Vandalism charges for Black Lives Matter activists for painting “BLM” on a Valencia street have not been filed pending the completion of a program. The case for Quynn Lubs, 18, Saugus, was set for an office hearing in the Prefiling Disposition Program, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “That means a criminal case ...

Jorge Ventura, a former KHTS and College of the Canyons reporter, was arrested as a member of the press Wednesday while documenting the Louisville, Kentucky protests that followed the announcement that the police officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor would not be indicted for her death. On Wednesday, former Louisville Metro Police Department Officer Brett Hankinson was charged ...

A third activist was arrested after reportedly turning themselves in for felony vandalism charges for painting “BLM” on a Valencia street, officials said. On June 19, deputies responded to a report of vandalism on the 23000 block of Cinema Drive, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. Witnesses reported several people using spray paint in ...

Black Lives Matter activists who wrote “BLM” on a Santa Clarita street have been arrested for felony vandalism, with the community organizing a legal fund in support. On June 19, deputies responded to a report of vandalism on the 23000 block of Cinema Drive, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “Spray paint was used ...

Protests with the Black Lives Matter movement continued in Santa Clarita with a “Skate for Peace” protest Saturday afternoon.  Dozens gathered at the In-N-Out parking lot on Bouquet Canyon Road, signs in hand, to skate to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  “Everyone out here is skating to bring peace to our community,” said Roman Ward, organizer of Saturday’s protest. ...

Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth and Mayor Pro Tem Bill Miranda are set to formally denounce racism and send a letter in support of the “Eight Can’t Wait” police reform measures. About 15 activists with the Black Lives Matter movement sat down with Smyth alongside Miranda, Dr. Cherise Moore, board member of the William S. Hart Union High School District, and ...

Hundreds of Santa Clarita residents gathered in Central Park Saturday night to honor the deaths of Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch. Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsch, two black men found hanging by the neck in Palmdale and Victorville respectively, were held in honor at a vigil by Santa Clarita residents in Central park Saturday. “In 1964, I found my first ...

Hundreds of community members gathered at Bridgeport Park to celebrate Juneteenth, Friday. Local activism groups SCV for Change and SCV Workers for Equal Opportunity, in association with Real Generation Z, organized a socially-distanced Juneteenth picnic celebration on Friday. The event was honoring the 155th year since the total emancipation of enslaved African-American, officials said. Juneteenth — which gets its name ...

Horns blared intermittently along Valencia Boulevard as supporters honked while driving past demonstrators outside City Hall Wednesday afternoon. Protestors holding up signs with the words ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘Abolish The Police’ had gathered for their third sit-in on the grassy lawn below the brick portico with the big, brass City Hall lettering. These demonstrators represent a youth movement against ...

The Santa Clarita-based “Black Lives Matter Foundation” is unaffiliated with the national Black Lives Matter, and is causing confusion for those looking to support the growing movement. Robert Ray Barnes founded the Black Lives Matter Foundation in 2015 after the father of his now stepchildren, Earl B. Rhodes Jr., was killed by the Los Angeles Police Department. “We need to ...