the southbound truck lanes of the 5 freeway in Sylmar Tuesday evening, officials said. Around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received a call for a possible body in the lanes. “The call came in as a cardiac arrest,” said Austin Bennett, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. John James Flores ...

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Valencia Man Killed After Driving Off Embankment In Castaic Identified

A Valencia man who was killed in a crash on Ridge Route Road in Castaic Wednesday has been identified. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Taylor Brand, 20, from Valencia was killed after driving off an embankment, said Sarah Ardalani, a spokesperson with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner Coroner’s ...

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County Coroner To Send Letters To Doctors When Patients Die Of Opioid Overdose

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to notify doctors if their patient has died from an opioid overdose. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Supervisor Janice Hahn and her co-author, Supervisor Hilda L. Solis, proposed the new policy after an innovative study in San Diego showed that these ...

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Car Crash Leaves One Dead, Causes Small Brush Fire

California Highway Patrol officers were left searching for answers Saturday, after a driver plunged her vehicle over the side of the road, alone, on a remote stretch of San Franciquito Canyon Road. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Los Angeles County firefighters were dispatched to the single-vehicle crash near Fire Camp 14 ...

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Woman Killed Chasing Dog In Canyon Country ID’ed

Coroner’s officials identified the woman who was killed by a car while chasing her dog in Canyon Country last week. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Darla Hagenson, 53, of Santa Clarita was struck while crossing the road to catch her dog, which darted into traffic on Sierra Highway, said Brian Elias, ...

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Update: Rowher Flats Body Investigation Continues Through Sunday

A blue Ford truck was found parked for an extended amount of time at Rowher Flats, and residents believe the man that owns the truck is Michael Skelton of Saugus, and may be missing.

The investigation into a body found in the Rowher Flats Recreational Area is continuing Sunday after being found Saturday evening during a search for a missing man. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Los Angeles County Department of Coroner officials said they have personnel still on scene working the investigation as of 1:30 p.m. ...

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Coroner’s Office Working To Notify Next Of Kin Of Woman Killed In Friday’s Crash

Coroner’s officials are continuing to work to notify the next of kin of the woman who was killed in a single-vehicle crash Friday afternoon. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner said officials have not been able to contact the woman’s next of ...

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Investigators Continue To Search For Identity Of Human Remains Found In Santa Clarita

Investigators are continuing to work to determine the identity of the human remains found in Santa Clarita this past August. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Coroner’s officials have sent DNA from the skeletal remains to CODIS, also known as Combined DNA Index System, which is a DNA database, said said Assistant Chief Ed ...

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