Golden Valley girls hoops snaps league losing streak
One Foothill League girls basketball team guaranteed that it would finish the season with a win. Golden Valley snapped a 16-game league losing streak with a 53-40 victory Friday over…
Hart's Whitten Dominguez (10) looks for an opening around Saugus' Adrian McIntyre (2) during a basketball game at Saugus on Jan. 27. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Hart and Valencia boys hoops ready for first-round home playoff games
When Hart High boys basketball found out it would be playing Village Christian in the first round of the Division 1AA CIF-Southern Section playoffs, no time was wasted in gathering…
Valencia's Chidinma Ikonte (3) steals the ball from Hart's Haylyn Ngyuen (13) at half-court to get a breakaway layup at Valencia on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Coin flip gives Canyon first round bye, Valencia road game for playoffs
Sometime around 6 p.m. Friday, a coin turned over and over and landed in Canyon High girls basketball’s favor. The impact reverberated Sunday when the CIF-Southern Section released the Division…
Thomas Oatway: Political obstruction and ‘SNL’ greatness
Letter writer Dick Cesaroni is outraged at the tactics employed by elected Democratic politicians and citizens in opposition to the words and actions of President Donald Trump (“Anarchy and chaos,”…
A group of about thirty protestors gather on the corner of Magic Mountain Parkway and McBean Parkway to protest against President Elect Donald Trump and his policies in November. Dan Watson/The Signal
Chad Kampbell: Protests are just the beginning
Protests against the Trump administration have sprung up around the country since Inauguration Day on Jan. 20. Since then, thousands of worried citizens have taken to the streets in a…
Valencia's Cesar Dominguez (10) heads the ball towards the goal against Hart defender Enrique Perez (8) at Valencia. Dan Watson/The Signal
SCV boys soccer teams ready for CIF-SS playoffs
Foothill League boys soccer coaches voted on league awards Monday night. But the gathering also served another purpose. Saugus coach Seth Groller learned earlier in the day his team would…
West Ranch's Erin Meottel (13) celebrates after scoring the winning goal in the second half against Simi Valley High School at West Ranch. Dan Watson/The Signal
West Ranch girls soccer ready for strong playoff run, Hart excited for Division 1 postseason
The West Ranch High girls soccer team had two goals at the beginning of the season: to win the Foothill League title and after that, advance beyond the first round…
Walk of Western Stars 2016 inductee, Johnny Crawford twirls a rope around himself as he stands on his star after the unveiling ceremony on Main Street in Newhall in April 2016. Dan Watson/Signal
Cowboy Festival honorees announced
It is the Santa Clarita equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame – and it’s now getting three more stars. The annual Walk of Western Stars inductees, who will be…
Dante Acosta
Acosta introduces three public-safety bills
Back in 2011, the so-called “realignment bill” known as AB 109, that’s now state law, sent prisoners guilty of non-violent felonies from state prisons to county facilities, and made some…
Meadview Avenue near Placeritos Road, where heavy rains have made it difficult for residents recently. Katharine Lotze/Signal
Placerita residents want city to fix flood-damaged creek
When two cars were swept away by torrential rainwater rushing through Placerita Creek three weeks ago residents in the pastoral neighborhood around Master’s College were inconvenienced, but glad no one…
Canyon Country man arrested for indecent exposure
A Canyon Country man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of indecent exposure. Deputies of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station arrested 51-year-old Michael Rodriguez on suspicion of indecent exposure and…
Sixth grade students learn character lessons through donations
When Ken Newton, a sixth grade teacher at Fair Oaks Ranch Community School, received a donation of from Kohl’s Golden Valley, he decided to use the items to teach his…
The William S. Hart Union High School District.
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Hart District to vote on Castaic High project
Among the items under review at Wednesday night's William S. Hart Union High School District meeting, is a recommendation to approve more than $500,000 on the new Castaic High School.…
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Crash victim identified as 36-year-old Pacoima man
A motorist who died in a crash late Saturday night after having lost control of his car and then colliding into a dirt berm with a drainage ditch on Sierra…
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CIF-SS girls soccer playoff pairings
CIF-Southern Section girls soccer first round (Thursday) Division 1 Long Bech Poly at Hart Division 2 Agoura at West Ranch Valencia at San Luis Obispo Division 6 Rialto at SCCS…
In business, should you date or get married?
Your first and ongoing responsibility as a business owner is to develop an effective business model. This means creating, building and maintaining a long term relationship between buyer and seller.…
Brian Koegle speaks at a 2016 VIA employment law luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Valencia. File photo.
Employment law luncheon Feb. 21
The 2017 Employment Law Update is scheduled for Feb. 21, 11:45 a.m. in the grand ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Valencia on Town Center Drive. The fifth annual event is…
The New Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain will feature a new version of virtual reality. Photo by Greg Grudt/Mathew Imaging.
Six Flags launches “mixed reality” VR coaster
Amusement parks have competed for decades to see who has the fastest, highest, scariest roller coasters. Now that competition is moving from the physical to the virtual world. Later this…
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CIF-SS boys soccer playoff pairings
CIF-Southern Section boys soccer first round (Friday) Division 3 Lakewood at Valencia Division 4 Hart at Cabrillo/Lompoc Highland at Saugus Division 7 Einstein hosts wildcard winner Foothill Technology at Trinity…
Los Angeles Homeless Services Commissioner Larry Adamson, left, welcomes the dozens of volunteers who registered for a homeless count in Santa Clarita in 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal
What is the city doing to address homelessness?
While City Councilwoman Marsha McLean declined this week to take a stand on Measure H, the county ballot item that would enact a quarter-center sale-tax hike to fund homeless programs,…
