A Newhall man has been identified as the person who went into the Kern River and died on the 4th of July. On July 4, 2026, Gustavo Angel Orea Lara, 24, of Newhall, entered the Kern River at about 3:45 p.m. near the Keysville South Recreation Site and beca... See more
The man struck and killed in a late January suspected hit-and-run crash in Castaic has been identified. Gabino Cervantes-Garcia, 40, a transient, was identified as the person found dead on Lake Hughes Road on Jan. 28, 2026, according to Kelly Vail , spoke... See more
On July 9, 1939, Harald Sandberg, the longtime owner of Sandberg’s Summit Hotel along the historic Ridge Route, died at the age of 71. Born in Norway on Sept. 4, 1867, Sandberg moved to the Antelope Valley with his brother Albert in 1882, where the pair d... See more
Members of the Santa Clarita Planning Commission openly questioned city staff Tuesday after receiving a more than 7,000-page environmental impact report just hours before a public hearing on the Belcaro at Sand Canyon senior housing project. Several commi... See more
July 8, 1997, marks the date when the Newhall Redevelopment Plan was officially adopted by the Santa Clarita City Council. This approval marked the close of the planning stage and the beginning of formal revitalization and redevelopment of Downtown Newhal... See more
