Cold case investigators from Kern County are seeking information regarding the murder of a Canyon Country woman who was found beheaded in 2011. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in a cold case homicide investigation involving 64-year-old Ada Beth Kaplan Moore. Detectives are seeking information from anyone who knew Ada Moore, also known as Ada ...

On July 21, 1952, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake in Kern County was strongly felt in the Santa Clarita Valley, shaking residents awake in the early morning hours. Centered near the town of Wheeler Ridge, it was the most powerful quake to hit Southern California since the Fort Tejon earthquake of 1857, rupturing along the little-known White Wolf fault. The White ...

An earthquake struck Kern County, which was felt throughout southern California, including Santa Clarita, on Tuesday. Around 9:09 p.m. a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck about 14 miles northeast of Lamont, California, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).   SCV residents reported feeling the jolt from the quake.  No damage from the earthquake was reported in the Santa Clarita Valley.  ...

A headless body found in a Kern County cold case over a decade ago has been identified as a Canyon Country woman. On March 29, 2011, a woman’s body was found in a grape vineyard near Sebastian Road, just East of Wheeler Ridge Road in Arvin, according to Kern County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) Investigators. At the time, the murder victim ...

Over 1,200 pounds of methamphetamine was recovered by several local, state and federal law enforcement agencies Wednesday in Neenach, a community north of Santa Clarita. Around 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO), Kern County High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force (KC-HIDTA), along with agents from the FBI-Stockton, HSI- Bakersfield, DEA-Bakersfield, United States Border Patrol and detectives from ...

A man wanted for several warrants took Kern County deputies and California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers on an hours-long freeway pursuit in a stolen semi-truck, with speeds reaching only around 10 MPH.  On Thursday, at approximately 12:28 p.m. deputies from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Frazier Park Substation were dispatched to the 15800 block of Edgewood Way to check on ...

A federal court has ruled in favor of the re-approval of Grapevine at Tejon Ranch, a master planned, mixed-use residential community in development. Kern County Superior Court Judge Kenneth C. Twisselman ruled in favor of Tejon Ranch and Kern County over an ongoing habitat conservation challenge by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), an Arizona-based environmental organization, regarding the California ...

A 17-year-old missing girl from Pine Mountain Club who has friends in Santa Clarita was last seen about two weeks ago, officials said Wednesday.  The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing juvenile, Lilly Hillairet, according to a release from the KCSO.  Hillairet was last seen March 4 at about 7a.m. at her ...

California Highway Patrol officials were involved in a vehicle pursuit Sunday through multiple cities, including Santa Clarita, officials said. The chase began at 9:38 a.m. Sunday, and extended as the suspect led officials on a car chase, according to the California Highway Patrol. “The pursuit started in the Baldwin Park area and went through Altadena, through Newhall and then it ...

Kern County Firefighters responded to a wildfire in Lebec that began around 1 p.m. on the I-5N. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Several units have been dispatched to the area to support firefighting efforts, including aircraft support and fire crews from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire was first ...