Ed.Note: This is a breaking news story and more information will be added as it becomes available. After a three-state chase, Mesquite, Ariz., police officers arrested a woman who’s being investigated for potential links to the bombshell bandit bank robberies, which included a Santa Clarita bank in June, officials said Monday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news ...

A Santa Clarita Valley man received a 40-year sentence Friday for the second-degree murder of Christopher Demyen, as several family members provided tearful testimony Friday at his killer’s sentencing in Lancaster.Scott Shipley, 57, of Acton, was found guilty back in April, after a brief trial. “I think that the verdict reached by the jury was the correct and just verdict and the sentence that the defendant received was just,” said Tom Trainor, deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County. "While no sentence can ever bring Demyen back to his family, this can hopefully provide them with some finality in this chapter of their life."

Hart district Superintendent Rob Challinor sent a message to the Santa Clarita Valley on Thursday, saying while the district is changing to area-based elections, “It will not alter the way the district is governed.” Hart district officials decided to move to districts with a 4-1 vote July 16 because the change provided officials with a “safe harbor” from a potential lawsuit, said Hart district governing board President Steve Sturgeon. “The CVRA has promoted a great deal of legal action and policy discussion throughout the state,” Challinor said. “The Hart board took this proactive step to avoid a potential legal challenge and to honor the law’s intention, which is to ensure that minority groups are not denied the opportunity to elect candidates and/or pass measures of their choice.”

Chiquita Canyon landfill expansion plans will be discussed Thursday night at the Castaic Sports Complex, giving Santa Clarita Valley residents having a chance to express concern or support for the proposed expansion landfill’s project. The landfill's proposal, which would double the waste footprint of the facility, has come under criticism from Val Verde residents living near the dump. One Val Verde association claimed dozens have complained, and another group considered the landfill “a good neighbor.”

A Valencia sex offender facing the possibility of life in prison if convicted took a last-minute plea deal, the prosecutor said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Less than a day before he was set to go to trial, Yale Yurman, 71, of Valencia, accepted a 12-year prison sentence for ...

Santa Clarita Valley Water Committee officials drafted a Water Action Plan expected to impact when lawns can be watered and how cars could be washed, officials said Thursday.

Trial is underway Wednesday in the case of a Valencia man facing life due to child annoyance charges. Jury selection started today for Yale Yurman, 71, a registered sex offender arrested for child annoyance allegations at three different locations in the Santa Clarita Valley, according to officials. Testimony is expected to begin Friday, officials said. He faces a maximum of life in prison if convicted of the charges.

The Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry is in the midst of its sixth annual summer food drive, and officials are asking the community to help residents in need.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies made two drug-related arrests Monday night -- one in Castaic and another in Canyon Country, officials said. “Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies are always trying to be proactive while on patrol, and we always appreciate the help of residents in the community we serve when it comes to crime prevention,” said Deputy Josh Dubin of the Sheriff’s Station’s Crime Prevention Unit. Responding to Santa Clarita residents’ concern about parking lot loitering near a Castaic apartment building, two deputies contacted a transient near the 27500 block of Violin Canyon Road around 9:15 p.m.

A Santa Clarita Valley woman is in critical condition after a single-car crash Thursday morning on Valencia Boulevard, near College of the Canyons parking lot.