The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station invites SCV residents to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Drug Take Back Day in late April. On Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m, the SCV Sheriff’s Station will host a prescription drug collection event, as part of the DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. The SCV Station is located at ...

Sheriff’s officials are urging parents to discuss the dangers of playing with fake realistic guns during “Senior Assassin,” a game played amongst students about to graduate high school. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station is alerting parents and the community that high school students are playing a game called “Senior Assassin” using realistic-looking water guns. “Some replicas closely resemble real ...

The California Department of Public Health is working with local health departments, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and federal partners to investigate an outbreak linked to the consumption of raw cheddar cheese from Raw Farm, LLC. As of March 13, seven individuals from three states have been infected with the outbreak strain of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department issued a statement Thursday regarding alleged Iranian aspirations to launch an attack on the West Coast. The statement comes in the wake of news that the FBI reportedly issued a bulletin to California police departments warning of a potential Iranian plot to launch unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) against the U.S. West Coast. The Los ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department has issued a statement that a power outage affecting a third-party telecommunications provider disrupted Los Angeles County 9-1-1 service Thursday night through Friday morning. At approximately 3 a.m. Friday, Feb. 20, the Vesta System, a third-party public safety call-handling platform, began coming back online. At approximately 7:20 a.m., 9-1-1 service was fully restored at ...

Do You Know Your Evacuation Zone? Santa Clarita residents are urged to learn their evacuation zone in Genasys Protect before natural disasters strike. Knowing your evacuation zone in Genasys Protect is an important step in being prepared for emergencies such as wildfires, floods, or other incidents that may require evacuations. Your zone helps public safety officials deliver accurate, location-specific alerts ...

Dozens of dead chickens illegally dumped along a roadway in Acton late last year have now been confirmed to be carrying a highly contagious avian disease, raising concerns about potential exposure to other flocks in the area. **WARNING: This article contains images of deceased animals. Viewer discretion is advised.** The dead chickens were discovered November 24 near Crown Valley Church ...

The South Coast AQMD has issued a mandatory wood-burning ban for Monday. South Coast AQMD reminds residents in these areas that burning wood in their fireplaces or any indoor or outdoor wood-burning device is prohibited during the mandatory wood-burning ban. The South Coast Air Basin, includes large areas of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties with the exception ...

The California Department of Public Health is collaborating with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to remind consumers and retailers that products containing kratom or 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly known as 7-OH, are associated with addiction, serious harm, overdose and death. These products, often sold in smoke shops and gas stations, are ...

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is issuing an update to its December 5 health advisory as an outbreak of amatoxin poisoning tied to the consumption of Death Cap mushrooms continues across California. This outbreak is linked to the consumption of wild, foraged mushrooms and has caused severe liver damage in both children and adults, resulting in three adult deaths and three liver ...