COC two-sport student-athlete Samantha Miranda Rodriguez is ready to redefine what it means to be a firefighter. At just 21 years old, Samantha Miranda Rodriguez is already blazing a trail—literally and figuratively—in a field like firefighting where women are a rare sight. When Rodriguez graduates from College of the Canyons (COC) with an associate of science degree in fire technology ...

A Castaic structure fire took firefighters over an hour to extinguish Tuesday evening.  Around 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, first responders received reports of a Castaic structure fire on the 28000 block of Sloan Canyon Road, said Henry Narvaez, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “The first in engine arrived on scene and reported a single-story single-family dwelling home with ...