A domestic violence suspect was arrested this weekend after he allegedly strangled his girlfriend and threatened her with scissors in Santa Clarita.  Around 9 p.m. Friday, deputies responded to the 17000 block of Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country regarding a domestic violence incident, said Deputy Mariela Picard, a spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “The victim reported ...

Authorities are seeking the public’s help in identifying a driver involved in a hit-and-run collision at the intersection of Sierra Highway and Soledad Canyon Road. The crash occurred just before 8 a.m. Tuesday, while the victim was stopped at a red light.  According to the victim, his vehicle was struck from behind by a young female driver who appeared to ...

A plumbing truck crashed through a guardrail Monday afternoon on the southbound 14 Freeway north of the Soledad Canyon Road exit in the Shadow Pines area, according to officials. The incident was reported to the California Highway Patrol at approximately 2:45 p.m. as a single-vehicle collision involving a plumbing truck. When officers arrived on scene, they found the truck had ...

A pedestrian was hospitalized after being struck in a hit-and-run crash Thursday evening. Around 9:25 p.m., first responders received reports of a traffic collision involving a pedestrian near Soledad and Bouquet Canyon Roads in Santa Clarita, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “An elderly person was taken to the hospital with a lower body injury ...

On this day in 1941, the Santa Clarita Valley lost one of its most colorful early ranchers: Remi Nadeau, grandson of the famed Los Angeles 20-Mule team freighter and hotel builder. Nadeau’s death at 73 marked the passing of a figure whose life, according to contemporaries, was “eventful and packed with adventure.” Born May 3, 1867, in Grove Lake, Minnesota, ...

An 82-year-old woman who died in a crash in Canyon Country last week has been identified. Veronica Sowter, 82, from Newhall was the woman who died in the Canyon Country crash, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. On Monday Oct. 13, just before 1 p.m., first responders received reports of a multi-vehicle crash on Soledad ...

On this day in 1876, Tunnel Number 19, the final bore in Soledad Canyon,  was successfully “holed through,” as tunneling crews from opposite ends met deep beneath the San Gabriel foothills. More than 1,500 mostly Chinese laborers had tunneled through 223 feet of rock to complete one of the final legs of the railway between Los Angeles and the Antelope ...

A Santa Clarita woman has been identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a Metrolink Train Friday afternoon. Holly Roehn, 47, from Santa Clarita, was identified as the woman killed in the collision involving the Metrolink Train, according to officials with the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office.  Around 5:30 p.m. Friday, first responders received reports ...

Deputies detained an alleged stolen vehicle suspect at gunpoint Friday morning in Canyon Country. Around 10:20 a.m. Friday, a deputy patrolling Canyon Country located a stolen vehicle traveling east on Soledad Canyon Road near Ruether Avenue, according to officials. Additional deputies were requested to respond, and a felony traffic stop was initiated on Soledad Canyon Road near Rainbow Glen Drive, ...

A shooting suspect was arrested after he allegedly shot at a vehicle on the 14 Freeway in Santa Clarita Tuesday afternoon.  Around 12:25 p.m. Tuesday, a shooting occurred on the southbound 14 Freeway south of Soledad Canyon Road, in Santa Clarita, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office. At the time of the ...