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Whether it’s one pill or a years-long addiction, synthetic opioid overdose continues taking the lives of sons and daughters here in our very own Santa Clarita Valley. In the days after 16-year-old Daniel Puerta had been found unconscious in his bed at the onset of the pandemic, police sought out his social media passwords. Hidden in the private messages of ...

A Dodge Charger that crashed into a building in Canyon Country burst into flames just after midnight on Sunday, critically injuring several occupants and destroying multiple vehicles. Around 12:40 a.m. Sunday, emergency responders received reports of a vehicle crash into a Dental Center on the 26000 block of Rainbow Glen Drive in Canyon Country, according to Michael Pittman, a dispatch ...

A fundraiser has been launched to help support Larry ‘Legend’ Fiscus, a man well-known on Hart High School’s sports fields, who remains hospitalized after suffering a stroke last Saturday. Fiscus, the beloved Hart High School equipment manager and scoreboard operator has been confined to his hospital bed for almost six days in the face of a serious procedure that has ...

Fighting sensory overload like Superman during the Ironman Triathlon in Des Moines, a Santa Clarita native on the autism spectrum is expected to make history this Sunday – a milestone to be marked in history in The Guinness Book of World Records. When Tom Illand first heard about a young man in Florida becoming the first person with down syndrome ...

A Canyon Country crash sent one vehicle down the embankment behind the nearby Vallarta Supermarket on Saturday, landing on its left side and temporarily trapping two occupants in the wreckage.  Around 10:50 a.m. Saturday, emergency responders received reports of an expanded traffic collision with persons trapped, possibly requiring a technical rescue, on Shangri La Drive, just south of Soledad Canyon ...

A Santa Clarita high school student ended the 2022 school year prepared to pursue discovery beyond the earth’s surface– with a nationally coveted National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) summer internship.  Katelyn Waugh, a student from Trinity Classical Academy in Santa Clarita, is one of the 1,100 students who applied for the STEM Enhancement in Earth and Space Science held ...

Senate Bill 866, which would allow minors to receive vaccinations without permission from their parents has passed the California Assembly Judiciary Committee, and is headed to the Assembly. With COVID-19 vaccines causing rifts between parents and children since vaccines first became available in 2021, Senate Bill 866 endorses a teen’s right to choose, regardless of parental consent.  “(Under SB 866), ...

The Interstate-210 (I-210) is scheduled to undergo an extended weekend closure of westbound lanes between Paxton and Polk Streets in the San Fernando Valley this weekend, which could affect travel for Santa Clarita commuters. The California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) announced yet another 55-hour full closure of the westbound I-210 in Sylmar, affecting the following locations at 10 p.m. on ...

Just before the first anniversary of the Fire Station 81 shooting that left one firefighter dead and another injured, a grieving brother and brothers in arms shared a tearful tribute to the fallen firefighter after a year without him. Exactly one year ago, on June 1, 2021, Santa Clarita emergency responders united closer than they ever had to in the ...

Despite the 10-year mega-mining battle with CEMEX coming to a close at the expiration of their contracts in 2020, the United States District Court reinstated mining contracts for Soledad Canyon on Wednesday – a decision expected to create lasting devastation on traffic, pollution and native species. The ruling by the United States District Court on Wednesday vacated the Interior Board ...