The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency Board decided to appoint an interim board member during their Tuesday night meeting, after the conviction and sentencing of vice president Dan Mortensen for domestic assault.  On Tuesday, members of the SCV Water Agency announced that they would appoint someone to hold the vacant board seat of Mortensen after an hour of debate in ...

Vice President of the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency, Dan Mortensen, resigned on Tuesday after being convicted with domestic assault earlier this month.  Prior to Tuesday’s regular meeting, Mortensen from SCV Water resigned from his position after having been convicted of one count misdemeanor domestic violence in the Santa Clarita courthouse on March 7. According to the agenda, the SCV ...

Deputies are investigating the stabbing of a person who was defending their cousin in an altercation that turned physical in Canyon Country Thursday morning.  Around 1:26 a.m. Thursday, deputies responded to the 27300 block of Fahren Court in Canyon Country regarding an assault with a deadly weapon stabbing, according to Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s ...

The Zonta Club of Santa Clarita displayed their Red Dress Project at the Child and Family Center’s Purple Palooza Saturday to help bring an end to domestic violence in their “Zonta Says NO to Violence Against Women” campaign. The Red Dress Project demonstrates a life lost due to domestic violence. At the local level, Zonta clubs across the world have ...

The Santa Clarita Child and Family Center celebrated their annual Purple Palooza 5k Walk to raise funds and awareness for the center’s Domestic Violence Program. The event kicked off with breakfast and warm-up activities for the crowd. Booths were set up with a variety of themes including information and resources, and vendors. A live band served as the entertainment as ...

On Tuesday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 277, authored by Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, concerning topics such as domestic violence, sexual assault and elder abuse. On Wednesday Valladares spoke with KHTS on the bill and its goals targeting increasing domestic violence and abuses that have occured during the current pandemic. “We should never have women unable ...

A Santa Clarita attempted murder suspect who tried killing his wife and son in 2019, in a case that detectives called “one of the worst domestic violence assaults they have seen,” pled “not guilty” in court on Friday.  David Charles, of Santa Clarita, pled not guilty to two counts of attempted murder and one count each of injuring a spouse, ...

A Santa Clarita attempted murder suspect who tried killing his wife and son in 2019, in a case that detectives called “one of the worst domestic violence assaults they have seen,” returned to court last week.  David Charles, of Santa Clarita was held to answer on two counts of attempted murder and one count each of injuring a spouse, mayhem, ...

A celebration of life has been scheduled later this month for Adele Macpherson, a former Santa Clarita philanthropist.  The celebration of life is set to take place Sunday Aug. 22 at 12:30 p.m. at the Arena at the Centre in Canyon Country, according to friends and family. “She was an incredible lady who cared for everyone,” said Barbara Cochran, a ...

Weekend crime reports for July 30-August 1 feature another week of record low numbers for this time of year in Santa Clarita.  With a total of 14 arrests over the three days, this is significantly less than the 40 arrests made per weekend this time last year, 65 percent less to be specific, according to arrest logs.  2021 has seen ...