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The case against a prominent Santa Clarita Valley Realtor who had been accused of a sexual assault stemming from a Las Vegas real estate conference last summer was dismissed, a court clerk confirmed Thursday.
Following the conclusion of the spring thoroughbred season at Hawthorne, the track crew embarked once again on the racing surface conversion. As the only pari-mutuel track left in the United States to convert from a dirt thoroughbred surface to a limestone harness track, crews worked tirelessly stripping off dirt, removing rails, clearing barns and prepping the new surface, all in 96 hours, to prepare for the start of the summer harness season. Everything was prepped in time for horsemen to arrive on Saturday, May 1 as the summer harness season kicked off on Friday, May 7. When...
Rendering shows a portion of the proposed Costco as part of the Patios Connection project at Westfield Valencia Town Center. Courtesy of Westfield Costco Still Seeks Second Location in SCV Uploaded: , Friday, May 7, 2021 By Perry Smith - The Signal After plans fell through for a $100 million mall expansion that would have brought a second Costco to the Santa Clarita Valley, representatives from the big box retailer reached out to city officials to see if they could still make a second location a reality. Santa Clarita officials confirmed Thursday they’ve been in contact with Costco recent...
âGirl Drowned; Escort Missing.â This headline, on the front page of The Syracuse Heraldâs July 13, 1906 edition, launched a crime story that still reverberates in popular American culture. The body of Grace Brown, a twenty-year-old factory worker from upstate New York, was recovered from the waters of Big Moose Lake, a fashionable boating spot in the Adirondacks. The cause of death was drowning, but cuts and bruises were found oIn 1908n her face and head, indicating sheâd been beaten before falling into the lake. During the post-mortem examination, the county coroner...
The latest data from Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s “Transparency Promise” indicates Part-I crime in the Santa Clarita Valley — which includes robberies, assaults and homicide — have seen a 41% uptick in reported incidents versus the previous month, and a 38% increase over the same period last year. The numbers represent a stark reversal of crime trends from the past several years and months, when Santa Clarita saw repeated declines in crime data. Law enforcement officials noted the uptick in crime was not a big surprise based on a significant increase in opportunities for crime that ...