A Newhall man was arrested Wednesday on murder charges. Alejandro Trujillo, 19, from Newhall, was allegedly arrested in connection with a murder that occurred in 2025, Shirley Miller, a spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, said. However, no other information was released to the media. KHTS Radio is making attempts to gather additional information from the Los Angeles ...

With another year in the books, KHTS has compiled the 10 stories that most profoundly shaped life in the Santa Clarita Valley in 2025. From destructive wildfires and violent crime to contentious development battles and urgent public safety concerns, 2025 marked another defining chapter in our community’s history. As always, these stories have not been chosen based on the number ...

A man wanted in connection with a Los Angeles murder investigation was arrested in Lebec Friday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). On September 12, 2025, at approximately 6:59 p.m., CHP Newhall Area units were alerted by the Los Angeles Police Department that a murder suspect could be in the area. Officers were provided with a vehicle description ...

A Saugus man was arrested Friday for the alleged murder of his wife. On Friday around 12:45 p.m. deputies responded to the 33000 block of Bouquet Canyon Road in Saugus where the alleged murder occurred, said Lt. Steve De Jong, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau. No information was able to be released as of the publication ...

An 81-year-old Saugus man was arrested for murder and a 27-year-old Valencia man was taken into custody for kidnapping as part of a total of 31 arrests made in Santa Clarita over the past weekend, according to Sheriff arrest logs. The kidnapping suspect was apprehended on Friday, however  Authorities have not yet released details regarding the circumstances of the kidnapping. ...

On this day in 2014, Scott Shipley of Acton was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of Christopher Lawrence Demyen, co-owner of the Acton Water Company. A jury found Shipley guilty of second-degree murder on April 25, 2014, following the fatal shooting of Demyen. According to Deputy District Attorney Thomas Trainor, Shipley must serve 25 years before ...

Four years ago Tuesday, Saugus resident Michelle Dorsey was stabbed and killed by her estranged husband, who was later convicted of her murder. On April 15, 2021, at around 5:10 a.m., Dorsey was murdered at the hands of her estranged husband, James Matthew Dorsey, in her home on the 22800 block of Fir Court in Saugus. Two of Dorsey’s three ...

Today in Santa Clarita history, April 13, 1935, a jealous wife in Newhall was convicted of Murder by ending the life of a young woman.  This set off a legal and emotional firestorm in Newhall that would captivate Los Angeles County and test the limits of justice, marriage, and forgiveness. The tragic shooting of 20-year-old Frances Walker by Gladys Carter, ...

On March 11, 1890, prominent landowner William C. Chormicle was taken into custody and brought to Los Angeles to stand trial for the brutal killing of two men in Castaic Canyon. The murders were a pivotal moment in the violent Castaic Range War, a land dispute that plagued the region for decades. Chormicle, along with his associate W.A. Gardner, was ...

A person of interest has been arrested in the Newhall murder of a CalArts student last month, investigators announced Thursday. On Sunday, Feb. 16, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) Homicide Bureau detectives located and arrested the person of interest related to the February 4, 2025, murder of Menghan Zhuang, also known as Emily King. which occurred at 21314 Nandina ...