Every year, countless families struggle to understand why some people are released from jail quickly while others remain stuck for days. Many individuals feel lost the moment the bail process begins because the rules, costs, and expectations are rarely explained clearly. Confusion during those first few hours often creates avoidable stress and delays at a time when clear information matters ...

Seeing your loved ones behind bars is the most agonizing thing in the world, but one cannot predict such events. If something similar happens to someone close to you, don’t panic. Instead, think about ways to help them. Most people worry or feel frustrated in such conditions, but they should think about supporting the individual in trouble. Your family needs ...

Santa Clarita weekend arrests decreased slightly in the most recent report compared to last weekend’s holiday arrests, although DUI crimes continue to dominate.  Between Friday, July 8 through Sunday, July 10, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office made 16 arrests, a decrease from last weekend’s 26, according ...

A wanted parolee with a no bail warrant and a woman were arrested in Saugus allegedly with several loaded firearms, ammunition, and drugs.  Around 1 p.m. Wednesday, Crime Impact Team deputies, and Parole Compliance Team were conducting a surveillance operation on Newberg and Shine Drives in Saugus when they searched a wanted parolee, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the ...

In response to the rampant railroad theft across California, Senator Scott Wilk and Congressman Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) are urging democratic politicians to change their “lenient” policies that allow criminals to exploit California’s legislation for their gain.  Photographs of train tracks littered with ransacked packages of Amazon and UPS boxes, unused at-home coronavirus tests, epi pens and more made national ...

Proposition 25 (Prop 25) seeks to end the practice of cash-bail and replace it with risk assessments for detained suspects awaiting trial by Pretrial Assessment Services with the use of an approved risk assessment tool. The potential change initially entered California’s political arena in 2018 with the passage of Senate Bill 10 (SB 10), which proposed the changes a Yes ...

A Stevenson Ranch man was arrested Thursday night after allegedly striking an elderly family member with a wooden leg from a broken table, sending one to the hospital, officials said. At around 9 p.m. Thursday, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to reports of a family disturbance at the 25000 block of Blake Court in Stevenson Ranch, ...

Bruce Paddock, brother of the Las Vegas shooter, pleaded not guilty to charges he possessed more than 600 images of child pornography, prosecutors told KHTS News. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Bruce Paddock, brother of Stephen Paddock, who killed 58 people and injured more than 500 more in America’s worst mass ...

California lawmakers took the first step in another sweeping reform of the criminal justice system, fundamentally changing how the court considers bail. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox.  The Assembly’s Public Safety Committee voted 4-2-1 to pass Assembly Bill 42, which would require the court to release a defendant being held for a ...

A Canyon Country bowling alley assault left one hospitalized and another in custody Sunday, according to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Garrett Weiner, 30, of Santa Clarita, was arrested on suspicion of battery with great bodily injury, said Sheriff’s Jailer Bowles. The deputies were called ...