Archive By Author - Jim Holt
Family troubled by aspects of missing woman case
Family members of a local woman missing since a New Year's Eve party are particularly troubled about a few aspects in the case as they continue to scour the Santa Clarita Valley for clues.
UPDATE: Officials say burglaries may be connected
Local sheriff's investigators are looking into two "hot prowl" burglaries in Stevenson Ranch to see if there's any connection, a deputy said.
UPDATE: Rescue team finds injured bicyclist
UPDATES WITH MORE DETAILS A helicopter rescue team found an injured bicyclist in rugged terrain inside the Angeles National Forest near Acton Monday, airlifting the man to safety, a fire official said. Shortly after 11:40 a.m. Monday, paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department received a cell phone call from an injured cyclist who had been on a bike trail near Aliso Canyon Road near the North Angeles Forest Highway, the Fire Department spokesman ...
Two men charged in local hit-and-run
A hit and run traffic collision on a local freeway Saturday night has ended in the arrest of two Santa Clarita men, one found hiding in a dumpster at the end of a brief pursuit, a California Highway Patrol sergeant said.
UPDATE: Man hit by pickup in critical condition
A 59-year-old man is clinging to life with serious head injuries today after being struck by a pickup truck in Saugus, a spokesman for the sheriff's stations said.
Two sought in home burglary
Local sheriff's deputies are looking for two burglary suspects today after receiving reports of an illegal house entry in Stevenson Ranch, a local sheriff's spokesman said.
DUI checkpoint set for Jan. 18
Local sheriff's deputies are scheduled to carry out a checkpoint for suspected drunk drivers in the next couple of weeks, a sergeant in the station's traffic unit said. Sgt. Richard Cohen announced Monday his department will be conducting a "DUI/Drivers License checkpoint" on January 18 at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Officers will be contacting drivers passing through the checkpoint for signs of "driving ...
Thieves steal computers from Walmart
Local sheriff's deputies are looking for three people who stole at least two computers from the Walmart store in Stevenson Ranch this morning, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Vodka thief drops bottles, leaves empty handed
The botched theft of half a dozen vodka bottles from a Newhall grocery store Sunday ended up with three of the bottles being recovered and the other three smashed on the ground, a local sheriff's spokesman said.
Detectives close in on killer of Newhall man
Homicide detectives investigating last month's stabbing death of Franco Olea are closing in on the killer, a spokesman for the Homicide Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
UPDATE: Victim hopes video will help with ID in iPad theft
A 9-year-old Valencia girl who had her iPad stolen while buying a sandwich with her mother now has her stolen iPad back, her father confirmed late Friday.
Forgery suspect appears in court
A 52-year-old Granada Hills man charged with allegedly trying to cash a forged check Wednesday at a bank in Valencia appeared in court Friday, a court clerk confirmed.
Detective team takes over case of missing Canyon Country woman
The investigation into the disappearance of a Canyon Country woman on New Year's Eve has been bumped up to a team of homicide detectives, the detective in charge of missing persons said Friday.
Sticking up for stickleback
The endangered unarmored threespine stickleback has found a friend in Chris Conlin. Conlin phoned The Signal in response to a story about the minnow-sized fish living in a part of the Santa Clara River that's designated as part of the proposed Cemex mine site. "The environmentalist quoted said we need community support for a major campaign, and that all it takes is one person," Conlin said this week. "I would like to be that one ...
Woman, 19, missing since New Year's Eve party
Homicide detectives are looking into the disappearance of a Canyon Country woman after she left a New Year's Eve party distraught, a Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said Thursday.
Articles By Author - Jim Holt
Hundreds attend used clothing consignment sale
or hundreds of women buying and selling used clothing, much of it high-end and designer goods.
