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Soledad Canyon Brush Fire Prompts Response In Santa Clarita A Soledad Canyon brush fire in Santa Clarita prompted a response from firefighters Wednesday. UPDATE: All eastbound lanes of Soledad Canyon Road have been temporarily closed due to the incident at Langside Avenue. Around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, first responders received reports of a brush fire on Soledad Canyon Road and Penlon Way in Canyon Country, said Jon Matheny, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. When units ar...

Canyon Fire Ignites On 5 Freeway North Of Santa Clarita The Canyon Fire ignited Friday afternoon just north of Santa Clarita on the 5 Freeway.  UPDATE (2:50 p.m.): The fire has burned six acres with fire running uphill. No structures are currently threatened. The No. 3 and No. 4 lanes of the southbound 5 Freeway are expected to be shut down for at least one hour, according to California Highway Patrol Incident logs. BRUSH FIRE | FS 149 | 1.5 miles south of Pyramid Lake/SB 5 Fwy | Units on scen...

Brush Fire Prompts Response From Firefighters Near Santa Clarita A brush fire on the 5 Freeway prompted a response from firefighters Wednesday morning near Santa Clarita, and was held to a half acre.. The brush fire, dubbed the Ridge Fire, was first reported to firefighters around 10:10 a.m. Wednesday on the southbound 5 Freeway near Lake Hughes Road in Castaic, said Jon Matheny, an inspector for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. As of 10:30 a.m., the Castaic brush fire has burned a half ...

Bradley Jon Matheny was convicted on postage stamp forgery counts and export violations. Matheny, 42, faces up to 65 years in prison and a $2.5 million fine. An Iowa man is facing up to 65 years in prison for forging postage stamps on 28,000 packages and costing the United States Postal Office $250,000, according to the Department of Justice. Bradley Jon Matheny was convicted on Wednesday on seven counts of postage meter stamp forgery and counterfeiting, as well as three counts of export violat...

Los Angeles Times The number of Los Angeles firefighters testing positive for the coronavirus has dropped significantly since the city fire agency began offering its members vaccinations, Fire Chief Ralph Terrazas said in a memo to firefighters this week. Terrazas, in a memo dated Tuesday and obtained by The Times, said the LAFD has seen a "sharp decline" in cases since firefighters started getting the shots on Dec. 28. A chart included with the memo shows that the LAFD was averaging more than ...

The L.A. Fire Department has seen a "sharp decline" in coronavirus cases following the rollout of vaccines, according to a memo from the fire chief.

The L.A. Fire Department has seen a "sharp decline" in COVID-19 cases following the rollout of vaccines, according to a memo from the fire chief.

The Los Angeles County Coroner-Medical Examiner’s Office identified Carlos Salgado-Ruiz, 35, of Santa Clarita, as the pedestrian killed after being struck by a vehicle in Saugus Wednesday night. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel first responded to reports of a traffic collision with a pedestrian involved just after 10 p.m. on Seco Canyon Road, near the intersection of Bouquet Canyon Road, according to spokesman Jon Matheny. Salgado-Ruiz was pronounced dead at the scene minutes late...

Canyon Country Stabbing Prompts Response From Deputies Deputies are investigating a possible Canyon Country stabbing that resulted in no major injuries Tuesday afternoon. Around 2:25 p.m., first responders received reports of a possible stabbing on Soledad Street and Furnivall Avenue in Canyon Country, said Jon Matheny, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station are on scene and are still investigating what led up to the...

One injured in shooting involving retired LA County Sheriffs Department employee Published  SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - A person was wounded Monday in a shooting involving a retired Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department employee in Santa Clarita.   Deputies were called about 2:20 p.m. to the gated MacMillan Ranch community at 15900 Warm Springs Drive, near Sand Canyon Road, where the shooting took place, Deputy Joanna Warren of the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department said.   A suspect was ...