A man was arrested in Castaic Sunday night after a sergeant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Park Bureau reportedly found a loaded firearm in the man’s car, officials said. On Sunday night, a sergeant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Parks Bureau was patrolling a shopping center parking lot at The Old Road and Hasley Canyon Road ...

Father’s Day is here, and while Santa Clarita residents may still be searching for that perfect gift to give that special man in their lives, officials say that there are criminals lying in wait to take advantage of the holiday. When looking to purchase a gift, officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department warn residents to be wary of ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department released a video Thursday exploring their long history of using fingerprint technology to fight crime, dating back before the FBI. Advances in fingerprint technology have shaped the way the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has fought crime and identified criminals for over 100 years, according to officials. In 1903, the William West-Will West Case ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva was expected to appear at a Santa Clarita town hall meeting Monday night, but was forced to respond to the shooting of an off-duty deputy inside an Alhambra Jack-in-the-Box. “The Sheriff was here earlier, we had a nice meeting with the Santa Clarita City Council and City Manager, and he was called away,” said ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is hoping to help Santa Clarita residents avoid being hauled into debt by sharing information about this moving season scam. The school year is coming to an end, and many students are graduating from college and moving out. Scammers want to move them out with unexpected hidden fees. As young adults are becoming more ...

The 42nd annual Memorial Torch Relay made its way through Santa Clarita Saturday evening, in honor of the Los Angeles County peace officers who laid down their lives in the performance of their duties. The Santa Clarita Valley leg of the run began at the Deputy Jake Kuredjian monument in Stevenson Ranch shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday night. Friday marked ...

A Canyon Country couple that was arrested on child endangerment charges, as well as weapon charges, returned to court Thursday for sentencing, officials said. Rachel Manes-Patterson, 34, and Robert Wayne Allen, 30, received sentencing on Thursday after they were arrested in March on multiple charges, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. On March 26, Manes-Patterson was arrested ...

A report released Thursday details the allegedly “constitutionally troubling” impact of a now-disbanded unit of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. The Domestic Highway Enforcement Team (DHET) was formed in 2012 in an effort to cut the flow of narcotics on the 5 Freeway near Santa Clarita, but was later suspended in 2018 after allegations of racial profiling, according to ...

Detectives with Santa Clarita’s “COBRA” team participated in a neighborhood clean-up operation in Valencia and Newhall on Thursday. On Thursday, April 18, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s gang and juvenile crime team, “COBRA,” investigated the Newhall and Valencia areas as part of a neighborhood clean-up operation. The COBRA team set out to investigate reported concerns they received from residents ...

Despite the recent changes to marijuana possession laws in California, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials are reminding Santa Clarita residents that driving under the influence of marijuana is still a criminal offense. “The Los Angeles County Sheriff Department continues to remind everyone that driving under the influence of marijuana is a crime and will bring the same result as ...