Driving under the influence (DUI) topped the holiday weekend’s arrest logs in our Santa Clarita Valley.  From Friday, Oct. 28 to Sunday, Oct. 30 deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol, (CHP) Newhall Area Office arrested 23 people compared to last weekend’s 14, according to Santa Clarita weekend arrest logs.  Of the ...

An Oxnard man was arrested Tuesday in Stevenson Ranch after deputies discovered him to be under the influence, in possession of drug paraphernalia and false impersonation.  Deputies were patrolling Chiquella Lane and The Old Road in Stevenson Ranch when they observed a vehicle merging across several lanes without signaling, according to Deputy Natalie Arriaga with the SCV Sheriff’s Station.  “As ...

Local residents made up the majority of people in the Santa Clarita Valley weekend arrests, officials said. Between Friday, Oct. 7, and Monday, Oct. 10, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol, (CHP) Newhall Area Office arrested 20 people, according to Santa Clarita weekend arrest logs. The weekend was extended an extra ...

Katie Evans, a 37-year-old mother of six, was killed by a drunk driver on her way back from the hospital five years ago, leaving behind a loving family. On Oct. 6, 2017, Evans was returning home after visiting her twin daughters, who had been born three months prematurely at the UCLA Intensive Care Unit, when a 21-year-old female driver, who ...

Santa Clarita weekend arrest increased compared to last week with 66 percent of bookings for drug and alcohol offenses.  Between Friday Sept. 30, and Sunday Oct. 2, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol, (CHP) Newhall Area Office arrested 21 individuals compared to 17 last weekend, according to Santa Clarita weekend arrest ...

The California Highway Patrol, (CHP) Newhall Area Office is set to conduct a DUI checkpoint Friday night in the unincorporated parts of the Santa Clarita Valley. The DUI checkpoint is set to begin around 8 p.m. and conclude at 2 a.m. Saturday, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. “The location will be announced just prior ...

A woman with an outstanding driving under the influence (DUI) warrant was arrested in Castaic for public intoxication Saturday. On Saturday, deputies responded to the 31000 block of Castaic Road in Castaic regarding an intoxicated female transient, said Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesperson with The Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station. “Upon contacting the female, Deputies detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage ...

Driving under the influence once again tops weekend arrests with a 55 percent arrest rate. From Friday, Sept. 16 through Sunday, Sept. 18, 20 people were arrested by deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. This was a slight decrease from ...

A Saugus man was arrested on two separate DUI charges in less than 24 hours last month by two different police departments, then was released on a citation for both incidents.  Around 3:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 8, 35-year-old Brandon Shubunka, from Saugus, was involved in a solo-vehicle crash on Railroad Avenue and 6th Street in Newhall, where he collided with ...

Officers with the California Highway Patrol, (CHP) are set to launch a Maximum Enforcement Period, (MEP) To keep roadway safe, and drunk drivers off the streets over Labor Day weekend.  The CHP‘s Labor Day MEP is set to begin at 6:01 p.m. on Friday, and continues through 11:59 p.m. on Monday, according to CHP officials.   In addition to assisting motorists ...