A brush fire was reported in Ventura County near Piru Saturday afternoon. UPDATE (8/9): The Holser Fire is an estimated 167 acres in size and 67% contained as of Sunday. All Evacuation Warnings and Orders have been deactivated. #HolserFire Update: Forward progress of the fire has been stopped. Firefighters continue to make good progress and will remain on scene throughout ...

On Feb. 19, 1803, displaced families from the Caamulus (Camulos) village in the Piru village were baptized at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the modern-day Mission Hills in the San Fernando Valley. The baptism was part of a widespread effort by Mexican-Spanish missionaries to convert Indigenous peoples to Christianity, often through coercive and underhanded means. As foreign ...

On this day in Santa Clarita Valley history, on Dec. 11, 1922, four “compassionate” bandits kidnapped a bank manager and his young daughter after successfully robbing $6,000 from Fillmore State Bank in Piru. Piru is a small community in northeast Ventura County that began as a small town in 1888 and the community’s size and architecture have changed very little ...

On August 27, 2000, the 1,000-piece collection of Piru’s Lechler Museum, a private trove of Santa Clara River Valley artifacts assembled by local historian Harry H. Lechler, went to auction, scattering decades of community history. A descendant of pioneer George Washington Lechler, Harry established his private museum in his backyard in 1943, before relocating it to a building on Piru’s ...

A brush fire erupted near Piru in Ventura County Thursday, with smoke visible in Santa Clarita. The fire, dubbed the Felicia Fire is burning just west of the Santa Clarita Valley in Ventura County near the community of Piru.  As of 1:40 p.m., the blaze is at 10 acres, accordingto the Ventura County Fire Department. As of the publication of ...

The Holser Fire near Piru which broke out Monday afternoon has scorched around 2,500 acres and is 20 percent contained with evacuation warnings still in effect, officials said. Around 2:15 p.m. Monday, firefighters received reports of a brush fire that was quickly growing near Holser Canyon Road, according to the Ventura County Fire Department. Within hours the fire grew to ...

The Holser Fire in Piru broke out Monday afternoon, quickly growing to hundreds of acres, officials said. UPDATE (7:10 p.m.): The Holser Fire has grown to over 1,000 acres in size, and continues to threaten structures in both Ventura and Los Angeles County. #HolserFire; Fire is approx 1000+ acres with structures threatened. 2 FF’s suffered minor injuries & 1 resident was ...

Highway 126 is shut down in both directions Tuesday evening near Fillmore after a five-vehicle crash, officials said. UPDATE: 8:50 p.m. — One lane is now open in each direction of Highway 126 after a 3-hour closure, according to CHP. The traffic collision was reported about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 126 near Cavin Road, between Fillmore and Piru, causing ...

A 25-year-old man who was killed in a traffic collision near Piru Thursday evening has been identified. Roberto Villalobos, 25, from Glendale was killed in the crash, said James Baroni, a senior medical examiner investigator with the Ventura County Coroner’s Office. Amanda Canfield 38, from Santa Clarita, also sustained “minor injuries” in the crash, according to CHP officials. The multi-car ...

One person was killed and four others were injured Thursday in a Piru crash on Highway 126, officials said. The multi-car crash occurred just after 5 p.m. Thursday on Highway 126 near Piru, and emergency crews responded to the scene within minutes, according to the California Highway Patrol. The incident occurred on the eastbound side of Highway 126 in Piru, ...