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An adult woman who was kidnapped from Shafter County and dropped off on Placerita Canyon Road was being returned home Thursday by local deputies, said Lt. Bill Wiess of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “We notified the police agency in Northern California that was involved,” Wiess said. ” As a courtesy, we’re meeting them halfway, but the crime did ...

A Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station official reported Thursday that the number of opiate-related deaths has risen for the second straight year. “There are 15 confirmed (drug-related deaths)  by the Coroner’s Office, and I’ve got four that are awaiting confirmations,” said Bob Wachsmuth, a longtime resident and investigator with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Juvenile Intervention Team. In 2011, ...

A Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputy was involved in a traffic collision while responding to a domestic violence call about 2:47 p.m., said Lieutenant Bill Weiss. The deputy was driving south on Wiley Canyon Road and turning westbound onto Orchard Village Road when the front left side of his vehicle was struck, Weiss said. “I don’t know the extent ...

SCV Cares, the name of a new website that aggregates community charities into one easy to use directory, demonstrates how one individual can make positive change. David Perez, KHTS intern and assistant house manager at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center, launched the website Christmas Eve. “Growing up, I was told Christmas is about giving, I don’t think I’ve ever ...

A small electrical fire at a local family owned cabinet shop left owners with thousands of dollars in equipment damage Thursday. Jerry Machado, owner of Jay and Jay Towing, noticed smoke looming from Oswell Willco Company, a cabinet shop located behind the towing company at 16904 Sierra Hwy in Canyon Country. “We’re all close and I thought they might be ...

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Santa Clarita residents are invited to celebrate the new year in a brisk, but potentially chilling way Jan 1. The Santa Clarita Aquatic Center is hosting the seventh annual Glacier Slide Polar Bear Swim, opening the typically closed outdoor pool and slide to the public, said Heather Sumagaysay, communications specialist for Santa Clarita. “What makes it special is the new ...

The California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint on Saturday, Dec. 29 in the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County. The checkpoint will begin at six in the evening and conclude at approximately 2:30 am the following morning. “The goal of the D.U.I. Checkpoint is to create awareness among the motoring public, to deter people from ...

BY DAVE CALDWELL, SCVNEWS.COM Eleven-year-old actress and singer Emma Howard, a Valencia resident who appeared and sang on the SCVTV’s “SCV Today” show on June 26, 2012, has been cast as Hortensia in the Broadway show “Matilda the Musical.” The show will make its debut on March 4, 2013, before moving to the Shubert Theatre in New York City on ...