On Saturday morning, hundreds of residents gathered at the Castaic Sports Complex to celebrate the opening day of the Santa Clarita Youth Baseball League.  Among those in attendance was L.A. County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger. During her address to the crowd, Barger took a moment to express her gratitude to first responders for their efforts in battling the Hughes ...

Twisted Kazuyo – the brick-and-mortar location for popular Santa Clarita food truck Kazuyo Sushi by Chef Joe – was struck by thieves yet again Monday. This is the second time in seven days that the restaurant has been targeted by smash-and-grab burglars. Both times the front door was entirely shattered, leaving Chef Joe to literally pick up the pieces, according ...

Santa Clarita saw a decline in weekend arrests compared to the previous Presidents Day weekend, with 24 arrests—10 fewer than the 34 recorded last week. Among those arrested, seven individuals were charged with DUI. A 21-year-old man from Palmdale was arrested for evading a peace officer.  Four people faced domestic violence charges, including an 18-year-old woman from Canyon Country. One ...

On Saturday, Congressman George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, was ceremonially sworn in to his first term in Congress at Antelope Valley College with Antelope Valley and Santa Clarita Valley leaders in attendance. He was joined by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, Assemblymember Tom Lackey, Santa Clarita Mayor Bill Miranda, Santa Clarita City Councilmember Patsy Ayala and Lancaster City Councilmember Lauren Hughes-Leslie, Agua ...

Get your Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino now Santa Clarita. Starbucks is removing some of its “less popular beverages” from menus and cutting more than 1,100 jobs, the company announced Monday. In a letter to investors, Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol announced that the company had made the “hard decision to eliminate 1,100 current support partner roles and several hundred additional open ...

Family-owned fashion outlet ProCounty opened its doors at the Valencia Town Center on Saturday. The outlet sells an array of items, including makeup, art, and clothing brands popular in L.A. and Chicano fashion, such as Dickies and ProClub. Dickies transformed into a fashion staple much the same way as its cousin, the Timberland boot. Both were designed for blue-collar work, ...

By Patrick Gipson In a time when trust in our electoral system is at an all-time low, ensuring that each vote cast is legitimate should be a top priority. While many other democratic nations require identification to vote—including Mexico, which uses biometric voter ID—California remains one of the few states that does not require any form of identification at the ...

A containment was set up by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies in Stevenson Ranch on Saturday evening in a search for a burglary suspect. At approximately 7:30 p.m. Saturday, deputies conducting patrols in near Oak Meadow Drive and Valley Oak Lane in Stevenson Ranch located a burglary suspect, according to a social media alert from the Santa Clarita Valley ...

In 1998, powerful El Niño-driven storms pounded Santa Clarita, causing widespread flooding, road closures, and infrastructure damage as one of the wettest Februaries in California history continued. The 1997-98 El Niño event brought a series of intense storms to Southern California, with February breaking multiple rainfall records. By Feb. 23, Santa Clarita had already endured weeks of heavy precipitation, and ...

Canyon High School’s boys’ basketball program is set to make history, earning its first-ever CIF Championship appearance after defeating Oak Park in a hard-fought semifinal matchup Friday night. For the first time in over a decade, the Cowboys hosted a semifinal game, and unlike their last appearance, where they fell short, they seized the moment—defeating Oak Park 55-48 to punch ...