Read more about the article Mason Nesbitt: The mom behind the football men
(Left to right) Sons Mike Herrington, Dean Herrington, mother June Wooley, and son Rick Herrington pose for a photo after a Paraclete High game this season. Courtesy photo

Mason Nesbitt: The mom behind the football men

Someone was missing. The Paraclete High of Lancaster football team had just defeated Mater Dei of Chula Vista to advance to Saturday night's CIF Division 3-AA state title game. Amid jubilant…

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Read more about the article Golden Valley hoops routs Trinity
Golden Valley's Richard Kawakami and Trinity's Tyler Lee scramble for a loose ball during a game at Golden Valley Friday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Golden Valley hoops routs Trinity

Each time a Golden Valley boys basketball player grasped the rim, it was just one more celebration in a dominant second half at home against Trinity Classical Academy on Friday…

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Read more about the article David W. Hegg: When did success become suspect?
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David W. Hegg: When did success become suspect?

I can remember when those picking teams for touch football at recess were anxious to choose other sixth-grade boys they knew would help them win. The first picks were always…

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Read more about the article SCCS girls soccer runs by St. Monica
Santa Clarita Christian's Laruen Bronstrup (19), Chloe Edwards (23), Kalona Marr (00), and Cassidy Oliver (4) celebrate Edwards' first goal of the game against St. Monica's Academy. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

SCCS girls soccer runs by St. Monica

Santa Clarita Christian midfielder Chloe Edwards ran toward the rolling ball, cocked her leg back and sent a towering shot well over the crossbar. She put her hands over her…

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Read more about the article SCCS girls hoops tops Einstein late
Santa Clarita Christian's Payton Schwesinger (2) and Albert EinsteinAcademy's Katie Ford (40) fight for a loose ball at The Master's University on Friday. Dan Watson/ The Signal

SCCS girls hoops tops Einstein late

  Santa Clarita Christian School’s girls basketball team beat Albert Einstein Academy 34-20 Friday in a defensive battle on the campus of The Master’s University. SCCS (5-0) and Einstein (3-4)…

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Read more about the article Community remembers beloved substitute teacher ‘Mr. G’
Steven Gail, affectionately known as Mr. G among his Saugus High students, shares a positive message with them Nov. 5, 2010 during a rally to celebrate the school’s 35th anniversary. Dan Watson/Signal

Community remembers beloved substitute teacher ‘Mr. G’

Steven Gail was not an average substitute teacher.  He was beloved by all, affectionately called “Mr. G” by his students and revered for his ability to connect with those of…

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Read more about the article Fifth grade Newhall Elementary students get a glimpse of colonial life
Fifth-grade teacher Jeri Ball, right, dressed in the clothes of a Colonial woman, displays a candle lantern for Daniela Galinzo, left, and Yasuko Loez as they pound holes in aluminum cans to make their own Colonial candle lantern at Newhall elementary School in Newhall on Friday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Fifth grade Newhall Elementary students get a glimpse of colonial life

In Jeri Ball’s fifth grade classroom at Newhall Elementary School, Emily Martinez, 10, and Melissa Hernandez, 11, keenly hammered designs into tin cans with nails. “In the end it will…

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Read more about the article Fatal crash, spin-outs and mud flows reported as rain falls on SCV
Scene near Camp 9, waiting for bulldozer Team 11 to come back down. photo by Austin Dave, The Signal

Fatal crash, spin-outs and mud flows reported as rain falls on SCV

Rain-slick roads factored into several traffic collisions overnight including one fatal crash, several solo vehicle spin-outs, and sparked at least one mud flow that trapped a remote county fire station.…

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Read more about the article ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ is teeming with exciting action sequences, peppered with laugh-out-loud one-liners
Felicity Jones and Diego Luna, right, in a scene from, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” (AP Images)

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ is teeming with exciting action sequences, peppered with laugh-out-loud one-liners

If you’ve somehow lived your whole moviegoing life outside of the “Star Wars” galaxy and you wouldn’t know a Lord Vader from a droid from a Rebel Alliance, I believe…

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