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Joe Mathews: Grounds for housing in the water

Why can’t we solve California’s devastating housing shortage? Perhaps it’s because the proposed solutions — sprawling construction, denser construction, granny flats, affordable housing mandates, and regulation exemptions — are all…

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Read more about the article Boutique helps bring toys to children’s hospital
Ken Hans lets people try out his homemade pulled pork at the Brooklyn’s Blessing Boutique and Toy Drive at Placerita Junior High School in Santa Clarita on Sunday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Boutique helps bring toys to children’s hospital

Brooklyn Hernandez was born with a cystic lung and has undergone five operations in her two and a half years of living. She gets fed from a G-tube and consequently…

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Read more about the article Toy drive held in hopes of bringing Christmas spirit to children in need
Santa Claus sits by the toys that people donates for the Toys for Tots Toy Drive in Newhall on Sunday. Samie Gebers/ The Signal

Toy drive held in hopes of bringing Christmas spirit to children in need

The 11th annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Toy Drive was held in Newhall with hopes of bringing Christmas gifts to less fortunate children. The spirit of the holidays…

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Read more about the article Disabled veteran finds a place to call home
Fernando Sanchez, right, joins his family at a gathering where they received ceremonial keys to their house which Habitat for Humanity helped provide for him in December 2016. Tom Cruze/For the Signal

Disabled veteran finds a place to call home

Fernando Sanchez’s life was not unlike other veterans when he first served in the Marine Corps. He was in the military for four years, serving both in Iraq and Afghanistan, and sought to…

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Read more about the article Dozens give blood to give back
Melissa Wright, left, lets a Red Cross nurse examine her arm before she gives blood at The Sanctuary Church on Sunday. Samie Gebers/ The Signal

Dozens give blood to give back

“I think if there’s an easy way to help someone out, you should do it,” said Melissa Wright as she waited in front of the Red Cross’s mobile bus to…

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Read more about the article Santa Rocks in Newhall
Estrella Almaraz, 7, right, is greeted by Santa as children line up to have their photos taken with him at the Newhall Community Center's Holiday Family Party in Newhall on Friday. Dan Watson/the Signal

Santa Rocks in Newhall

For the first time the attendees of the annual Holiday Family Party where able to dance to music from booming speakers as a DJ spun his disks under the festive…

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Read more about the article Students perform choral music that fits the holidays
COC's classical vocal ensembles Chamber singers and Voices of the Canyons prepare for the beginning of their performance on Saturday at College of the Canyons. Samie Gebers/ The Signal

Students perform choral music that fits the holidays

Classical singers ranging from the ages of 17 to 80 came together over the weekend to sing traditional holiday choral music at College of the Canyons. On Saturday, around 70…

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Read more about the article Universal appeal: Murder
Signal senior reporter Jim Holt prepares be the subject on an interview himself, for Investigation Discovery, about Holt's coverage of Dino Roy Guglielmelli, who was charged with murder-for-hire of his wife in 2013. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Universal appeal: Murder

First-Person The producers of a Montreal-based real crime TV show sent me a wee present in advance of coming to The Signal to interview me. A toque. For the non-Canadians…

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Read more about the article Ghost Band: an art piece in remembrance of passed musicians
The artist "Six" (City of Santa Clarita Arts & Events Supervisor Jeff Barber), right, puts the finishing touches on "Ghost Band" an altar to remember musicians who have died which is displayed at the ARTree - studio in Newhall on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Ghost Band: an art piece in remembrance of passed musicians

Every day, Jeff Barber, known as the artist, Six, passes by a ghost bike in Oxnard on the side of the road. This was his inspiration to create "Ghost Band,"…

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Read more about the article A seasonal celebration for children that need a little more patience
Jason Hendrickson helps his son, Darby Hendrickson, 8, eat his s'mores during Holiday Santa Day at Carousel Ranch in Santa Clarita on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

A seasonal celebration for children that need a little more patience

Imagine having a child who doesn’t get invited to holiday parties because he or she is a little different than the other children. This child may be prone to act out…

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Read more about the article Northeast Valley Health Corporation patients receive toys, visit with Santa
Anthony Stewart, 3, left, gets a bag of goodies and a set of toy trucks from Santa (Jesse Arroyo) as Mrs. Santa Claus (Patricia Quinteros) Gabrianna Stewart and one-year-old Anthonitis (cq) Stewart, look on at the Santa Clarita Health Center toy give-a-way in Canyon Country. Dan Watson/The Signal

Northeast Valley Health Corporation patients receive toys, visit with Santa

The magic of Christmas was alive and well at the Santa Clarita Health Center, a Northeast Valley Health Corporation (NEVHC) center, Friday when children received special gifts from Santa Claus…

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Read more about the article Local farm kicks off holiday season in a nontraditional way
Hanna Liberotti, 7, walks in the parade dressed as a Christmas present as the rest of the children follow her at the Holiday Hoedown at the Gilchrist Farm near Saugus on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Local farm kicks off holiday season in a nontraditional way

The holiday spirit was in the air Saturday as children dressed as Christmas characters held the reigns to a parade of horses with bright holiday colors gleaming off the sunny…

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Read more about the article Couples lock lips under mistletoe to break record
More than 100 couples gather on stage at the Gearworks Theater at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia as they participate in a seven, Six Flags theme park attempt to break the Mistletoe Kiss Record on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Couples lock lips under mistletoe to break record

Seven-hundred couples locked lips under mistletoe over the weekend and broke a world record. Six Flags organized seven parks across the country on Saturday to get couples to kiss and break…

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Read more about the article Saugus High School opens Makerspace for Engineering Pathway Program
Saugus High School teachers, students, and Hart district officials cut the ribbon to the school's new makerspace on Friday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Saugus High School opens Makerspace for Engineering Pathway Program

With 3D printers, conventional fabrication equipment, laser cutting equipment, automated manufacturing tools, Computer Aided Design (CAD) software and more, Saugus High School’s newly-opened Makerspace is an engineering student’s dream. The…

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Read more about the article Prospective parents take in foster child information
Melissa Salvador, right, of the Children's Bureau teaches families about the foster care system on Saturday Dec. 10, 2016 at College of the Canyons. Samie Gebers/SIGNAL

Prospective parents take in foster child information

A handful of prospective foster parents attended a monthly meeting about adoption and taking in foster children. “We’re here to recruit families to become foster families,” said Melissa Salvador, a…

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