Santa Clarita had ties to two Academy Award-winning projects this year, as the Netflix documentary “All the Empty Rooms” and the feature film “One Battle After Another” — both connected to local stories or production — took home Oscars on Sunday. “All The Empty Rooms,” a Netflix documentary that focuses on child victims of mass shootings, hit close to home ...

For the Santa Clarita Valley, the news out of Brown University this weekend hits close to home. Mia Tretta, a survivor of the 2019 Saugus High School shooting, once again found herself sheltering in place during a campus shooting, this time across the country at Brown University in Rhode Island. In November 2019, a 16-year-old student opened fire at Saugus ...

When gunfire erupted at Saugus High School on November 14, 2019, Bishop Royce Hanamaikai was wrapping up an early-morning scripture class just a block away – unaware that the day would become one he, and the Santa Clarita community, would never forget. Towards the end of first-period classes that morning, 16-year-old Saugus High School student Nathaniel Berhow pulled a .45-caliber ...

Rain fell steadily over Santa Clarita Friday evening, but it did little to deter the crowd determined to remember the Saugus shooting, the tragedy that forever changed their community.  Umbrellas lined the walkway as parents, students, teachers, advocates and local leaders came together for a solemn Saugus Remembrance Memorial Walk, marking six years since the 2019 Saugus High School shooting. ...

The Trump administration has removed a memorial honoring 120 victims of gun violence from the ATF headquarters, which included Saugus High School shooting victim Dominic Blackwell. The “Faces of Gun Violence” memorial exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters honors those whose lives have been tragically lost to gun violence. The “Faces of Gun Violence” ...

Thursday, Nov. 14, marks the five-year anniversary of the Saugus High School Shooting, where three students were injured and two were killed by a student who then took his own life. On the morning of Nov. 14, 2019, the landscape of the Santa Clarita community was “forever changed” when 16-year-old Nathaniel Berhow walked into the quad of Saugus High School, ...

Providence Holy Cross Medical Center commemorated forty years of life-saving trauma care Friday morning, dubbing the event “Triumph Over Trauma” with guest speaker Mia Tretta. Dozens of hospital supporters and trauma survivors filled the Providence Holy Cross chapel to acknowledge and celebrate staff and leaders of the trauma team. Dr. Bernie Klein, Chief Executive of Providence Holy Cross, took to ...

Families and friends are remembering the Saugus shooting on the four year mark. “Not a day goes by without a yearning in our hearts to hold our babies one more time. Not a day goes by without missing the laughter and joy you both brought to ours, and so many other lives.”  Tuesday morning, four bouquets of flowers lay on ...

Sheriff Robert Luna presented medals to deputies of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) including two retired SCV personnel for their “courageous acts” during the active shooting incident at Saugus High School at the 2023 Medal of Valor Awards.  The annual Valor Awards Ceremony saw Sheriff Luna awarding the “highest honors” to the deputies of the LASD alongside retired ...

Saugus High School Celebrated the graduation of hundreds of students in the Class of 2023 on Wednesday, but the celebrations were tempered by the somber recognition that two students would never receive their diplomas due to gun violence. On the morning of Nov. 14, 2019, a 16-year-old student walked into the quad of Saugus High School, pulled a .45-caliber semi-automatic ...