On Monday, struggles with drug addiction, opioids and youth counseling are topics discussed on a KHTS Special Broadcast discussion with Action Drug Rehab and Action Family Counseling. On Monday, Cary Quashen, CEO of Action Drug Rehab and Action Family Counseling, spoke on-air in a KHTS Special Broadcast about youth struggles, the opioid epidemic and addiction. “For the last 10 years…I’ve ...

A Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputy, who had been exposed to fentanyl while on duty, was transported to the hospital Saturday night after responding to a call for service at the Home Depot in Valencia.  Around 8:20 p.m. Saturday, emergency responders received reports of a medical emergency at the Home Depot on Newhall Ranch Road in Valencia, according to ...

On Wednesday, a man came into the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station to thank the deputy that arrested him and subsequently saved his life from a possible fentanyl overdose.   The 30-year-old man described how he had been ready to take fentanyl in his parked car behind a Canyon Country plaza last week when a deputy happened to be patrolling the area.  ...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect after a search warrant led to the recovery of around 7 pounds of illicit drugs and around 1,000 pills. In an effort to combat fentanyl overdoses in the Santa Clarita Valley, the North Region Narcotics Team assigned to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, along with the help of the Juvenile Intervention ...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Juvenile Intervention Team, (J-Team) deputies hosted a virtual “Java with the J-Team” Thursday discussing the recent drug trends and signs of drug overdoses. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s J-Team is composed of two entities, the School Resource deputies and the narcotics enforcement, according to Sheriff’s officials. “The team has a three-part approach to narcotics, ...

Santa Clarita Juvenile-Team deputies are expected to host a virtual “Java with the J-Team” Thursday morning to discuss the current drug trends among young adults, officials said.        J-Team deputies are expected to host a virtual Java with the J-Team on Thursday, Aug. 27 at 10 a.m. on the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Facebook page, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for ...

Fentanyl, a deadly opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin, is a growing threat across California, including in Santa Clarita, where a string of fatal overdoses linked to the drug were reported in 2017. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The California Department of Health released a report in April saying ...