Archive By Author - Jim Holt
LA Kings alumni players host event to meet fans
Local Los Angeles Kings fans got a chance to get up close and personal with some of their favorite alumni players Sunday at the LA Kings Ice Station Valencia Fan Fest.
Smyth’s plans for the future evolve
Stepping inside the home of Assemblyman Cameron Smyth is like stepping inside the home of pretty much anyone in the Santa Clarita Valley.
UPDATED: Motorcyclist identified in fatal Highway 126 crash
California Highway Patrol officers have identified the motorcyclist killed in this morning's crash on Highway 126 near Chiquito Canyon Road as 20-year-old Benjamin Borick, of Newhall.
Motorist rescued after plunge down ravine
A motorist was rescued Thursday morning after his car went over the side of an embankment and down a ravine, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
Valencia Water Co. buy approved
By a vote of 9 to 1, directors on the Castaic Lake Water Agency board voted in favor of buying the Valencia Water Co. on Wednesday night.
UPDATE: Moon pleads guilty in Stevenson Ranch rape
A Stevenson Ranch man pleaded guilty Wednesday to forcible rape and other charges in the brutal sexual assault last January of a Stevenson Ranch woman.
Newhall man faces jury trial after February fatal hit-and-run
A 68-year-old man ordered to stand trial for a hit-and-run collision in Valencia that left a 65-year-old woman dead faces a jury trial, a judge has ruled.
UPDATE: Castaic Lake Water Agency eyes buying Valencia Water Company
The Castaic Lake Water Agency is scheduled to vote Wednesday night on whether to buy one of the Santa Clarita Valley's privately held water retailers, which would give Castaic Lake 84 percent of the valley's retail water connections.
Mine battle looks ahead to 2013 congressional session
The bill to block a giant open-pit mine in Canyon Country will likely be rolled into a larger omnibus bill and re-introduced to the new Congress that meets in January 2013, according to members of a local delegation who recently returned from Washington, D.C.
Valencia man faces jury trial in sex offenses case
SAN FERNANDO - A 20-year-old Valencia man charged with 34 sex offenses involving 17 alleged local victims, faces a jury trial, a judge has ruled.
Sheriff’s captain still in critical condition
An investigator with the California Highway Patrol says the car operated by a local sheriff's captain during a fiery crash Friday night veered into oncoming traffic for unknown reasons before it hit another vehicle on San Francisquito Canyon Road.
Whittaker, Edison will work together in cleanup
Cleanup of the Whittaker-Bermite property is expected to move into high gear this spring with soil, air and water treatment systems requiring increased power from Southern California Edison.
Tryst ends in tussle
A 30-year-old Canyon Country man was booked for domestic battery after his wife apparently tried to leave the couple's home with another man during a partner-swapping tryst, a Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Department report said.
Whittaker-Bermite soil treatment to step up in the spring
Cleanup of the Whittaker-Bermite property is expected to move into high gear this spring with soil, air and water treatment systems requiring increased power from Southern California Edison.
Police official critical after car accident
Carrie Stuart, a captain in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, was clinging to life Sunday night following a two-car head-on crash Friday night, officials at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station report.
Articles By Author - Jim Holt
Windy weather blows through city
Following a blustery weekend in the Santa Clarita Valley, residents are likely to find themselves stepping over snapped branches and wind-swept debris today but without the strong winds that rattled windows and put things in motion.
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Employees of a Stevenson Ranch cellphone store found it easy to describe the man who ripped a demonstration iPhone off its stand in October and ran out the door.
Waiting for answers
A Las Vegas man is waiting to hear from local investigators about the traffic collision that claimed the life of his daughter three weeks ago, he said Thursday.
