A person died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at Oak Tree Gun Club on Tuesday afternoon. Around 3 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a gunshot victim at Oak Tree Gun Club on Coltrane Avenue in Newhall, according to Sheriff’s officials. “Crews found the victim of a self-inflicted gun shot wound in the pistol range,” said Los Angeles ...

A Castaic woman pled not guilty to six counts of sexual assault on a child whom she allegedly met while working at the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley. Elizabeth Elizarraraz, 32, from Castaic, was charged with three counts of sexual assault on a child under the age of 14, and three counts of sexual assault on a ...

Arrests in the Santa Clarita Valley increased again marginally over the weekend, with local law enforcement reporting 40 arrests. Between March 13 and March 15, 40 arrests were reported, compared to 34 during the previous reporting period. The majority of arrests made by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Santa Clarita Valley Station and California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office ...

A deputy was at the right place at the right time Friday, preventing a suspect from carjacking a rideshare driver at knife point in Valencia.  Just before 1 a.m. Friday, a deputy patrolling in the 27000 block of Riverchase Drive in Valencia  observed a vehicle stopped in the traffic lanes near an apartment complex with a disturbance between two individuals, ...

Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station are investigating after a person was found dead in Saugus Monday morning. Around 9:30 a.m. Monday, first responders received reports of a medical emergency in the Haskell Canyon open space north of Copper Hill Drive near Benz Road in the northern part of Saugus. The person was declared dead on arrival, according ...

A Burbank woman was arrested for felony DUI following a Canyon Country crash that sent two people to the hospital Friday. Around 12:40 p.m. Friday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers received reports of a two-vehicle crash on Sierra Highway and Vasquez Canyon Road in Canyon Country involving a Honda Accord and a Hyundai Sedan, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for ...

A Castaic woman was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of a child, whom she reportedly met at an after-hours youth program. On Jan. 20, 2026, detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau began investigating the circumstances surrounding a sexual assault involving a Castaic woman and a child, said Sgt. Joseph Mesa, with the Special Victims ...

A Bakersfield woman was arrested for vehicle theft, among other felonies, after she allegedly stole car keys and other personal items from gym lockers, then took vehicles from the parking lots. Detectives investigated dozens of locker burglaries at four different gyms within the Santa Clarita Valley between July 2025 through February 2026, according to officials with the Santa Clarita Valley ...

A man who allegedly illegally parked in a handicap parking space last week in Newhall was arrested on an outstanding warrant and drug charges. On Friday, a deputy patrolling near Newhall Avenue and Sierra Highway observed a man parked in a handicapped space without a placard, according to officials with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  “When (the deputy) contacted ...

A Stevenson Ranch woman was arrested Monday evening for felony elder abuse after she allegedly assaulted her grandmother, who is in her late 80s. Around 8 p.m. Monday, deputies responded to a reported elder abuse call in the 25000 block of Fountain Glen Court in Stevenson Ranch, said Shirley Miller, a spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “The ...