Read more about the article Hart girls soccer hands Valencia first loss in league
Isabela Penaranda (19), left, is congratulated by teammates Taylor Moorehead (9) and Elizabeth MacArthur (17) after Penaranda scored for Hart against Valencia at Valencia on Tuesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Hart girls soccer hands Valencia first loss in league

Hart High girls soccer handed Valencia its first loss of Foothill League play, 3-2, thanks to two penalty kicks, under the lights at Valencia on Tuesday night. The win is Hart’s…

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Read more about the article Peggy Stabile: Why I marched
A woman wears names of women who weren't able to march in the Women's March in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Peggy Stabile: Why I marched

Last weekend I posted about an amazing experience: my marching with hundreds of thousands of like-minded folks in the L.A. Women’s March last Saturday. The organizers invited “anyone who stands…

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Read more about the article Cher Gilmore: Capital idea for polluted site
Empty dump trucks pull into a soil treatment area to pick up clean dirt as viewed on tour of the clean-up efforts of the Whittaker/Bermite site in Valencia in Oct. 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal

Cher Gilmore: Capital idea for polluted site

What a great idea Chad Kampbell proposed for the Whittaker-Bermite cleanup site “Seize this choice opportunity,” (Jan. 17 in The Signal)! It’s questionable whether, even after “cleanup,” the site will…

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Read more about the article Foothill boys soccer roundup: Valencia takes down Hart
Valencia goalkeeper Daniel Rodriguez (00) is congratulated by teammates following the Vikings' win over Hart on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Rodriguez blocked a penalty kick by Hart to keep the game at 1-0. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Foothill boys soccer roundup: Valencia takes down Hart

Valencia High goalie Daniel Rodriguez took a deep breath, exhaled and delivered the truth. Avoiding typical athlete mumbo jumbo about nerves of steel and unfailing confidence, Rodriguez described how he…

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Read more about the article It’s official: Miranda now a Council member
Newly-appointed city councilman Bill Miranda is sworn in ahead of the meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

It’s official: Miranda now a Council member

  The Santa Clarita City Council is whole again … though not wholly without critics of how it got that way. Before a nearly full house in the Council Chambers…

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Read more about the article Road crews assess storm damage as city eyes repair funds
Swift flood waters washed away a driveway on Iron Canyon Road in Sand Canyon. (Austin Dave/The Signal)

Road crews assess storm damage as city eyes repair funds

With Gov. Jerry Brown declaring a state of emergency in the wake of the recent winter storms that hammered California, Santa Clarita road crews were in the field on Tuesday…

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Read more about the article Protesters march into Knight’s office in support of Obamacare
Spokes person Philip Germain, center, joins a group of 23 Santa Clarita Valley citizens as they express concerns over the reorganization of the Affordable Care Act in the Santa Clarita district office of Congressman Steve Knight on Tuesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Protesters march into Knight’s office in support of Obamacare

Two dozen people - most of them women, some crying, some foot-stomping, many holding signs - crowded into Congressman Steve Knight’s Santa Clarita office Tuesday protesting the plan, they said,…

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Living today, hoping for tomorrow: Santa Clarita family raises awareness for fatal disorder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq2AFTW38_0 Carter Sarkar is a 4-year-old boy who loves going to the park, playing with his best friend and 6-year-old sister Sophia and laughing as hard as he can. “He’s…

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Read more about the article Local studio offers free training to veterans
The VET 200 boot camp at LIMS Studios for post-9/11 veterans provides free training for TV and film jobs, including dolly operators and grips. Courtesy photo.

Local studio offers free training to veterans

A local trade school wants to put up to 200 military veterans through a different sort of boot camp, one aimed at landing them jobs in TV and film production.…

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Read more about the article Sheriff’s operation nets assault with a deadly weapon suspect
Sheriff's deputies in tactical gear make their way down Sumac Court in Canyon Country on Tuesday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Sheriff’s operation nets assault with a deadly weapon suspect

A man unhappy with the excessive noise his neighbors made allegedly took matters into his own hands Tuesday afternoon. What started as a neighborly dispute quickly escalated. The man, whose…

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