Photos of the Week: Feb. 4 -10, 2017

Katharine Lotze
February 11, 2017
9:01 am

Dane Jorgensen, 9, does a jump with his scooter at the Santa Clarita Skatepark on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Brian Hoenig skateboards while holding his 2-year-old son, Strummer Hoenig, at the Santa Clarita Skatepark on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Michael Carter, 9, catches air on his scooter at the Santa Clarita Skatepark on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Matt Gener, 26, points at the camera while skateboarding at the Santa Clarita Skatepark on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Customers order from the Hello Kitty Food Truck at the Westfield Valencia Town Center on Saturday. Samie Gebers/ Signal

Stage Manager Amber Isaguirre, left, tells the contestants to smile as they prepare to parade together as a group in front of the hundreds of attendees in the audience before their solo performances on stage during the Te Mana Ori Tahitian Dance Solo Competition held at Castaic Middle School in Castaic on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Contestant Monica Takuma, 9, performs as a beginner on stage on stage during the Te Mana Ori Tahitian Dance Solo Competition held at Castaic Middle School in Castaic on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Contestant Lia Lida, 6, performs as a beginner on stage on stage during the Te Mana Ori Tahitian Dance Solo Competition held at Castaic Middle School in Castaic on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Gavin Nguyen, 10, of the Hitia O Te Ra group performs on stage during the Te Mana Ori Tahitian Dance Solo Competition held at Castaic Middle School in Castaic on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Angie Ashe, right, leads the group as they dance with scarves to the song “Wiggle It” during the Twenty-ONEderful Dance party held at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library in Canyon Country on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Parents lift a parachute over the group of children as they dance during the Twenty-ONEderful Dance party held at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library in Canyon Country on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Emma Brahe, 4, dances with a scarf to the song “Wiggle It” during the Twenty-ONEderful Dance party held at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library in Canyon Country on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Miles Brown, 7, uses sticks to keep tme with the music during the Twenty-ONEderful Dance party held at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library in Canyon Country on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

From right to left, Valerie Erickson, Nancy Gabor and Helen Jones perform Singin’ in the Rain at the seventh annual Cabaret & Cabernet at Bridgeport Clubhouse in Valencia Saturday night. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Ann Grayson, right, describes contents sitting on a dresser that is more than 100 years old to Ava Martinez, 9, and Brody Martinez, 5, at the Heritage Junction at William S. Hart Park on Sunday. Samie Gebers/ Signal

Attendees of the Super Bowl party at The American Legion building in Newhall watch the game on Sunday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Mayor Cameron Smyth talks with students from Trinity’s Imago Dei school about the functions of local government on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Imago Dei student Joshua Wilson laughs as he takes a seat behind the mayor’s desk at city hall during a visit with Mayor Cameron Smyth to kick off learning about local governments on Feb. 6, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Imago Dei junior Ethan McMath puts his feet up — at Mayor Cameron Smyth’s suggestion — while sitting in the mayor’s chair at City Hall on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Students from Trinity’s Imago Dei school visited with the mayor as part of their local government studies. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Eight-year-old Belgian Malinois Flash runs by his handler, Officer Rich Cheever, at the California Highway Patrol Newhall division offices on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Flash, a 8-year-old Belgian Malinois,in the back of his handler’s patrol car at the California Highway Patrol Newhall division on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Valencia’s Brennan Book, left, Tyler Traber, center, and Josh Ferguson, right, celebrate the Vikings’ first goal against Saugus during a soccer game at Valencia on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Neurosurgeon , Dr. Mark Liker center, looks on as brain surgery patient Dan Gillespie , PhD, looks through the optical head of the new Zeiss Pentero 900 microscope which allows for advanced brain and spice surgeries and which was demonstrated at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Neurosurgeon , Dr. Mark Liker, left, adjusts the monitor so brain surgery patient Dan Gillespie , PhD, center, and his wife Carol can watch the video of Gillespie’s brain surgery produced by the new Zeiss Pentero 900 microscope which was demonstrated at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Castaic Middle School Physical Education teacher Bruce Brotz, right, demonstrates slidder-board PE equipment that was presented from the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation as a grant for the school’s PE program during the Teacher Innovation Grant Distribution event held at the Santa Clarita Activities Centre in Santa Clarita on Wednesday. SCV Education Foundation President Jim Backer, left, and Executive Director Jackie Hartman look on. Dan Watson/The Signal

Peggy Richard, left, explains the value of a school garden starter kit as Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation Executive Director Jackie Hartman presents plastic pots included in the kit from the SCV Education Foundation’s grant for the school’s science program during the Teacher Innovation Grant Distribution event held at the Santa Clarita Activities Centre in Santa Clarita on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Klair Eskandar, 9, right, and her mom Lama Saffi, left, make an array with conversation hearts at Leona Cox Elementary during the school’s Family Math Night on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Ebenezer Soronio, 7, creates shapes using rubber bands at Leona Cox Elementary during the school’s Family Math Night on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

A sheriff’s deputy interviews the victim of an armed robbery on Via Estrella in Newhall. (Austin Dave/The Signal)

The actors spell out the word “breathe” as they discover that it is the second step to resolving a conflict during a conflict management program entitled “It’s Stop Time” for the third and fourth- graders at Newhall Elementary School in Newhall on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Christopher Renfro as Diego goes into the audience as he sings “Play to the Rhythm of your own Drum” during a conflict management program entitled “It’s Stop Time” for the third and fourth- graders at Newhall Elementary School in Newhall on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Billoah Greene as Mr. C , breaks down an invisible wall between the audience and the actors during a conflict management program entitled “It’s Stop Time” for the third and fourth-graders at Newhall Elementary School in Newhall on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Sheriff’s deputies secure the area near a shooting in Val Verde Thursday. (Austin Dave/The Signal)

Event organizer Logan Smith, right, leads a group of about 100 protestors as they chant “do not take our ACA” (referring to the Affordable Care Act) directed at Congressman Steve Knight who attended College of the Canyons Legislative Reception at the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center at the College of the Canyons, Valencia campus on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Congressman Steve Knight. Dan Watson/The Signal

FILE PHOTO: Two people with umbrellas walk through the Bridgeport neighborhood in Valencia on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Katharine Lotze

Katharine Lotze is a photojournalist and columnist at the Signal, and can be found photographing daily life in Santa Clarita, or writing personal essays about her own daily life.

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