Ed. Note: Update adds more information about the crash. A fatal collision on Bouquet Canyon Road Saturday night resulted in the death of a 16-year-old boy from Palmdale and the hospitalization of another. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Christopher James Rodriguez, 16, of Palmdale, was identified Sunday afternoon by Investigator Betsy Magdaleno ...
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13-Month-Old Girl Found In Shed By Deputies After Amber Alert In Antelope Valley
Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department Information Bureau. A 13-month-old girl was found Saturday evening in a shed by Lancaster and Palmdale deputies after an Amber Alert was issued in the Antelope Valley. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Lancaster Sheriff’s Station deputies were ...
Read More »Assemblyman Lackey Announces Key Committee Assignments
Assemblyman Tom Lackey announced Tuesday that he has been appointed to the Assembly Select Committee on Aerospace, established to find ways to help grow California’s aerospace industry. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. “I’m honored to be appointed to the Select Committee on Aerospace, where I will work to ensure that this iconic ...
Read More »California High-Speed Rail Authority Open House Meetings
The California High-Speed Rail Authority officials continue to make progress on the high-speed rail program in Southern California by hosting meetings to find alternatives in the rail project. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Authority will be hosting seven open house public meetings in early December for the Palmdale to Burbank Project ...
Read More »Lancaster, Palmdale Mayors Keeping Eyes On 21st District
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris, a prominent Antelope Valley attorney in a lawsuit against the neighboring city of Palmdale over the California Voting Rights Act, might be eyeing the state Senate 21st District race, he said Friday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Palmdale’s Mayor Jim Ledford declared his intention to form an exploratory ...
Read More »CVRA Lawsuit Leads To Contempt Proceedings For Palmdale
A lawsuit over alleged California Voting Rights Act violations prompted a Los Angeles County judge to initiate contempt proceedings against four Palmdale city officials, including a candidate for the 36th Assembly District, officials said Friday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Judge Mark V. Mooney’s ruling gives four Palmdale City Council members — ...
Read More »Family Members Find Relative’s Body Down Embankment
Family members found a relative who was reported missing last week in an overturned car down an Acton embankment, officials said Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Damien Sisley, 34, of Palmdale, was found Sunday afternoon in his car down an embankment, off Mt. Emma Road and Angeles Forest Highway, said Sgt. ...
Read More »State Supreme Court Denies Palmdale Review Of CVRA Decision
California Supreme Court justices will not review an appellate panel's decision finding Palmdale's at-large elections violate the California Voting Rights Act, an attorney for the plaintiff said Wednesday.
Read More »Coroner IDs Palmdale Woman As Driver In Fatal Single-Car Crash
Coroner’s officials released the identity of a Palmdale woman killed in a single-car rollover crash Saturday morning on Highway 14.
Read More »Murderer Gets 40-Year Sentence In 2013 Acton Shooting
A Santa Clarita Valley man received a 40-year sentence Friday for the second-degree murder of Christopher Demyen, as several family members provided tearful testimony Friday at his killer’s sentencing in Lancaster.Scott Shipley, 57, of Acton, was found guilty back in April, after a brief trial. “I think that the verdict reached by the jury was the correct and just verdict and the sentence that the defendant received was just,” said Tom Trainor, deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County. "While no sentence can ever bring Demyen back to his family, this can hopefully provide them with some finality in this chapter of their life."
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