Missing 19-year-old found in Palmdale apartment Saturday, father of victim's child subsequently arrested.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies held a Sheriff’s Department training exercise Wednesday at College of the Canyons in Valencia.

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies conducted an active shooter drill as if it were the real situation this Thursday, in case such a tragedy were ever to take place in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Forcible rape and grand theft auto cases occupied much of the calendar for Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s deputies during 2012, but homicide investigators got a bit of a reprieve. Violent crime across the Santa Clarita Valley rose 27.7 percent during 2012 compared to 2011, according to data released Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. But while the SCV’s ...