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Homeless man takes 23-year plea deal in 2009 stabbing
A Canyon Country man who stabbed to death a fellow transient in 2009 in a Santa Clara riverbed was sentenced to 23 years in prison, authorities said Wednesday.
Authorities: Interstate-5 chase was drug-related
A Sacramento parolee tossed about $100,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine from his SUV while speeding through the Santa Clarita Valley during a high-speed chase Tuesday morning, authorities said Wednesday.
UPDATED: Overturned big-rig backs up I-5
Traffic on the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 through the Santa Clarita Valley was congested for several hours Wednesday, after the driver of a Wal-mart truck lost control of his big rig and crashed, blocking a transition road that connects the southbound truck road of Interstate 5 to northbound Highway 14.
Deputies arrest teen after pursuit
Deputies arrested a 17-year-old on Tuesday after he and two West Ranch High School students were allegedly seen smoking marijuana and peering into windows of homes at about 9:30 a.m. in the 26100 block of Jasper Court.
Students brawl on Saugus High campus
An on-campus fight between five Saugus High School students broke out during a morning break Tuesday because one of the students had spit on another's car during a weekend party, authorities said.
Locals react to bin Laden death: ‘Bittersweet’ victory
Rudy A. Acosta would have turned 20 the day Osama bin Laden was killed by American troops in Pakistan.
Plaque to be dedicated to fallen soldier
Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Rotary Club and Elks Lodge will dedicate a plaque next week to U.S. Army Spc. Rudy A. Acosta who was killed while serving in Afghanistan in March, according to a statement released Monday.
The Old West, SCV-style
As the lasso whipped a few feet from her head, 9-year-old Samantha Hughes covered her face with her hands.
UPDATED: Rosas brothers convicted in murder case
UPDATED, Friday 2:30 p.m.: Christopher Rosas, 50, and Ralph Rosas, 48, were found guilty of first-degree murder by separate juries on Friday and Thursday, respectively. The two are convicted of killing Louis Alexander Campanelli, 55, at Mugsy's Bar, which Campanelli co-owned with one of the two brothers. Read more in Saturday's Signal. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Original post, Friday, 1:55 a.m.: SAN FERNANDO - The bludgeoned body of 55-year-old Louis Alexander Campanelli was found lying in a pool ...
Jury set to ponder fate of Valencia
SAN FERNANDO - Jurors are scheduled to begin deliberations today in the murder trial of Marco Valencia, who was charged with driving drunk up Bouquet Canyon Road in July 2009 and plowing into a group of bicyclists, killing one and injuring three others.
Witness: Valencia not alert at time of crash
SAN FERNANDO - Marco Valencia was probably unconscious behind the wheel when his truck plowed into a group of bicyclists on Bouquet Canyon Road in 2009, a neuropsychologist testified Monday during Valencia's murder trial.
Hate-crime suspect caught
A Saugus hate crime that left two cars on fire and a racial slur sprawled on a nearby garage in March may be related to a string of similar crimes in the San Fernando Valley, detectives said Friday.
Chloride not yet on governor’s radar
Gov. Jerry Brown was formally introduced to local leaders' fight to relax strict mandates on chloride levels in the Santa Clara River on Thursday.
Groups protest governor's visit
While Gov. Jerry Brown descended on Hart High School on Thursday to speak with Santa Clarita Valley government and education leaders, about 30 protesters on opposite ends of the political spectrum stood toe-to-toe across the street, engaged in a contentious war of words.
Producer’s lawyer: Claim is ‘extortion’
A civil lawsuit filed against a prominent music producer accused of sexually assaulting a woman in his Newhall home is an attempt at extortion, the producer's lawyer said this week.
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