The United States Supreme Court denied to hear the appeal of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca’s conviction on federal charges of obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI, according to court documents. Baca had previously been sentenced to three years in prison for obstructing a federal investigation into corruption and civil rights violations at the jail that ...

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office found “insufficient evidence” of unreasonable force in a report that investigated the 2016 officer-involved shooting of William Bowers in Castaic.  The shooting, which occurred in August 2016, resulted in a wrongful death civil lawsuit which led to a $4.6 million settlement on Feb. 20, 2019 and paid to the family of Bowers. The ...

The 42nd annual Memorial Torch Relay made its way through Santa Clarita Saturday evening, in honor of the Los Angeles County peace officers who laid down their lives in the performance of their duties. The Santa Clarita Valley leg of the run began at the Deputy Jake Kuredjian monument in Stevenson Ranch shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday night. Friday marked ...