California Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a state-wide proposal Thursday that could force people struggling with homelessness into mental health treatment through the court system – a proposal that is supported by Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.  At a mental health care facility in San Jose, Newsom unveiled the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Court plan, a framework aiming ...

Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, recently announced two measures to prevent Governor Gavin Newsom’s practice of granting multi-million dollar contracts to vendors without going through a formal bidding process.  Wilk’s legislation is in response to the Newsom Administration awarding – and later auto-renewing – a no-bid state contract to the Valencia Branch Laboratory, where multiple whistleblowers exposed shocking ...

On Tuesday the Santa Clarita City Council voted to support four different state legislations at their regular board meeting, while opposing Assembly Bill 916.  As part of the night’s consent calendar the city council voted to support three different assembly bills: Assembly Bill 1957 was put forth by Assemblywoman Marie Waldron to reinstate prosecutorial authority to charge someone with a ...

California is often one of the first places to get hit by any changes in the oil industry. Following the pandemic, all of California is experiencing continual rising prices in gasoline, setting and breaking previous record highs.  The Golden State is experiencing sky-high gas prices, north and south. The national average for gas, which is also notably high, is $3.301 ...

Deputies with the Juvenile Intervention Team, (J-Team), discussed the rising cases of drug overdoses in Santa Clarita with three more reported this year than in 2020.   On Tuesday, Jeff Cacic, a detective with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s J-Team met with KHTS to do a review of 2021 and educate the community on the dangers of drugs, but more specifically, ...

Senator Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita and other senate republicans delivered a letter to Governor Newsom calling for the full funding of state water projects, as rainwater is being flushed out to the ocean.   Spearheaded by the Vice-Chair of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Jim Nielsen, R-Red Bluff, and the Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Senator Andreas Borgeas,  R-Fresno, and ...

With the advent of online shopping and its increasing popularity over the past few years, there has been an increase in a new type of crime — porch pirateering — and Sheriff’s officials are offering tips to avoid becoming a victim  Almost every business now offers shipping nationwide and worldwide, not to mention the king of it all- Amazon. Ordering ...

In an ongoing battle between the city of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County (L.A. County), a meeting was recently hosted by prominent county officials and representatives to hear the concerns of the community.  Earlier this year, members of the board of supervisors of L.A. County approved the use of Camp Scott in Saugus as the site of a new ...

In a recent California assembly meeting, Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, made a presentation condemning the Employment Development Department (EDD) for their mismanagement of the criminal activity within their department, presumably wasting billions of taxpayer dollars.  Though initial appraisals estimated $11 billion lost, the amount of unemployment money claimed by fraudulent criminals in California alone is now thought to be at ...

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that all students across California public schools are required to get vaccinated in order to step foot onto school campuses.  During a press conference broadcasted to his social media Friday morning, Newsom made the major announcement that would affect all California public school students in an ongoing effort to “protect students and school employees who ...