Read more about the article Haley Sawyer: CIF finals show rundown on running not so simple
West Ranch runners start the Division 2 boys race at CIF-Southern Section Championships at RiversideCity Cross Country Course on Saturday. Dan Watson /The Signal

Haley Sawyer: CIF finals show rundown on running not so simple

Since I was a kid, my mom always told me running was the best exercise because all I needed was a pair of shoes. But to be a high school…

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Read more about the article TMU Insider: Cross country and hoops shine
TMU's Michael Sciarra (634) passes a runner at the NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championships in Elsah, Ill. Photo courtesy TMU Athletics

TMU Insider: Cross country and hoops shine

Last week, The Master’s University’s men’s and women’s cross country programs posted impressive results at the 2016 NAIA Cross Country National Championships, while TMU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams remained…

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Read more about the article Thanksgiving Community Dinner highlights holiday spirit
Norma Aguilar, center, and her husband, Juan, left, are served turkey at the annual Thanksgiving dinner hosted by the City of Santa Clarita and Parkway Motors at the Newhall Community Center on Monday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Thanksgiving Community Dinner highlights holiday spirit

Two nights after Six Flags Magic Mountain lit its holiday lights for the first time this season, Santa Clarita continued another holiday tradition on Monday night with the annual Thanksgiving…

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Read more about the article Illegally placed campaign signs ‘jailed’
Campaign signs are piled up in a City of Santa Clarita storage yard off of Bouquet Canyon on Monday. The city collected about 300 campaign signs following the 2016 general election. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Illegally placed campaign signs ‘jailed’

It’s Santa Clarita’s “jail” for wayward campaign signs, and over the weekend it got about 15 more “prisoners.” Dan Rivas, the city’s community preservation manager, stood at a city yard…

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Read more about the article SCV avoids flash floods, mud slides during weekend rainfall
Storm clouds over the high desert in Neenach as the sun sets Sunday evening. Photo courtesy of Jeff Zimmerman

SCV avoids flash floods, mud slides during weekend rainfall

A weekend storm brought rainfall to the Santa Clarita Valley Sunday afternoon and Monday morning, prompting residents to prepare for possible mudslides in the burn areas. In Saugus, 0.68 inches…

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Read more about the article Valerie Thomas: Choose Boydston for open City Council seat
TimBen Boydston waves to motorists as he campigns at the corner of Bouquet Canyon Road and Soledad Canyon Road. Dan Watson/the Signal

Valerie Thomas: Choose Boydston for open City Council seat

Sometimes, the simplest solution is the best. The last time there was a vacancy on the City Council was when then Councilman Cameron Smyth was elected to the state Legislature.…

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