Archive By Author - Jim Holt
Deputies step up school patrols
More sheriff's deputies were patrolling near Santa Clarita Valley schools on Monday, and fewer students were in some classes, reflecting the profound local impact of Friday's school shooting in Connecticut.
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.
Articles By Author - Jim Holt
UPDATE: Saugus: Parolee caught after being chased into SCV by LAPD
A parolee sought by the Los Angeles Police Department was chased on foot through an alley behind local businesses in Saugus Thursday after LAPD officers followed him to the Santa Clarita Valley, a local sheriff's spokesman said.
Dakota DeMott memorial installed
From a rocky, windy mountain top near Agua Dulce, the smiling face of Dakota DeMott looks down on the Santa Clarita Valley.
Stevenson Ranch: Truck fire slows traffic on I-5
A big rig caught fire in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near Lyons Avenue today, slowing traffic and shutting down the freeway's slow lane, a fire official said.
Canyon Country: Bamboo reported to be weapon in assault
Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's deputies were searching Wednesday for two men believed involved in an assault in Canyon Country. The weapon was reported as a piece of bamboo.
Man arrested after deputy finds seven different ID cards
Good patrol work led to the arrest of a young man on probation this morning when a local sheriff's deputy stopped him and found seven pieces of identification - none of which belonged to the man, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Valencia: Trial scheduled in New Mexico for slaying of local man
A California man accused of stabbing a Valencia man to death last summer in New Mexico is scheduled to appear in court there Monday charged with second-degree murder, court officials said.
Santa Clarita: Woman makes court appearance in blond scammer case
The alleged accomplice of the blond scammer - who stalks other women at grocery stores, steals their wallets and uses their IDs - appeared briefly in court Tuesday, a court clerk said.
Santa Clarita: At least 2 more eyeing 2014 race for City Council
Alan Ferdman and Dante Acosta are taking a long, hard look at the next race for Santa Clarita City Council, but neither is ready to announce a candidacy, both said separately Monday.
Canyon Country: Motorcyclist remains in serious condition more than a week after collision
A motorcyclist remains hospitalized and in serious condition Monday more than a week after the Canyon Country traffic collision in which he was injured, according to hospital and law enforcement sources.
Canyon Country: Driver in Sunday crash arrested on DUI count
A 23-year-old Fontana man is in custody today, charged with impaired driving causing injury in connection with Sunday morning's rollover collision that sent a woman to the hospital, court papers show.
Falconer, fowl become fast friends
Animal keeper David Stives wears his heart on his sleeve, and his heart belongs to Apollo - a five-pound turkey vulture.
Cyclist hit by car
A cyclist suffered a minor leg injury Sunday following a "bump collision" with a car, a local sheriff's deputy said.
UPDATE: Riderless horse prompts Canyon Country search
The day-long mystery of a riderless horse that showed up in a Canyon Country park has been solved.
Two injured in rollover at Golden Valley Road
Two people were taken to the hospital with undisclosed injuries this morning following a two-vehicle rollover collision on Highway 14 at Golden Valley Road, a Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman said.
Deadline looms for cleanup of Whittaker-Bermite site
The Whittaker-Bermite site's nearly 1,000 acres in the center of Santa Clarita needs to be ready for development by 2016 - and the state plans to ensure that happens, an official said recently.
