Two junior high school students are arrested for allegedly threatening to kill fellow students. A suspicious looking package found along Interstate 5 in the Newhall Pass forces closure of the freeway. A Saugus High School student accused of raping a classmate is charged with four felonies. Ground is broken in Stevenson Ranch for a new park named after late community activist Richard Rioux. Four men allegedly linked to a powerful Asian crime organization, the Black Dragons, are indicted for trying to extort money from a Valencia businessman JUNE Sheriff's deputies patrol the parking lot at Six Flags Magic Mountain during a melee at the theme park.
Chaos erupts later that evening when more reports of fighting and gunshots are reported.
Sheriff's SWAT deputies rescue two severely disabled youngsters being held hostage by a suspect who had allegedly taken over the Saugus home of his ex-girlfriend's parents. The family had been providing foster care to the two youngsters. The first significant fire of the year chars 20 acres of brush north of the Valencia Industrial Center. A mountain lion is spotted in Saugus near Copper Hill and Paragon drives. A transient pleads not guilty to breaking into his ex-girlfriend's home and holding her family, which included two severely disabled foster children, hostage.