Read more about the article Fourth grade students get cooking
Cameron Smith dumps a carton of cherry tomatoes into a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Fourth grade students get cooking

There is no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen, according to the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services Agency (SCVSFSA). On Thursday, students from Merly Soni’s fourth…

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Read more about the article City, county prepares for monster storm
City street maintenance worker Louie Aguilar rides in the back of a city truck as it crosses the creek at Oakcreek Avenue in Placerita Canyon as he prepares to place a "road closed" sign on the other side of the creek ahead of the Feb. 17 storm. Katharine Lotze/Signal

City, county prepares for monster storm

Crews were hard at work throughout the city and county Thursday to prepare roads and debris basins for one of the biggest storms this season. “They are everywhere.  I was…

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Read more about the article Indecent exposure case prompts college warning
An aerial photo of the College of the Canyons Valencia Campus in March 2015. Courtesy of COC

Indecent exposure case prompts college warning

Officials at College of the Canyons issued a warning after receiving reports of a man having exposed himself to a woman on campus Wednesday afternoon. The warning to the “campus…

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Read more about the article UPDATE: Homicide, suicide, ruled out in case of homeless woman found dead in her car
A woman's body was found in a vehicle on Carl Boyer drive near Babies R Us on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

UPDATE: Homicide, suicide, ruled out in case of homeless woman found dead in her car

A homeless woman found dead in the backseat of her car parked in a parking lot on Carl Boyer Drive Tuesday morning was not murdered and did not take her…

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Read more about the article Author and Holocaust survivor shares message of hope at COC
College of the Canyon's Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center. Source: College of the Canyons Public Information Office

Author and Holocaust survivor shares message of hope at COC

Leon Malmed, 79, vividly remembers July 19, 1942.  On that Sunday at 5 a.m. two gendarmes, French policemen, knocked on his family’s apartment door in Nazi-occupied France and took his…

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Read more about the article District honors excelling students
Students speak and eat dinner with mentors at the William S. Hart Union High School District mentor dinner Wednesday night. Courtesy of Matthew Guerra

District honors excelling students

Sixty-eight students from the William S. Hart Union High School District joined district staff and local business men and women to discuss college and career readiness at a mentor dinner…

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Read more about the article Hart boys hoops makes early playoff exit after loss to Village Christian
Hart's Carson Weiss (20) steals a pass from Village Christian defender Caden Starr (30) at Hart on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Hart boys hoops makes early playoff exit after loss to Village Christian

The most telling sign that Hart boys basketball was in trouble Wednesday, so far behind Village Christian that a comeback was all but impossible, wasn’t the missed shots, the turnovers…

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Read more about the article COC Insider: Cougar softball sure and steady
College of the Canyons freshman Alexis Avila rounds third base to meet her teammates at home plate after smacking a two-run home run in the fourth inning of game one of Wednesday’s doubleheader vs. San Diego Mesa. Avila finished the game 3-for-3 with six RBIs as COC cruised to an 8-0 victory. Jesse Munoz/COC Sports Information

COC Insider: Cougar softball sure and steady

No. 13 College of the Canyons posted a pair of dominant shutout wins on Wednesday, blanking San Diego Mesa College 8-0 in both contests of a doubleheader to improve to…

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