After overcoming addiction and experiencing tremendous loss, Zoe Hollenbeck reached her lifelong dream of becoming a nurse thanks to College of the Canyons. When Zoe Hollenbeck told her first-grade teacher she wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse, she didn’t know exactly what that meant. But something about it stuck. “I just had this calling, said Hollenbeck. “I had ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has identified the 21-year-old deputy who died in a Santa Clarita crash Monday afternoon.  Daniel Valencia Chavira, 21, was the LASD deputy who died in a crash on San Francisquito Canyon Road in Santa Clarita, The Sheriff’s Department said in a Facebook post. The crash involved three vehicles on San Francisquito Canyon Road ...

The family of Deputy Alfredo “Freddy” Flores, a 22-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, has filed a wrongful death and civil rights lawsuit following his death in April 2024 from injuries sustained during a training incident at the Pitchess Detention Center – North County Correctional Facility. Attorneys John Carpenter and Carlos Hernandez of Carpenter & Zuckerman, in ...

The Los Angeles County Health Officer has issued a heat advisory as high temperatures have been forecast for Santa Clarita and other parts of Los Angeles County. The heat advisory is in effect for:  West San Fernando Valley: Tuesday, May 20 through Thursday, May 22 East San Fernando Valley: Tuesday, May 20 through Thursday, May 22 San Gabriel Valley: Wednesday, ...

A Tesla crashed into a bridge and landed in a ditch in Castaic Tuesday morning. Around 8 a.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a crash on Lake Hughes Road near Ridge Route Road in Castaic, said Geovanni Sanchez, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. A Tesla crashed into a bridge and came to rest in a ...

The city of Santa Clarita Film Office has released the list of four productions filming in the Santa Clarita Valley for the week of Monday, May 19, to Saturday, May 24. The productions filming this week in the Santa Clarita Valley are: Feature The Family Business BET’s hit series returns for another season, once again filming in Santa Clarita. The ...

UPDATE: A deputy with Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department died Monday afternoon following the crash off San Francisquito Canyon Road Monday afternoon. UPDATE: 9:07 p.m.: A procession is being held to transport the body of the 21-year-old Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy who died from injuries sustained in an off-duty crash Monday afternoon. His body will be taken to ...

Santa Clarita high school teams are two games deep into the CIF playoffs for baseball, with one team bowing out in the first round. Keep reading for reports on local high school baseball teams: West Ranch (21-9): The Foothill League Champions began their postseason with a narrow 4-3 win over Palm Desert. West Ranch had a solid second inning, and ...

A trucker was arrested for felony hit-and-run Friday, after he allegedly caused a car to crash, injuring a pregnant mother and her children. Around 9:30 p.m. Friday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Units responded to a solo vehicle crash on Highway 138 near Old Ridge Route Road north of Castaic, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall ...

A suspected DUI driver led the California Highway Patrol (CHP) on a pursuit on the 14 Freeway Sunday morning in Canyon Country. The pursuit occurred around 1 a.m. Sunday, CHP officers attempted to make an enforcement stop on the northbound 14 Freeway at Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. ...