The impact of the $400 million shortfall in the Board of Supervisors’ recommended budget compared to the $3.9 billion budget submitted by the Sheriff’s Department was outlined by Sheriff Alex Villanueva during his COVID-19 status update on Monday. “We’re doing our best, we don’t really have any fat to trim, so what we’re doing is shifting around things that are ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is pushing to have deputies who were placed under quarantine due to the coronavirus in March to be paid sick leave, officials said Thursday.  Federal guidelines state that starting on April 1, employees should receive 80 hours of paid sick leave if quarantined due to the coronavirus, according to County officials.  “The sheriff should ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced Tuesday that gun and ammunition stores can reopen after they were deemed essential businesses by the federal government, officials said. Villanueva ordered all gun and ammunition stores to close one week after the county health officer issued a “Safer at Home” directive with the intent of curbing the spread of COVID-19 through social ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is taking steps to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the head of the county’s emergency operations center during the coronavirus outbreak, officials said Thursday. The March 31 board meeting agenda indicates that supervisors plan to vote on the removal of Villanueva as the head of emergency operations, replacing his role in charge of ...

A new K9 unit and specialized vehicle for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is set to be added this year in Santa Clarita, officials said.  The proposal is expected to be discussed at the Santa Clarita City Council regular meeting on Tuesday, according to the agenda.  The amendment to the FY 2019-20 Municipal Law Enforcement Services Agreement would convert ...

Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who was convicted of overseeing a scheme designed to obstruct a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights abuses at county jail facilities, was ordered to serve his prison sentence, officials said Thursday. Baca was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison in 2017 but faced numerous appeals, according to the United States ...

Several recent mass shootings have prompted the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to remind the public, including residents in Santa Clarita, how to stay safe during an active shooter situation. Sheriff’s Department officials discussed what steps can be put into action in regards to preparation and planning in a press conference Monday with Sheriff Alex Villanueva. “In these unpredictable situations, ...

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 ...

Deputies issued over three dozen citations to drivers and made four arrests Monday during a motorcycle safety enforcement operation, officials said. Extra deputies went out on patrol between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Santa Clarita to look for violations made by drivers and motorcyclists that increase the risk of crashes, said Shirley Miller, a spokesperson for the Santa Clarita ...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station detectives are seeking to identify individuals suspected of stealing a wallet from a woman’s purse and fraudulently using her credit cards. Around 3:50 p.m. on March 2, the victim reported that her wallet was stolen out of her purse while she was dining at a restaurant located on the 19100 block of Golden Valley Road, ...