In this episode:
Opiate-related deaths in Santa Clarita are on the rise; A Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s deputy was taken to the hospital with minor injuries Thursday afternoon following a traffic collision.

Also:
An electrical fire caused $2,500 in damages at a family-owned cabinet shop in Canyon County; A woman who was kidnapped in Shafter County was dropped off in Placerita Canyon; CHP officers will hold a DUI checkpoint at a to-be determined location in the Santa Clarita Valley Saturday.

Sports:
Former COC football player Jason Pierre-Paul, now with the New York Giants in the NFL, has been selected to the NFC Pro Bowl Team for the second year in a row; High School Basketball Tournament results.

SCV NewsBreak is a co-presentation of KHTS AM-1220 and SCVTV. It can be viewed on both organizations’ websites – HomeTownStation.com, SCVTV.com and SCVNews.com.
Television viewers can catch it on SCVTV at the top of every hour from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., repeating the following morning at 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. SCVTV runs on Time Warner Cable Channel 20 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99, and streaming on SCVTV.com.

Television viewers can catch the SCV NewsBreak on SCVTV at the top of every hour from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m., repeating the following morning at 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. SCVTV runs on Time Warner Cable Channel 20 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99, and streaming on SCVTV.com.