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Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, voted to object to the Electoral College results after a day of riots in Washington D.C., with hundreds storming the United States Capitol. With additional protection in place on the Congressional floor due to violence in the surrounding area, Garcia voted in favor of two motions attempting to throw out electoral votes from swing states ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, has called for protesters to “immediately cease your operations” after hundreds of rioters have charged the United States Capitol on Wednesday, locking the building down. In response to the discussion Wednesday for Congress to ratify the Electoral College vote for President-Elect Joe Biden, hundreds of pro-Trump protesters have gathered in front of the Capitol, with ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva discussed the end-of-the-year summary of the department’s COVID-19 response, as well as the pandemic’s impact on crime. Villanueva spoke Wednesday on the steps of the Hall of Justice at the beginning of the new year to provide the community with year-end statistics of the virus in Los Angeles County. Pandemic Response In response to ...

Two people were airlifted after being trapped inside a vehicle in a 5 Freeway crash Thursday afternoon, officials said. #LASD Air Rescue 5 on scene assisting @LACoFDPIO. LASD SEB Tactical Medics treating 2 patients while being airlifted to trauma center. Public safety #teamwork. https://t.co/rXBeinaZkR pic.twitter.com/8rkxlpwEUP — SEB (@SEBLASD) December 25, 2020 The crash was reported at about 2:40 p.m. Thursday ...

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital has reported the highest one-day number of COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic on Christmas Eve. Five additional COVID-19 patients have died at Henry Mayo since Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths at the hospital since March to 65, according to Patrick Moody, spokesperson for Henry Mayo. The age, identity or any underlying ...

A Saugus structure fire was quickly knocked down Thursday morning, officials said. The fire was reported at about 11:15 a.m. Thursday on the 23000 block of Drayton Street, according to Leslie Lua, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station were urged to use caution due to a possible chlorine gas storage ...

Power Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) are expected to remain in place in areas of the Santa Clarita Valley with the restoration of power estimated to be on Christmas Day. On Wednesday, Southern California Edison (SCE) shut off power to thousands of Santa Clarita residents due to fire danger with some still in the dark through Christmas morning, according to the ...

Former Congresswoman Katie Hill has filed a lawsuit against her ex-husband, multiple media outlets and a Santa Clarita school board member alleging the distribution of non-consensual nude photos. Hill sued her ex-husband, Kenneth Heslep, the parent companies for the sites Daily Mail and RedState, as well as William S. Hart Union High School District Board Member Joe Messina, according to ...

A Valencia man accused of strangling his boyfriend to death appeared in court on Tuesday. Christian Ortiz, 23, is suspected of strangling Brayan “Brian” Rodriguez, 20, and hiding his body at a Valencia home in September 2017, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The couple had been arguing the last time Rodriguez was ...

An alert employee at a Canyon Country U-Haul location recognized a truck as stolen, leading to the arrest of the suspect on multiple felonies, officials said. On Thursday, Dec. 17 at about 8:30 p.m., deputies responded to the 27000 block of Sierra Highway, in Canyon Country for the report of a possible stolen U-Haul trailer, according to Sgt. Joel Nebel ...