Archive By Author - Jim Holt
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.
Granada Hills man faces felony in alleged forgery attempt
A 52-year-old Granada Hills man has been charged with allegedly trying to cash a forged check Wednesday at a bank in Valencia, court papers show.
‘Hot prowl' burglar sought in Stevenson Ranch
A brazen burglar startled a napping homeowner in Stevenson Ranch Thursday afternoon when he broke into the home and stole a purse, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Couple who allegedly held up Valencia Home Depot face trial in 2 weeks
A couple who allegedly held up a Valencia home-improvement store with a shotgun in September are heading to trial in two weeks, a Superior Court Judge ruled Thursday.
Pining for some mulch
Locally recycled Christmas trees might just be one of those gifts that keep on giving - more than 500 tons worth every week.
Police arrest forgery suspect
A man who walked limping into a Valencia bank with a cane in one hand and a forged check in the other was chased out of the bank and arrested late Wednesday afternoon, a local sheriff's spokesman said.
SCV Christmas trees produce tons of mulch
Locally recycled Christmas trees might just be one of those gifts that keep on giving - more than 500 tons worth every week.
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20-year-old Valencia woman arraigned on felony count
A 20-year-old Valencia woman was arraigned this week on a felony charge of hit and run causing injury or death following a collision with a bicyclist at a Newhall intersection last month, a District Attorney's spokeswoman said.
No injuries reported in two morning crashes on Highway 14
Crown Valley Road in Acton was a busy place this morning with traffic collisions reported on both the north and southbound lanes of Highway 14, emergency response officials said.
UPDATE: Newhall: Young woman talked down from freeway bridge
Quick-responding California Highway Patrol officers talked a young woman down from a freeway bridge Wednesday as she threatened to jump, a CHP spokesman said.
UPDATE: Sanitation district board OKs $334,000 ‘outreach’ contract
WHITTIER - Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District directors agreed Wednesday to pay $334,000 on public outreach as the district prepares to release a plan to reduce chloride in the Santa Clara River.
UPDATE: At least 4 injured in Highway 14 collision
Four people were hurt, including a mother and her 9-year-old son, in a multi-vehicle crash on the southbound Highway 14 freeway near Via Princessa on Tuesday.
Outreach on chloride in river could cost $334K
Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District directors are due to decide today whether to spend $334,000 on public outreach as the district prepares to release a plan for ridding the Santa Clara River of chloride.
Acton: Girl on slow recovery following devastating car crash
On Nov. 21 last year, Laurel Slothower of Acton received the phone call that every parent dreads.
UPDATE: Saugus Brush fire held to 4 acres despite high winds
Winds approaching hurricane force whipped flames through brush in Saugus on Monday, prompting swift reaction from firefighters who halted the blaze after it blackened more than four acres in Bouquet Canyon.
UPDATE: Powerball arrives in California
Tickets for the Powerball lottery went on sale in California for the first time Monday, and the new game was a big hit with one Castaic cashier selling the tickets.
Big winds may cause damage
Property damage due to high wind is expected in the Santa Clarita Valley today as two intense wind systems collide, a weather specialist said.
3 arrested in local Wal-Marts
Three people arrested recently for crimes allegedly committed at local Wal-Mart stores are expected to appear separately in court this month, charged with offenses including burglary, embezzlement and trespassing.
Pitchess East graduates first EBI class
Five dozen inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center proudly took the jail's podium Thursday as the east facility's first graduating class from the Sheriff Department's newly launched Education Based Incarceration program.
Valencia: Stuck in an elevator
Two College of the Canyons students spent their lunch hour in an elevator Thursday after the car got stuck, college officials said.
UPDATE: Valencia: Sheriff’s deputies chase, capture suspected vandal
A suspected graffiti vandal was detained at gunpoint today after a brief foot chase in Valencia, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Valencia: One injured in collision of motorcycle and car
One person was taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries Thursday following a traffic collision involving a motorcycle and a car in Valencia, a Sheriff's Department spokeswoman said.
