Archive By Author - Jim Holt
Seniors get to keep smaller version of Christmas tree
Residents of a senior apartment complex in Newhall who protested the removal of their Christmas tree were set to decorate a smaller version in its place Thursday.
Rock slide dust prompts emergency response
A large cloud of what appeared to be smoke - suspected of being the result of a brush fire - turned out to be a dust cloud from a "huge rock slide," a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run
A hit-and-run driver who left a Canyon Country man with serious injuries is being sought by local sheriff's deputies, a sergeant said Wednesday.
Seniors rally for holiday spirit after apartment management declares ban
The management at a senior citizens' apartment complex in Newhall has ordered the facility's Christmas tree removed from its community room, sparking outrage from its residents.
Turkish man charged in fatal SCV crash
County prosecutors Tuesday charged a 20-year-old man, now believed to be in Turkey, with vehicular manslaughter in connection with a car crash last summer that claimed the life of a young woman visiting Valencia on a work visa, law enforcement officials said.
UPDATE: Newhall man may have been killed by burglar
A man stabbed to death at his Newhall home early Sunday may have died confronting a burglar, homicide detectives said Monday.
UPDATE: Rain falls, cars collide in SCV
On the heels of a rainy weekend, more than half a dozen traffic collisions in and around the Santa Clarita Valley on Monday morning kept local deputies and California Highway Patrol officers busy, officials said.
Community turns out for tree-lighting event
Some wore T-shirts and sandals to the 27th annual Community Tree Lighting celebration at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital on Sunday - but it didn't stop hundreds from getting that holiday feeling.
Mine might have fish problem
A movement to set aside critical habitat for a tiny endangered fish could affect plans for a giant open-pit mine in Canyon Country, because the fish's home and the mine's planned location are both in the upper Santa Clara River area, The Signal has learned.
Tags in Canyon Country not related to international gang
Local sheriff's detectives investigating recent gang tagging of several Canyon Country buildings, including the Moose Lodge, say there is no connection between the graffiti and international street gangs.
UPDATE: Child hit in crosswalk in Saugus
A girl was struck by a hit-and-run driver at the intersection of Decoro Drive and Seco Canyon Road after nightfall Thursday, a spokesman for the local sheriff's station said.
Hearing set for 3 in take-over bank robbery
A preliminary hearing was set Thursday for three men arrested in the September take-over robbery of the Canyon Country Bank of America, court officials confirmed. The trio - all identified by prosecutors as Crips gang members - appeared in San Fernando Superior Court and were ordered to return to court Dec. 11 for a preliminary hearing. Phillip Ely, 29, Lavelle Mosley, 22, and Terion Lamarr Collins, 25, were charged with four counts each of second-degree ...
Man in custody on DUI charge following crash early today
A man is in custody today facing a charge of impaired driving after the car he was driving crashed into a tree early this morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
Two injured in rollover crash
A two-vehicle traffic collision sent two women to the hospital Tuesday afternoon after the truck they were in flipped on its side in the crash, a local sheriff's official said.
CORRECTION: Sanitation district fined for high chloride levels
Water board officials fined the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District more than a quarter of a million dollars Monday, saying the district violated conditions of its permit to discharge chloride into the Santa Clara River. The district had to chose between two plans for reducing chloride and it failed, according to the water board, to tell the board in writing which plan it would act on. If it is collected, the fine would have ...
Articles By Author - Jim Holt
Firefighters douse Canyon Country brush fire
County firefighters jumped on a brush fire in Canyon Country Sunday, extinguishing it quickly and containing it to a quarter acre.
Motorcyclist hurt in Stevenson Ranch crash
A motorcyclist was taken to the hospital Sunday after he crashed his bike in Stevenson Ranch, Fire Department sources confirmed.
Motorist survives 100-foot plunge near Pyramid Lake
A motorist walked away from a crash today after his van blew a tire on the freeway, then plunged 100 feet down a ravine, a fire official confirmed.
"Wrong way" driver sought in Castaic crash
A motorist is being sought today after driving the wrong way on Interstate 5 in Castaic Friday night causing two on-coming cars to collide, sending four people to the hospital, an investigator with the California Highway Patrol said.
Vietnam veterans reunite for show
Those who showed up recently for a reunion of Vietnam veterans at the Valencia home of Bill Reynolds brought with them a storehouse of compelling stories - of sacrifice, dedication and loss.
