Nearly 20 Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Stations, including the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, are boycotting the Baker-to-Vegas run to protest the “wrongful prosecution” of a local resident and a former Lancaster Sheriff’s deputy. The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Professional Association (LASPA) announced Friday that more than 20 sheriff’s stations across Los Angeles County, including the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Training ...

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy, a resident of Santa Clarita, was found guilty Thursday by a jury of using excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman outside a supermarket in Lancaster in June 2023. Trevor James Kirk, 32, of Santa Clarita, was convicted of one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law. During a ...