Whether it’s one pill or a years-long addiction, synthetic opioid overdose continues taking the lives of sons and daughters here in our very own Santa Clarita Valley. In the days after 16-year-old Daniel Puerta had been found unconscious in his bed at the onset of the pandemic, police sought out his social media passwords. Hidden in the private messages of ...

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, ...

Newhall Pharmacy on Main Street has had their license suspended after allegations of mishandling opioid medications, officials said Tuesday. Several complaints against the pharmacy led to the license suspension of the Pharmacist-in-Charge Charles M. Zandberg and Owner Jenisa Chowdhury, according to the California Department of Consumer Affairs. Chowdhury was a “silent partner” in the business, with Zandberg managing the day-to-day ...