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 ...

An Antelope Valley man was arrested Wednesday on a nine-count federal grand jury indictment charging him with using a drone to drop off fentanyl and other narcotics to buyers, one of whom died of a fatal overdose of the powerful synthetic last year. Christopher Patrick Laney, 34, a.k.a. “Crany,” of Lancaster, is charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl ...

The Apollo Fire broke out north of Santa Clarita Tuesday afternoon between Gorman and Lancaster and has scorched hundreds of acres.  The fire first broke out around 12:50 p.m. near  Highway 138 and 225 Street West. As of 2:50 p.m. the fire is at 800 acres moving to the north approaching Kern County, according to officials. Smoke from the fire ...

Travelers north of Santa Clarita may have seen a billowing cloud of black smoke spitting pollutants into the air off the 14 Freeway on Thursday, as thousands of cars burned in a salvage yard fire. More than 1,500 vehicles on 10 acres of a Lancaster salvage yard have been burned as of Friday morning, according to the Los Angeles County ...

Singer Aaron Carter has died after apparently drowning at his Lancaster home Saturday morning, north east of Santa Clarita Around 11 a.m. paramedics were called to his home on Valley Vista Drive after reports of a drowning, according to TMZ. According to Los Angeles County Fire, his body was recovered from the pool. He was pronounced dead on scene. Carter ...

On Monday, State Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, commemorated Women’s History Month by giving the Small Business of the Month award to SchlickArt Photography and Video, a woman-owned business. In honor of Women’s History Month, Senator Wilk awarded woman-owned business SchlickArt Photography and Video with the 21st Senate District’s Small Business of the Month. “Women’s History Month is a great ...

The 82nd Annual AV Fair and Alfalfa Festival located in Lancaster has announced it’s opening in October, after it’s original scheduled dates were pushed back. The AV Fair and Alfalfa Festival, themed “Barntober Fest,” is set to be open for eight days starting Friday, Oct. 1 through the Sunday, Oct. 10. The Fairgrounds are expected to be closed Monday, Oct. ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, and other lawmakers are looking for a statewide approach to ending illegal marijuana grows which have been becoming more and more difficult to enforce by local law enforcement.  Wilk along with Assemblymembers Tom Lackey and Thurston “Smitty” Smith have invited California Attorney General Rob Bonta and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) Secretary Jared Blumenfeld to ...

A wanted parolee was arrested Saturday morning after leading California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers on a brief 14 Freeway pursuit in Santa Clarita. Around 2:45 a.m. Saturday, CHP officers received a report of a reckless driver on the southbound 14 Freeway and were dispatched to investigate the driver in question, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area ...

Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) is applauding local law enforcement on the arrest of four individuals last month suspected of stealing water to grow marijuana illegally in Lancaster.  On April 15, deputies with the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station and officers with the Antelope Valley California Highway Patrol and the Department of Fish and Game arrested four individuals on water theft, wilk ...