A former Santa Clarita Panda Express employee who was reportedly required to strip to her underwear and was subjected to other forms of “psychological abuse” during a training seminar has filed a sexual battery lawsuit against the companies involved. The plaintiff in the case, a 23-year old woman, is suing Panda Restaurant Group, headquartered in Rosemead and ALIVE Seminars and ...

An off-duty police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) appeared in court Tuesday for charges of brandishing a firearm during a Valencia road rage incident last year. Georgeta Buruiana, 38, faces one felony count of brandishing a firearm at a person in a motor vehicle, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. On ...

The nephew of Will Cierzan, a Valencia resident missing since 2017, returned to court on Thursday for a preliminary hearing, officials said. Daniel Cierzan, 24, of Saugus, returned to court to face one count of murder for allegedly killing his uncle Will, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. In November 2020, Cierzan pled ...

A Canyon Country kidnapping suspect appeared in court Wednesday on charges of carjacking a vehicle from his ex-girlfriend which had their 3-month-old twins inside, officials said. James O’Neal, 26, was arrested on several different felony charges including carjacking, domestic violence, child abduction without right and false imprisonment, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station at the ...

The parents of the two victims killed in the Saugus High shooting have filed separate wrongful death lawsuits against the William S. Hart High School District over its alleged “failure to take basic steps to supervise students on campus,” officials announced Thursday. The families of Dominic Blackwell, 14, and Gracie Muehlberger, 15, filed wrongful death lawsuits on Monday in Los ...

A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Wednesday in a Ventura County Court on behalf of the four-year-old son of drowning victim, “Glee” star and Valencia High School graduate Naya Rivera. Rivera, best known for her role in the musical comedy television series “Glee” as cheerleader Santana Lopez, was a native of Santa Clarita and graduate of Valencia High School in ...

The trial against a Santa Clarita veterinarian accused of multiple complaints of negligence and unprofessional conduct started Monday, officials said. Dr. Balpal Sandhu operates three clinics in and around Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valleys, including All Creatures Veterinary Center in Newhall, Canyon Country Veterinary Animal Hospital in Canyon Country and AV Animal Veterinary Center in Lancaster. During the trial, ...

Grammy-winning music producer “Detail” appeared in court Thursday on 15 counts of sexual assault charges, officials said. Noel Fisher, of Stevenson Ranch, also known as “Detail,” is being investigated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau (SVB) for multiple alleged sexual assaults, according to the department. Fisher appeared in court on 11 counts of forcible rape, three ...

A statewide order suspending all jury trials in California’s superior courts for 60 days was issued Monday, and the Los Angeles County Superior Court issued a new general order limiting court access to authorized persons only in response to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.  In addition to suspending jury trials, the order from California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye also allows ...

Senator Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, announced Friday legislation that would raise the age limit for when a person could be tried in court as an adult, officials said. Currently, 18- and 19-year-olds are tried as adults; however, if Senate Bill 889 becomes law, criminals would be charged as adults at age 20 instead, the bill reads. “When teenagers make serious mistakes ...