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Mike Sinor, owner and winemaker at Sinor-LaVallee Winery and John Niven of Nevin Family Estates. (courtesy photo)

Exploring San Luis Obispo Wine Country

The 3-day weekend exploring San Luis Obispo County wines began with an informative seminar entitled “More Coastal Than ‘Coastal.” These wineries, as close as one mile to the Pacific Ocean,…

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Read more about the article Vets revisiting attack on Pearl Harbor showered with love and respect
Veterans stand in front of their tour bus on their trip to Pearl Harbor. Courtesy photo.

Vets revisiting attack on Pearl Harbor showered with love and respect

Two dozen old soldiers who returned this week to Pearl Harbor for the 75th anniversary of the attack, some in wheelchairs, others shaky on their feet, found themselves showered with…

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Read more about the article Montgomery prepping for run at Cubs starting rotation
Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Mike Montgomery pitches during the seventh inning of Game 3 of the World Series against the Cleveland Indians in Chicago. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Montgomery prepping for run at Cubs starting rotation

The Major League Baseball winter meetings in Maryland came and went this week, and a player who’d already been traded three times in his career stayed put. Hart High graduate…

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Read more about the article SCCS girls basketball keeps trending upward
Santa Clarita Christian’s Payton Schwesinger drives toward the basket during Wednesday’s practice. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

SCCS girls basketball keeps trending upward

Santa Clarita Christian girls basketball has been on an upward slope. Three years ago, coach Dennis Schwesinger started Cardinals girls basketball back up after the program had taken a short…

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Read more about the article SCV Water Suppliers: ‘Drought fatigue’ setting in
A very green green stands in stark contrast to the brown grass at Robinson Ranch Golf Club in Canyon Country in Oct. 2014. KATHARINE LOTZE/Signal.

SCV Water Suppliers: ‘Drought fatigue’ setting in

The weather is finally changing in the Santa Clarita Valley, and much of the focus has shifted away from California’s record-setting drought. But don’t let that fool you. Last year…

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Read more about the article Supervisors declare homelessness a state of emergency
Security member Julian Murillo, center, calls for another client to be searched as men wait to be admitted to the Santa Clarita homeless shelter. Dan Watson/Signal

Supervisors declare homelessness a state of emergency

Supervisor Kathryn Barger, now representing Los Angeles County District 5 and the Santa Clarita Valley, joined Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Wednesday in urging the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to…

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What’s next for undocumented students protected by DACA in a post-election world?

When the news of Donald Trump’s presidential election reached 20-year-old College of the Canyons student Carlos, a pseudonym given to the student to protect his identity, he decided to change…

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Read more about the article Local injured vet receives $25,000 of good cheer
Jose Montenegro, the beneficiary, is pictured at left, with his wife Karin, daughter Katherine, and Farmers Insurance Agent and Fighting for Families founder Patrick Lufrano.

Local injured vet receives $25,000 of good cheer

A local injured veteran saw his holiday season brightened Thursday when a charitable group presented him and his family with a check for $25,000. Jose Montenegro, a married father of…

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Read more about the article Hughes: Ideal surgery a ‘Christmas miracle’
Paul and Amy Hughes flank their daughter Cheyenne, 15, in a photo. Photo courtesy Courtney Tole, CLTG Photography

Hughes: Ideal surgery a ‘Christmas miracle’

“We got our Christmas miracle.” Paul Hughes finally took a breath. “The doctors are all smiles and just as shocked as we are with everything,” the man said. His teenage…

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Read more about the article Garbage fire snuffed out at busy intersection
Firefighter pokes at a dumped pile of burning garbage as others apply water. Photo by Austin Dave, The Signal.

Garbage fire snuffed out at busy intersection

It was a toxic, smelly, smoky, burning pile of garbage at a busy Santa Clarita Valley intersection, but the firefighters of Fire Station #107 stood upwind and snuffed it out…

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