The City of Santa Clarita has announced that two fields at Central Park will be temporarily closed to allow for necessary maintenance and upkeep. City officials announced MP Field 1 and MP Field 2—located at Central Park, 27150 Bouquet Canyon Road—will be closed to the public until Friday, April 18.  The closure is part of the city’s ongoing efforts to ...

On this day in Santa Clarita history, Frank Sinatra and Sterling Hayden filmed scenes for the noir thriller “Suddenly” on the streets of Newhall, bringing a touch of Hollywood to the Santa Clarita Valley. One notable moment captured Sinatra at a gas station on the northwest corner of Newhall Avenue and San Fernando Road, now known as Railroad Avenue—right across ...

College of the Canyons is scheduled to host their Spring Star Party later with month at the Canyon Country campus. The Star Party is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 25, at the COC Canyon Country campus. Michaela Blain, a COC astronomy professor, will present “The Unfolding Story of Exoplanets,” which will focus on the quickly growing subfield of ...

Four years ago Tuesday, Saugus resident Michelle Dorsey was stabbed and killed by her estranged husband, who was later convicted of her murder. On April 15, 2021, at around 5:10 a.m., Dorsey was murdered at the hands of her estranged husband, James Matthew Dorsey, in her home on the 22800 block of Fir Court in Saugus. Two of Dorsey’s three ...

For those seeking a historic yet modernly attractive getaway, look no further than Old Town San Diego. In the 102nd part of a multi-part series, KHTS uncovers unusual destinations Santa Clarita families can visit for their “quirky” vacation. Explore the birthplace of California in Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, where preserved 19th-century buildings and immersive museums bring the ...

The city of Santa Clarita Film Office has released the list of five productions filming in the Santa Clarita Valley for the week of Monday, April 14 to Saturday, April 19. The productions filming this week in the Santa Clarita Valley include a comedy feature. Feature I’ll Take the Hamm This independent comedy feature involves Ben Wang of “Karate Kid: ...

A man was arrested Sunday morning after he was allegedly found driving drunk with two juveniles as passengers in Canyon Country. Around 07:20 a.m. Sunday, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer conducted a stop on a Honda Accord near Jason Drive and Via Princessa in Canyon Country, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. During the ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station is investigating a bomb threat at Pacifica’s Santa Clarita Hills Senior Living in Newhall Tuesday morning. Law enforcement was called to the Santa Clarita Hills Senior Living facility on Lyons Avenue Tuesday morning to investigate the threat. No explosive device was found. “There was a telephoned in bomb threat,” said Sgt. Wilkinson of the ...

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Santa Clarita, led a formal letter with the Los Angeles County Legislative Delegation (LACD) Tuesday, delivering it to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors urging immediate and robust public health action to address the growing crisis at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill. After state legislators learned last month that the landfill fire had tripled in size from ...

Caltrans has scheduled both daytime and nighttime lane reductions this week on northbound and southbound Interstate 5 (I-5) from Lake Hughes Road to two miles north of Templin Highway (near the Whitaker Sand Shed), just north of Castaic.  These closures are part of an ongoing pavement rehabilitation project in the Castaic area. Nighttime Closures – Tuesday, April 16 Up to ...