Santa Clarita will be proudly represented by 10 athletes at the 2025 Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games, taking place June 6–8 at Cal State Long Beach.  The event is expected to be one of the largest Summer Games yet, with more than 1,300 athletes competing in events across three days — a new format that allows participants to engage ...

A Saugus resident was arrested for more than $2.5 million in Medicare fraud during an FBI raid earlier this week.  Jessa Zayas, aka Jessa Contreras, a vocational nurse, is believed to have committed medicare fraud through two different hospice providers, submitting more than $2,500,000 in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Zayas is the Chief Executive Officer of two hospice providers, Healing ...

A brush fire, which was sparked by a vehicle fire north of Castaic, was quickly halted by firefighters Friday afternoon. The brush fire, dubbed the Nugget Fire, was first reported around 2:45 p.m. on the southbound 5 Freeway near Vista Del Lago Road, north of Castaic, according to initial reports from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A van caught ...

On May 30, 2013, the Powerhouse fire broke out near Power Plant 1 in San Francisquito Canyon.  First breaking out on a Thursday afternoon in 2013, the Powerhouse fire was active for a total of 9 days, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) website. The alleged point of origin was a hillside in the ...

COC two-sport student-athlete Samantha Miranda Rodriguez is ready to redefine what it means to be a firefighter. At just 21 years old, Samantha Miranda Rodriguez is already blazing a trail—literally and figuratively—in a field like firefighting where women are a rare sight. When Rodriguez graduates from College of the Canyons (COC) with an associate of science degree in fire technology ...

Come meet Indy at the Castaic Animal Care Center if you are interested in a social companion who is ready to go home with you as soon as the same day! Indy’s page on the Castaic Animal Care Center website reports that she is a little more than 2 years old and weighs 38 pounds.  She is a playful Pitbull ...

A crowd gathered with signs in hand to oppose Assembly Bill 84, a proposition that could cut 30% of funding for nonclassroom-based education. Community members involved or allied with local education gathered around noon today outside of Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo’s office.  This protest is part of a larger movement across California opposing the bill, with hopes to persuade local politicians ...

A crash on the northbound I-5 near the  14 Freeway split briefly impacted traffic Friday. Around 11:08 a.m., Friday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall area units responded to a traffic collision in the Newhall Area where the northbound I-5 and 14 Freeway split.  The crash briefly slowed traffic as crews worked to clear the wreckage. The cause of the crash ...

A former Acton dog trainer, once touted for his focus on “positive reinforcement,” has been sentenced to over 15 years in Ohio prison for a series of crimes that have led to the deaths of at least 36 animals. In March, Steffen Baldwin, 44, was sentenced to 15 ½ years in Ohio state prison on 32 of 39 felony charges, ...

An Acton woman has been identified as the person who died in a crash after being ejected from a vehicle Wednesday. Wendy Stinson, 60, of Acton, was in the front passenger seat of a 1994 Ford pickup when it was involved in a collision with another vehicle, a 2005 Toyota pickup, on Crown Valley Road in Acton on Wednesday, according ...