Read more about the article Golden Valley’s Anthony at the center of a gritty defense
Golden Valley’s Darius Anthony (8) is averaging 11.5 tackles per game this season. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Golden Valley’s Anthony at the center of a gritty defense

Golden Valley High linebacker Darius Anthony was supposed to play basketball. “Miles Fallin at Canyon, we used to be best buddies and he told me to come out and join…

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Read more about the article Valencia football’s Haynes has only one gear
Valencia’s Moises Haynes (43) is averaging 131.2 rushing yards per game this season. Dan Watson/The Signal

Valencia football’s Haynes has only one gear

The backyard ritual continued for several months. A 10-year-old Moises Haynes would charge at his 6-foot-2, 250-pound father in an attempt to bowl him over. “He told me, ‘Run me…

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Read more about the article New day, new look for Canyon boys hoops
Canyon High School boys basketball coach Alex Dunwoody passes the ball to a player during a drill at practice on Monday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

New day, new look for Canyon boys hoops

New Canyon High boys basketball coach Alex Dunwoody knows his team will face adversity this season, but he’s confident the Cowboys will overcome it. Because of the coaching change, the…

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Read more about the article Turkeys — and L.A. roads — stuffed on Thanksgiving Eve
File photo: Drivers headed northbound on Interstate 5 at Balboa Boulevard were caught in Thanksgiving holiday traffic starting Wednesday afternoon, and through the evening. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Turkeys — and L.A. roads — stuffed on Thanksgiving Eve

You knew it was going to be bad. So how bad was the traffic on Thanksgiving Eve? “Usually my smart phone traffic app is mostly yellow dotted with red, today…

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Read more about the article Driver killed in Highway 126 crash ID’d; Valencia man unhurt
Ventura County firefighters work to remove a crash victim from a vehicle on Highway 126 Tuesday. Photo courtesy Joe Lopez

Driver killed in Highway 126 crash ID’d; Valencia man unhurt

The driver killed Tuesday in a three-car, four-person crash on Highway 126 just west of Santa Clarita was identified by the Ventura County medical examiner’s office Wednesday as Patrick Scott,…

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Read more about the article City responds, rebukes ‘dangerous intersections’ study
A young man crosses the street as traffic moves through the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Whites Canyon Road in November. Katharine Lotze/Signal

City responds, rebukes ‘dangerous intersections’ study

Officials with the city of Santa Clarita believe a recent report on “dangerous” intersections in California, which appeared in a Nov. 14 Signal article, does not equitably compare intersections throughout…

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Read more about the article Leader of veterans monument campaign proposes tweak
Santa Clarita’s City Council approved installing a granite monument which will honor 50 SCV residents who perished in wars from WWII to present.

Leader of veterans monument campaign proposes tweak

The local Vietnam vet who led the drive to erect a fallen warriors monument in Newhall wants to tweak the already approved project – and hopes the City Council will…

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Read more about the article Rio Norte eighth graders faceoff during annual Turkey Bowl
Blue team defensive back Preston Bolder, left, runs the ball after intercepting a pass as he evades Red Team's Vincent Casillas during the 14th annual 2016 Turkey Bowl football game for the eighth graders at Rio Norte Junior High School in Valencia on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Rio Norte eighth graders faceoff during annual Turkey Bowl

Amid a sea of red and blue, eighth grade students at Rio Norte Junior High School watched as their classmates passed the football and ran down the field. The annual…

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Read more about the article Vasquez Canyon Road reopens to public
Bouquet Canyon resident John Fligg (cq) is one of the first local residents to travel on the newly reopened Vasquez Canyon Road on Wednesday morning. Dan Watson/The Signal

Vasquez Canyon Road reopens to public

The buckled and twisted road linking Saugus to Canyon Country uprooted by a spectacular landslide last year reopened to motorists and emergency crews Wednesday morning. Beaming orange signs warning of…

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