A 71-year-old sex convicted offender from Valencia was sentenced to 12 years in state prison Wednesday for taking pictures of Santa Clarita Valley children without their consent.

Deputies are investigating a case of theft and vandalism at a Newhall preschool.

A Santa Clarita Valley veteran is set to receive a Quilt of Valor Thursday for his service.

Construction of six homes being built for local veterans and their families is set to begin Tuesday.

While putting about 150 miles a day on the wheels of his patrol SUV, Officer Eric Priessman of the California Highway Patrol talked to KHTS and SCVTV about a typical day during a ridealong Wednesday.

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 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.

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.