UPDATE: 06/15/2026 – 9:50a.m.: The Lemon Fire is 83% contained with all evacuation orders lifted. Previous story: Firefighters continue making progress on the Lemon Fire burning near Acton after flames scorched more than 300 acres over the weekend. The Lemon Fire was first reported at around 2:11 p.m. Saturday near Pearblossom Highway and Angeles Forest Highway, according to fire officials. ...

A man was arrested after he was allegedly caught “ransacking” a woman’s vehicle in a parking lot in Santa Clarita. Around 6:20 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to a reported vehicle burglary in the 26400 block of Golden Valley Road in Canyon Country, said Shirley Miller, a spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “(The suspect) was allegedly found inside ...

In a moving tribute to a local hero, the Palmdale City Council unanimously approved on Tuesday, Oct. 21, the dual naming of a portion of Avenue Q as Deputy Clinkunbroomer Avenue. The decision commemorates Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, a Castaic resident who was tragically killed in the line of duty on September 16, 2023. The designated section ...

Two reported missing people were found dead in their car by family members nearly a week after the vehicle went down an embankment in Palmdale. Around 8:30 a.m. Sunday, officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Antelope Valley Area Office responded to a fatal traffic collision on Mount Emma Road, east of Angeles Forest Highway in Palmdale, said Officer Jordon ...

A Palmdale man was arrested this weekend on sexual assault allegations stemming back to March of 2024. On March 3, 2024, detectives began investigating a sexual assault that occurred in Palmdale, said Sgt. Joseph Mesa, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Victims Bureau.  At the time of the incident, there was no known suspect, according to officials.   “During ...

A stolen work truck containing tools worth thousands of dollars was recovered by Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Deputies on Friday. Deputies responded around 2:30 p.m. to a call from a local resident reporting his work truck had been stolen in Canyon Country, according to SCV Sheriff’s Station Public Information Officer Robert Jensen. “A few minutes later, on a different street ...

 A Palmdale man is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on a 12-count federal grand jury indictment alleging he coerced two minors into producing and sharing with him sexually explicit content of themselves and enticed one minor to have sex with him. Darius Desean Edwards, 21, of Palmdale, is charged with five counts of production of child pornography, five counts of ...

A Palmdale man already facing one charge of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death has been charged by federal grand jury indictment with an additional count of distribution of fentanyl resulting in death related to the death of a Palmdale man in August, the Justice Department announced Thursday. Christopher Morales, 22, was named in a superseding indictment returned Wednesday by ...

On Tuesday, a man was arrested after he allegedly robbed a bank in Acton and assaulted a woman at a credit union in Palmdale in November.  Last month, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Major Crimes Bureau, Metro Detail detectives and LASD Palmdale Station detectives responded to the California Bank and Trust in Acton, in response to a reported bank ...

A person of interest has been detained in connection with the murder of Palmdale Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, a Santa Clarita resident. Around 5 a.m. Monday, deputies were called to an address on the 37700 block of Barrinson Street in Palmdale after a vehicle possibly linked to the shooting death of Clinkunbroomer was spotted, according to officials with Key News ...