State Senators Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, and Melissa Melendez, R-Riverside, introduced a bill that would allow prosecutors to pursue murder charges against drug dealers who distribute narcotics that ultimately lead to a fatal overdose. Introduced earlier in February, Senate Bill 350 (SB 350) would add to the state’s Health and Safety Code, and would allow prosecutors to pursue murder charges ...

Over 60 percent of arrests reported over the weekend by Santa Clarita and Newhall CHP deputies were non-residents. Over the weekend, 37 arrests were reported by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and Newhall California Highway Patrol. Of those 37 arrests, 14 arrests were drivers operating a vehicle under the influence of either drugs, alcohol, or both. See Related: Conduct ...

70 percent of arrests made in Santa Clarita over the weekend were drugs or alcohol-related, officials said. Between Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 7, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and California Highway Patrol officers made 30 arrests, according to weekend booking logs. Of those 30 arrests, 21 were drugs or alcohol-related, including six instances of driving ...

Routine patrol checks being conducted in Valencia Sunday night led to an Arizona man’s arrest for narcotics sales, officials said. A deputy was patrolling around 10 p.m. Sunday on the 27900 block of Kelly Johnson Parkway in Valencia when something caught his eye, said Shirley Miller, a spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “In a store’s parking lot, ...

Law enforcement officials made over two dozen arrests for drug- and alcohol-related charges in Santa Clarita over the first weekend of the new year. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. From Friday, Jan. 4 through Sunday, Jan. 6, officials arrested 13 individuals for possession of a controlled substance or drug paraphernalia, seven ...

The number of fatal opioid overdoses and suicides is rising across the country, including Santa Clarita, resulting in the average life expectancy in the United States to decline for the third year in a row. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The average life expectancy in the U.S. began to drop in ...