A Santa Clarita man was sentenced Monday to 41 months in federal prison for attempting to steal millions of dollars in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) COVID-relief loans for his companies by submitting fraudulent applications that included fake tax documents and information for non-existent employees. Raymond Magana, 41, was sentenced to prison by United States District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr., who ...

On Tuesday, three lawsuits were filed against the Los Angeles Dodgers by a Valencia-based law firm diDonato relating to several alleged beatings of fans by the Dodgers’ security team. Three lawsuits were filed this week by several fans who allege they were beaten by the L.A. Dodgers’ security force in 2021. “The Los Angeles Superior Court complaints allege assault, battery, ...

A Santa Clarita woman was sentenced to over 30 years in state prison after pleading guilty to over 10 felonies Monday following a fatal wrong-way crash in 2018. Nicole Thibault, from Santa Clarita, pleaded guilty to one count of voluntary manslaughter, with a special allegation of using a deadly weapon: a vehicle, eight counts of attempted murder with a vehicle ...

The case against Ron Jeremy, an adult film star indicted for over 30 instances of sexual assault, including sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a house party in Santa Clarita, has been suspended amid questions about his mental competence. Thursday, attorneys representing Jeremy called into question his mental competence, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District ...

A drunk driver who was arrested for murder last year after causing a fatal 14 Freeway crash north of Santa Clarita pleading not guilty Friday. Roberto Deloya, 35, from Palmdale pleading not guilty in court Friday, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Around 1:15 a.m. Friday, July 16, 2021, first responders received reports of ...

Trial is underway in the domestic assault case of Santa Clarita lawyer and SCV Water Agency board member Daniel Mortensen, who was charged with one count of battery on a spouse in 2020.  Around 11 p.m. on April 12, 2020, Mortensen was arrested and transported to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on suspicion of assaulting his spouse in a ...

Paul De La Cerda, a former Saugus School Board member and Dean of East Los Angeles College who is facing school-related embezzlement charges, appeared in court for a preliminary setting on Thursday.  The defendant, who pleaded not guilty to the charges in January, returned to court for a special proceeding held before a judge to determine whether or not there ...

On Wednesday the William S. Hart Union School District announced that it reached a settlement with the alleged victims of sexual abuse by a former walk-on athletic coach in the district. “Several former students have claimed that they were sexually abused by a former walk-on athletic coach who worked for a period of time for the Hart District,” said a ...

On Friday, a wrongful death suit was filed by the widow and family of Tory Carlon, the Los Angeles County firefighter specialist shot and killed in the  Fire Station 81 shooting in Agua Dulce. The widow, Heidi Carlon, and the family of slain firefighter specialist Carlon have filed suit against L.A. County and the estate of Carlon’s assailant, Jonathan Patrick ...

A Former Saugus School Board member and Dean of East Los Angeles College appeared in court on Friday to face charges of embezzlement. Friday, Paul De La Cerda pled not guilty to the embezzlement charges, said Greg Risling, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. De La Cerda served as East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Dean until ...