For the first time in the history of the United States, an American is now more likely to die from an accidental opioid overdose than a car crash, a National Safety Council report recently revealed. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The “Injury Facts” report from the National Safety Council claims the ...

Fentanyl, a deadly opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin, is a growing threat across California, including in Santa Clarita, where a string of fatal overdoses linked to the drug were reported in 2017. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The California Department of Health released a report in April saying ...

The bipartisan Heroin Task Force unveiled their legislative agenda for the upcoming year, aimed at reducing heroin use and deaths associated with opioids. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The task force, chaired by Rep. Tom MacArthur, R-Connecticut and Rep. Ann McLane Kuster, D-New Hampshire, started three years ago when the heroin ...

The “Holiday Hams” comedy show set for Dec. 8 at The MAIN in Newhall invites residents to support the Roberts family after 22-year-old Perry Roberts miraculously woke from a coma caused by an anoxic brain injury. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The day before his 22nd birthday in September, Perry was ...

A man who escaped custody after being found passed out was caught about 12 hours later, on Monday morning, and taken into custody, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Sheriff’s Station officials were called to Rattler’s on Golden Valley Road on Sunday evening, after a man was found passed out in ...

A suspected heroin overdose in Canyon Country killed another Santa Clarita resident late Friday night at the 17000 block of Sierra Highway. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Deputies received the call of a possible overdose at 8:45 p.m., after the decedent’s roommate returned to their Canyon Country trailer park home and ...

Many Santa Clarita residents were shocked when the bedroom community was hit with more than 10 drug overdoses in 48 hours back in April. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. But for members of the Santa Clarita Sheriff Station’s Juvenile Intervention Team, or J-Team, it’s something they work at every day. Sgt. ...

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station patrol deputies are expected to be equipped with a drug designed to fight opioid overdoses in the coming weeks, said officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Naloxone, available without a prescription in California, is designed to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose, a life-saver for first-responders, quite ...

As I sit having my coffee this morning, I have been thinking about the most recent overdoses and deaths from an overdose in Santa Clarita recently. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. It makes me so sad and brings back memories of Trae’s death and the deaths of children that so many ...

Fire Department personnel were called out Thursday afternoon to Canyon High School after a student lost consciousness during class. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Around noon, a male student passed out during class and when school officials attempted to rouse the student, he became combative, according to witnesses. Santa Clarita Valley ...