The man convicted of killing Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer three years ago in an ambush-style shooting has been sentenced to life in prison without parole.  Kevin Salazar, a 32-year-old Palmdale resident, shot and killed Clinkunbroomer as he sat in his patrol car at a red light near Sierra Highway and Avenue Q, right outside the Palmdale Sheriff’s ...

Three people who visited California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain have filed lawsuits alleging they suffered traumatic brain injuries after riding the park’s famed X2 roller coaster. The filings are the latest legal actions against the world-famous amusement park operator and S&S Worldwide, the manufacturer of the X2 roller coaster cars. The lawsuits allege X2 has had design problems dating back ...

A jury ruled that the man who shot and killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in an ambush in Palmdale three years ago was legally sane at the time of the crime. Kevin Cataneo Salazar, 32, was found legally sane when he shot Clinkunbroomer as the deputy sat in a marked patrol vehicle at a red light near ...

A settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died after riding X2 at Six Flags Magic Mountain, as a new CNN investigation details two women who suffered catastrophic brain injuries on the roller coaster this summer. Court filings submitted Wednesday to Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Andrew E. Cooper indicate ...

A jury heard opening statements Monday in the trial of a man charged with the ambush shooting of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer three years ago. Deputy Ryan M. Clinkunbroomer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) was killed on Sept. 16, 2023, in an ambush shooting at the intersection of Sierra Highway and Avenue Q in ...

Customers are accusing a Santa Clarita auto body shop of refusing to return their vehicles after lengthy repair delays and disputed charges. The allegations involve multiple customers of Gary’s Auto Body in Newhall who claim they paid for repairs or attempted to retrieve their vehicles but were unable to do so, according to reporting by FOX 11 Los Angeles. Mark ...

An Antelope Valley man has been found guilty by a jury of federal drug trafficking and firearm crimes, including supplying fake fentanyl-laced oxycodone pills that caused the fatal overdose of an active-duty United States Marine Corps lance corporal stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, the Justice Department announced today. Jordan Nicholas McCormick, 31, was found guilty on Thursday of ...

A California appeals court has upheld the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a woman who fatally stabbed William S. Hart High School graduate Chad O’Melia in 2018 after what a trial judge found was a cannabis-induced psychotic episode. In a June 16 opinion, a three-judge panel of California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal rejected Bryn Spejcher’s arguments that her conviction should ...

A lawsuit involving leadership at a Santa Clarita church alleges that church elders, including several members of law enforcement, showed “revenge porn” images of a woman to her father after receiving them from her estranged husband. Named in the suit, filed May 18, 2026, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, are Placerita Bible Church (PBC), several members of church leadership, ...

A man who allegedly sexually assaulted a child in Santa Clarita over a 4-month period is expected to be sentenced next month on only one of the nine felonies he originally faced.  Back in January, Everardo Gonzalez Cruz, 27, from Santa Maria, was charged with nine felony counts of lewd acts upon a child under the age of 14, according ...