Taking care of your bike’s maintenance will be key to ensuring that you have the best experiences while on the open road. Whether you are riding a classic bike or a newer model, keeping your bike in healthy conditions should be at the top of your priorities. This requires that you have the skills to perform minor to major repairs ...

On Monday, deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station issued over 40 citations to “unsafe” cyclists, drivers and pedestrians in a bicycle and pedestrian safety enforcement operation. “During the operation, traffic deputies watched for violations made by bicyclists, drivers and pedestrians that make roads unsafe,” wrote Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Station in a Facebook post. Violations cited included ...

One person was transported after a motorcycle down call in Newhall Saturday afternoon.  At around 3:20 p.m. Los Angeles County Fire officials and Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a motorcycle down on Newhall Ave and Lyons Ave.  “The call came in as a motorcycle down. There’s nothing about a crash or another car involved,” said a dispatcher with ...

With motorcyclists having 28 times more of a chance of being killed on the road, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials are offering safety tips to help keep bikers safe, officials said Wednesday.  May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and Sheriff’s officials are encouraging the community to think about the safety of riders on two wheels and look twice for motorcycles, ...

Motorcycles are a lot of fun, but, at the same time, quite dangerous. Because of their compact design that makes them less visible to the other traffic participants, these vehicles are less crashworthy than cars and, thus, riders are more vulnerable than drivers.  According to the statistics made public by the Insurance Information Institute, in 2017, 5,172 motorcyclists died as a ...

A motorcyclist was transported to the hospital Wednesday after colliding with a vehicle in a Saugus crash, officials said. On Wednesday around 8:20 a.m. first responders received reports of a traffic collision involving a motorcycle on Hidden Hills and Copper Hill Drives in Saugus, said Melanie Flores, a dispatch supervisor with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. One person was ...

A motorcyclist was transported to the hospital Tuesday after colliding with a truck in Canyon Country, officials said. Around 3:45 p.m. Friday, first responders received reports of a crash involving a motorcycle with the rider possibly trapped underneath a large truck on Sierra Highway near Jakes Way, said Sky Cornell, an inspector with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “There ...

A motorcyclist has been identified after succumbing to his injuries at a local hospital Saturday following a crash on Soledad Canyon Road, officials said. Larry Dean Doran, 51, of Santa Clarita, was pronounced dead at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Saturday evening after being ejected from his motorcycle, according to Lt. Rudy Molano with the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. The ...

A motorcyclist was killed Sunday morning in a 5 Freeway crash on the Newhall Pass, officials said. UPDATE (11:01 a.m.): All lanes have been reopened after being closed while officials investigated the scene, according to CHP officials. SIGALERT CANCELLED IN LOS ANGELES: NB I-5 NORTH OF BALBOA BLVD, ALL LANES ARE NOW OPEN — CHP Southern (@CHPsouthern) May 5, 2019 ...

A motorcyclist was killed after hitting a guardrail Sunday morning, causing the closure of the truck route near the Southbound 5 Freeway in Sylmar. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. California Highway Patrol officers responded to a report of a motorcyclist who “ejected and hit a guardrail” on the truck route at ...