The Saugus softball  team hit five home runs in a 12-5 win over Hart at the Hart PONY Complex. But it was an infield single that ricocheted off of Hart starter Emili Escamilla’s leg that scored the go-ahead run in the fifth inning.

With the game tied 5-5 in the fifth, pinch-hitter Alyssa Rodriguez hit a comebacker up the middle with two outs to score a run and break the tie. Saugus hit three home runs in the third inning to take a 4-3 lead.

Three students from West Ranch High School thought they’d drop into a neighbor’s back yard and have a smoke this morning.

Their morning break caused a whole lot of commotion in the neighborhood around the school, near the intersections of Westridge Parkway and Stonegate Drive.

A bill that could protect consumers from excessive health insurance rate increases is working its way through the state legislature – but not without controversy.

According to the Insurance Commissioner’s office, in January, Blue Shield of California proposed an 86 percent rate hike for some policy holders. The Los Angeles Times reported that a year earlier, Anthem Blue Cross attempted to raise rates 39 percent for 700,000 customers.

By Maya Goodwin Guidry

How to Determine Your Eyebrow Shape

Ever see the perfect eyebrow on a celebrity and experience frustration when the same brow doesn’t look so flattering on you?  Well we have some helpful tips from Shabana of the Brow Shaping Loft in Valencia.