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The far right lane of northbound I-5 just south of Grapevine Road is closed for an unknown duration while emergency personnel works to clean up debris from an earlier crash, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). CHP was first notified about the crash a little after 4 p.m. Friday afternoon about a semi-truck hitting a guardrail on the right-hand ...

A retired firefighter and Santa Clarita native cashed out at nearly $218,000 in Las Vegas at the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) on Sunday. Steven (Vito) Genovese won the $217,921 first-place prize and his first WSOP gold bracelet by surviving the 4,303-entrant field in event 56: Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold’em.  “It feels amazing! I was pinching myself the ...

The 2023 Santa Clarita Valley 4th of July Parade returns to Old Town Newhall next Tuesday, showcasing all the ways our community celebrates independence the SCV Way! Grand Marshalls Dennis and Pamela Verner, sponsored by Burrtec Waste Industries, are set to lead the parade after an opening welcome by the West Ranch High School Drumline. “I’m humbled and honored,” Dennis ...

Pet owners are being reminded about the importance of keeping their four-legged friends safe during Fourth of July celebration firework shows. With the Fourth of July approaching soon, the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control  (DACC) reminds pet owners of the extra precautions to be taken in order to protect pets during celebrations.  Some ways to ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced Wednesday his legislation to equip classrooms with life-saving trauma kits passed unanimously out of the Assembly Education Committee.  “The sad fact today is that every school needs to be prepared for the unthinkable,” Wilk said. “I never would have thought Saugus High could be the scene of a shooting, but it happened here. Because ...

A California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer who suffered a medical emergency earlier this week is back home and expected to return to work next week.  On Wednesday around 3:40 p.m. a CHP Newhall Area Officer suffered from heat stroke, near Sand and Lost Canyon Roads, but at the time it was thought to have been a stroke, Officer Josh Greengard, ...

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health reminds everyone to take precautions to avoid heat-related illness this Independence Day weekend as temperatures are expected to flirt with triple digits. The National Weather Service predicts hot and dry weather with elevated fire weather conditions across the desert, lower mountains and interior valleys. Daytime high temperatures are expected to shoot upwards ...

Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger read in a motion during a Board of Supervisors meeting this week that would designate a centuries-old oak tree known as “Old Glory” as a Los Angeles County Historic Landmark. This towering 70-foot oak tree is over 400 years old and is currently located at Pico Canyon Park in Stevenson Ranch, according to Barger. ...

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is expected to launch a Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) over the Fourth of July weekend to help keep roadways clear of reckless and drunk drivers. The CHP is scheduled to adopt a statewide MEP starting at 6:01 p.m. on June 30 and lasting until 11:59 p.m. on July 4 in order to assist individuals in ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCV Water) is set to host a free virtual gardening workshop the week of the Fourth of July. The workshop hosted by SCV Water is set to be held July 8 at 9 a.m. via Zoom and is expected to feature the Wheeler Company’s John Windsor, who is an expert teacher, a Certified Arborist ...