The William S Union Hart High School District is working alongside Los Angeles County and the Department of Public Works to improve driving conditions to and from Castaic High School.  Since Castaic High School opened in 2019, nearby residents have expressed their concerns about driving conditions on Sloan Canyon Road due to the street being on a steep hill, making ...

California Highway Patrol (CHP) in partnership with authorities from Oregon and Washington have started a new summer campaign entitled “I-5 Alive” focused on education and enforcement of safe driving on the 1,381 miles of the interstate which passes through Santa Clarita. To reduce danger and increase safety on the notorious I-5, which stretches across Washington, Oregon, and California including Santa ...

Starting this week, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is to be involved in the Western States Traffic Safety Coalition traffic safety campaign which includes Santa Clarita due to an increase in speed-related incidents. Partnering with 11 other highway patrols, state patrols, and state police agencies, the CHP is to be involved from Friday through Sunday for the Western States Traffic ...

A parolee was arrested Thursday after he was allegedly found to be in possession of a loaded firearm after speeding on the 14 Freeway in Canyon Country. Around 12:15 p.m. Thursday, an officer with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office was conducting speed enforcement checks on the 14 Freeway near Sand Canyon, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for ...

A new statewide initiative encourages drivers to “slow the fast down” and understand the dangers of speeding. Running late for work? Trying to catch the last of a yellow light to cross the intersection? Testing out a new car? This does NOT make it ok to speed. The driver of this Audi was caught driving 103mph. He was issued a ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was awarded a California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) grant of $1,905,750 in an effort to assist the sheriff’s department in reducing deaths and injuries on the streets. The one-year grant is for the 2021 federal fiscal year, which runs from Oct. 1, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021. The grant will work to fund ...

Over 40 citations were issued for speeding on San Francisquito Canyon Road Wednesday morning, with one driver clocked at 111 miles per hour, officials said. California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall officers were on San Francisquito Canyon Road during the morning commute hours on Wednesday, according to Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the office. In five hours, officers wrote a total ...

A Bakersfield man is facing multiple felonies including child endangerment and his second felony DUI after driving intoxicated on the 5 Freeway in Valencia early Sunday morning, officials said. On Sunday morning around 1 a.m., officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office observed an individual exceeding the speed limit on the 5 Freeway near McBean Parkway, said ...

Two people were arrested Friday night for allegedly racing on Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country, reaching an estimated 100 miles per hour, officials said. The pair were charged with engaging in an illegal speed contest, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “Soledad Canyon Road is no racetrack,” Miller wrote in a social media ...

The California Highway Patrol has reported an 87 percent increase in speeding citations of over 100 miles per hour in the last month, and is reminding drivers that less congested roadways are not a green light to speed.   From March 19, when the state’s “Safer at Home” order began, to April 19, the CHP reported issuing 2,493 citations statewide for ...