Two locals vying for USA softball team
The new year is off to a good start for two Foothill League softball products. Canyon High graduate Amanda Doyle and West Ranch grad Jessica Harper learned Tuesday they were…
SCV Sports Report: 1/3/17
The Valencia High varsity boys basketball team lost, 74-62, to Heritage Christian of Northridge on the road Tuesday night. Zach Hawkins led the Vikings (7-7) with 21 points. Dexter Akanno…
Dick Ramirez: Let it be … that warm feeling
In a Saturday column in The Signal, Santa Clarita resident Ken Dean eloquently expressed a warm feeling he experienced when he helped a homeless person with an act of kindness.…
Outgoing City Councilman TimBen Boydston gives final remarks for 2016. Some supporters want him appointed to the empty council seat.. Katharine Lotze/Signal
Marybelle Knight: Hold election or go Boydston
Thank you to both The Signal and the Gazette for their attempts to show the four current members of the Santa Clarita City Council their mistake in ignoring the wishes…
SCV Voices: Guest Commentary
Edward Chaffin: Worthless park doggy bags
I have been going to Central Park for years, even before it was a park, and have seen it grow into the beautiful park it is now. The majority of…
Canyon's Talia Taufaasau (2) shoots against Highland defender Quinique Bell (10) at Canyon on Tuesday. Dan Watson/The Signal
Canyon girls hoops clamps down on Highland
Canyon High girls basketball took depth to a whole new level in a Tuesday night win against Highland High of Palmdale. Every Cowboys player except for one scored in the…
Jim de Bree
Jim de Bree: The Russians are coming
In 1966 a comedy film was released called “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians are Coming.” The premise of the film was that a Russian spy submarine inadvertently ran aground…
Saugus forward James Johnson (9) makes a bicycle kick over his head as he makes shot on goal that was blocked by Lancaster goal keeper Darwin Chavez in the first half at Saugus High School on Tuesday. Dan Watson/The Signal
Cent scores four goals in shutout
A freshman or junior varsity Saugus High boys soccer player laid an onus on the varsity team Tuesday morning. “I’m going for an Icee. When I get back, I expect…
UPDATE: Missing teen found
Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Santa Clarita Station eneded their search for Shani Rose Loya, a 14 year-old Black female juvenile, after she was found Tuesday evening. Loya…
Valencia resident Mike St. John shoots at A Place to Shoot in Santa Clarita in February 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal
California institutes new gun laws for 2017
Editor's Note: Updated to include clarification of guns with large capacity magazines purchased before 2000. The New Year marked the beginning of wide sweeping changes to California’s gun laws. With…
‘Go’ time for state Legislature
It’s Opening Day in Sacramento. While the official start of the state Senate and Assembly 2017-18 session was on Dec. 5, when lawmakers were sworn in, today marks the real…
Steve Knight (second from right) officially took the oath of office for his second term in the 115th Congress, House of Representatives on Jan. 3 with House Speaker Paul Ryan. Knight was joined by his wife (center), Lily, and sons, Christopher, 22, and Michael, 18. Courtesy photo
Knight sworn in as GOP-led Congress convenes
With Steve Knight officially taking the oath of office for his second term in House of Representatives -- contributing to the Republicans’ 241-194 majority -- the 115th Congress convened on…
The five candidates for Santa Clarita City Council in attendance wait for their next question during a debate attended by more than sixty people held at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center at College of the Canyon in Valencia Sept. 2. Candidates from left, TimBen Boydston, Alan Ferdman, Bob Kellar, Cameron Smyth and Mark White. Dan Watson
Six applicants, so far, for Council vacancy
Facing a Friday deadline to apply for the vacant Santa Clarita City Council seat, six residents had stepped up and filed as of Tuesday – four of them also-rans in…
Three arrested in storage unit thefts
A rash of self-storage unit thefts last week resulted in the arrest of three people; with one suspect eluding deputies after a pursuit. Two men and a woman were arrested…
Snow covers the hills north of Santa Clarita, overlooking the Five Knolls development, as seen from Ermine Street at Golden Valley Road the morning of Dec. 26, 2016. Katharine Lotze/Signal
Cold Weather Alert extended for Los Angeles County Mountains
Those planning on visiting the Los Angeles County mountain areas this week should do so with caution. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health extended its Cold Weather Alert…
“Smash and grab” burglars hit 3 fast food restaurants
Local sheriff’s deputies were busy this morning looking for “smash and grab” burglars who broke into at least three fast food restaurants overnight. The thieves smashed the storefront glass of…
