Archive By Author - Jim Holt
Chess celebrity visits Trinity Classical Academy
Trinity Clasical Academy students recently hosted a young chess celebrity - soon to be a worldwide celebrity, thanks to a contract with the Walt Disney Co.
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.
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UPDATE: Newhall stabbing victim recovering in hospital
A 29-year-old Hispanic man is recovering in the hospital Tuesday after being stabbed an estimated seven times in an alcohol-fueled altercation in Newhall Monday night, a sheriff's official said.
Misdemeanor battery filed in skirmish over flag football game
An alleged "bad call" at a flag football game resulted in misdemeanor battery charges filed against the teen who refereed the game and the coach of one of the teams, a sheriff's deputies said.
Saugus swap meet turns 50
The thunderous roar and squeal that made the Saugus Speedway a local fixture in California for more than half a century has given way to the muffled sounds of bargain-hunters shuffling booth to booth at a swap meet that marked local legacy.
Car thefts reported at hospital
Three motorists reported property stolen - or had their cars vandalized in an attempted burglary - while their cars were parked at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, according to the incident log maintained by deputies of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
Is 'blond scammer' crime spree related to others?
Detectives in four jurisdictions are scrutinizing the actions of a woman suspected of being the so-called "blond scammer" - a woman believed at the center of a ring that stole wallets from shopping carts and impersonated credit card holders to obtain cash or expensive jewelry.
West Ranch: 1 student taken to hospital, 1 girl in custody in alleged pot-laced cookie case
A West Ranch High School student was treated at the local hospital Thursday after another girl allegedly gave her pot-laced cookies to eat, a sheriff's official said.
UPDATE: Red flag warnings issued for fire danger
High winds triggered local house alarms and fanned the flames of a brush fire in the Newhall Pass Thursday as the National Weather Service called a red flag warning for the Santa Clarita Valley and other areas in Los Angeles County.
Daughter pleads not guilty in mother’s slaying
A former Saugus High School student accused of killing her mother pleaded not guilty Thursday to a felony charge of first-degree murder, a court official said.
Preliminary hearing set for Castaic man in bar beating case
A preliminary hearing was set Wednesday for a Castaic man charged with attempted murder after he allegedly beat a disabled man with a "mini baseball bat" inside a Sunland bar last month, a court official said.
Jury trial scheduled in Agua Dulce assault, kidnap case
Two men charged in the alleged beating and abduction of an Agua Dulce woman last fall and with the alleged attempted kidnapping of her adult son will be tried by a jury next month, an assistant district attorney said.
Report: Agua Dulce driver in fatal crash was 3 times legal limit
An Agua Dulce man killed in a January head-on crash that left another man still recovering from injuries was three times over California's legal blood alcohol limit, a coroner's report shows.
Valencia: Two injured, including SCV Sheriff’s deputy, in crash
Two people, including a local sheriff's deputy, were taken to the hospital today following a two-car crash on Copper Hill Drive, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Probation ordered in car crash that killed woman
A 20-year-old Turkish man charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter for a car crash that killed a young Turkish woman last summer pleaded no contest Monday and was placed on three years' probation, a District Attorney spokeswoman said.
Woman pleads no contest to charges in ‘blond scammer’ ring
The ringleader in the so-called "blond scammer" case was sentenced to three years in prison Monday after pleading no contest to a charge of identity theft, a court clerk said.
UPDATE: At least 2 injured in Valencia crash
Six cars piled up in the eastbound lanes of Newhall Ranch Road in Valencia on Monday, injuring at least two people.
