Archive By Author - Ray Bowden
Rain a factor in more than 100 crashes, officials say
Thursday's light rainfall brought less than a quarter of an inch of rain to the Santa Clarita Valley and less than a half-inch to Los Angeles County overall, the National Weather Service said.
UPDATE: Officials: kidnap report was false alarm
A report of a kidnapping turned out to be just that - a report - and nothing more, a Sheriff's Department official said just after 1 p.m. today.
West Side: Smooth road ahead for project
West Side commuters will soon experience a smoother ride as the first portion of a $6.13-million road improvement project in Stevenson Ranch is completed in May, an official said. "What's left to do is pave some sections of roads between The Old Road and Interstate 5," said county Public Works official Emma Ayala on Wednesday. "We should be done by end of May." Specifically, the first part of the Public Works project includes reconstructing three ...
A walk on the Western side
More than 5,000 people attended the annual Cowboy Festival at Melody Ranch in Newhall on Saturday, and thousands more are expected today, a city official said.
Crime Watch
April 11 Burglary 16500 block of Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country A 24-year-old man was arrested at his Canyon Country residence just before 7 p.m. April 11 after allegedly stealing $205.77 in groceries from Vons, a sheriff's report said. The man went to the store to steal the groceries because his family didn't have any money, he said in the report. A store employee's suspicions were aroused when he noted the suspect leaving the store ...
Halloween murder case stalls in hearing phase
The case against an adult man and two juveniles suspected of killing a Canyon Country man Oct. 31 remains bogged down in pretrial hearings, a county official said Friday.
Parole sweep nets 6
Sheriff's deputies surprised 14 Santa Clarita Valley parolees Thursday released from prison under the state's "realignment plan" and arrested six of them for parole violations.
UPDATE: Big-rig collision on Highway 126 stalls rush hour traffic
Two people were taken to a hospital following a Wednesday afternoon collision between a big rig and a flatbed truck on the westbound side of Highway 126 near Chiquito Canyon Road in Val Verde. "We did transport two people to a local hospital," a Fire Department official said. "I can't say what the extent of their injuries was, but they did go to a hospital." Initially, officials investigated the possibility of a fatality in the ...
A flash mob for all the memories
Several dozen Girl Scouts got together to bust a move in a local mall on Saturday to celebrate the organization's 100th anniversary.
A day to hug trees in the SCV
Thousands of green thumbs were fully displayed at the city-sponsored Earth Arbor Day Festival held Saturday at Central Park in Saugus.
UPDATES: Rain floods parts of SCV
A powerful spring storm lashed the Santa Clarita Valley on Friday, causing power outages, flooding intersections and dumping about an inch of water on city streets. Traffic lights at 12 local intersections - including Bouquet Canyon Road at Central Park in Saugus and Whites Canyon Road at Stillmore Street in Canyon Country - were down for a short while, but most were working by 5 p.m., Santa Clarita spokeswoman Gail Ortiz said. Rainfall flooded ...
Firefighter Funeral
Family, friends and firefighters gathered at a local church to share laughter and tears at the Wednesday funeral of a Fire Department captain who died earlier this month at age 50.
Violent crime on rise in 2012
Violent crime was on the increase in the Santa Clarita Valley and county-wide in 2012, although homicides were down, according to Sheriff's Department statistics released Tuesday. The Santa Clarita Valley showed 115 violent crimes from Jan. 1 through March 31, a sheriff's report said. That compares to 91 violent crimes through March 2011. County-wide, 3,222 violent crimes were reported through March this year compared to 3,196 through March 2011. "I would say that at three ...
East Side Story: Organizing a response to crime
Some Canyon Country residents say there's a problem with crime in their condominium complex, but a homeowners association official says the real problem is getting people organized to do something about it. "One issue is sustaining a Neighborhood Watch program over the long haul," Exclusive Property Services official Scott Robinson said. "We rally the troops and homeowners say they'll be involved, but then it peters out." Exclusive Property Service manages the Canyon Oaks condominium complex ...
West Side Story: T-Mobile withdraws bid for cellular tower
Due to public backlash, a wireless phone company has suspended plans to place a cellular tower on the West Side of town.
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