Sheriff Robert Luna presented medals to deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) including two retired SCV personnel for their “courageous acts” during the active shooting incident at Saugus High School at the 2023 Medal of Valor Awards.  The annual Valor Awards Ceremony saw Sheriff Luna awarding the “highest honors” to the deputies of the LASD alongside retired ...

New academy recruits with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) honored Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer during their memorial run on Saturday. LASD Academy Class #469 dedicated their Saturday morning Colors Run at Castaic Lake in remembrance of Clinkunbroomer, who was tragically ambushed and killed last month. Clinkunbroomer, a fourth-generation LASD deputy and Castaic resident, was shot from behind in his ...

UPDATE: Missing person Mark Peterson has been found. Original Story: The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) is searching for Mark Peterson, 62, who was last seen on July 27, 2023. LASD said Peterson was last seen wearing a gray shirt and brown shorts around 12:20 p.m. near the 15000 block of Ruthspring Drive in Canyon Country. Peterson is described ...

Investigators from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Missing Persons Unit are reaching out for support to locate Valencia resident Joni Wagg Allen, who has gone missing. Allen is a white female 81 years of age with blue eyes and blonde hair, standing in at 5’06” at a weight of 104 lbs. She was last seen on Thursday, July 6, ...

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Park Bureau deputy rescued a dog who experienced heat exhaustion from Vasquez Rocks last week. Deputy Zavala and Sheriff’s Security Officer (SSO) McKuen of the Parks Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were stopped by a concerned citizen on June 16 reporting lost hikers on the Vasquez trail in need of help. While ...

Reports on two deputy-involved shootings that occurred in and near the Santa Clarita Valley in January have been released by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the County of Los Angeles. The Office of the Inspector General for the County of Los Angeles released a report of Reform and Oversight Efforts for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department ...

Over the weekend, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) celebrated over 70 graduates who trained for 14 weeks in Whittier. On Saturday, the LASD celebrated 78 young men and women who completed a 14-week “Scouts of America -Learning for Life,” Certified Sheriff’s Explorer Academy at S.T.A.R.S. Center. The Deputy Explorer program was originally viewed as a recruitment tool for ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) released security and body camera, and audio footage of the deputy-involved shooting at the Valencia Town Center involving Christopher Mercurio in January.  WARNING: The following contains scenes viewers may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised. The “Critical Incident Briefing” released by LASD provides a timeline of the events that occurred. 911 received a ...

A Newhall arson suspect was apprehended Thursday and charged with setting two separate fires, exactly two weeks apart.  Santa Clarita Valley detectives have been investigating two Newhall arson incidents that recently occurred in a heavily wooded residential area near the 24200 block of Valley street exactly two weeks apart from each other, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson with the Santa ...

Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station announced Wednesday that there would be an increased presence of law enforcement at local schools in the aftermath of the Uvalde Elementary School shooting that took the lives of at least 21 people. At least 19 children and two teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in the rural Texas ...