A reserve sheriff's deputy assigned to the Transit Division Training Unit was involved in a minor traffic accident while enroute home today.
According to Lt. Robert Lewis, watch commander at the Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's station, the deputy was in the area of Newhall Avenue and Railroad Avenue shortly after 3 p.m. when the front end of his motorcycle was clipped by another vehicle. The deputy's motorcycle flipped over and he fell forward to the ground.
Two homes in Castaic were raided yesterday after months of surveillance by narcotics detectives who suspected both locations were involved in drug trafficking.
Providing a state of the art facility to train students interested in pursuing careers in the sciences and learning more about nanoscience and nanotechnology, this week College of the Canyons administrators officially unveiled the college's new Emerging Technologies Instrumentation Laboratory and Cleanroom facility.
Three products; two food and one medicinal, are the subject of recalls, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets are recalling pumpkin cheesecake pies due to undeclared pecans, which could cause a reaction to those with nut allergies.
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will close the following lanes, ramps, connectors and collector roads of the Antelope Valley Freeway (SR-14), the Foothill Freeway (I-210) and the Golden State Freeway (I-5) as part of a $161-million improvement project to construct High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV or carpool) lanes and a direct HOV lane connector at the I-5/SR-14 interchange.
One of the most timeless and arguably overdone stories of all time is Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol". The story is simple, and yet it embodies the true spirit of Christmas. There have been so many renditions of this timeless tale that I can only imagine how making each version of "A Christmas Carol" unique must be an arduous task. 
The undefeated Valencia football team takes on Thousands Oaks from the Marmonte League in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Northern Division playoffs tonight at Valencia High School.
