SCV Sports Report: TMU men’s and women’s hoops end postseasons
The TMU men's basketball team fell in the second round of the NAIA Division 1 National Tournament in Kansas City, Missouri to Texas Wesleyan 77-75. Hansel Atencia scored…
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Attendees get a closer look at the suitcases designed by local artists for Friday’s gala at Hyatt Regency Valencia. Proceeds went to benefit the Domestic Violence Center of Santa Clarita Valley. Scholarships were also given out to several local high school students.
Suitcases and some dreams
The Domestic Violence Center of Santa Clarita Valley hosted a gala Friday to raise funds for the organization. Dozens of attendees came to the event. Suitcases transformed into a work…
Kat’s Eye View: Ugly kittens
Ugly kittens don’t exist. Think about it. Have you ever seen an ugly kitten? Have you ever looked at a tiny cat and said “Ew?” Have you seen a photo…
Valencia senior, Canyon junior share Foothill League Player of the Year honors
This year’s Foothill League girls basketball co-Players of the Year honors serve as a capstone and a caution. A capstone in that Valencia’s Kayla Konrad concluded a stellar four-year career…
West Ranch's Quincy Walter-Eze is 6-foot-7 and very much in love with tennis. Signal file photo
West Ranch tennis’ Quincy Walter-Eze is a tall task for opponents
The words aren’t always the same, but the question generally is. “You’re really tall. What sport do you play?” they ask, angling their neck to make eye contact. “I play…
Our View: Technology no excuse for evasion
A California Supreme Court ruling this month blocks city governments from using new technology as an excuse to hide from the demands of public accountability. The case was brought by…
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.
David Hegg: Society’s denial of self-denial
Among ancients the greatest honor was given to those who, seeing the greater good of the greater number, chose valiantly to deny themselves certain rights and pleasures to improve those…
2017 Foothill League boys tennis preview
If spring symbolizes a time for new life and fresh starts, then Foothill League boys tennis might be the perfect metaphor. Three-time defending league champion West Ranch is experimenting with…
Valencia baseball survives Saugus despite numerous free bases
It’s not always pretty. In an act of survival, Valencia edged out Saugus, 9-7, on Friday at Saugus to remain unbeaten in Foothill League play. “That almost felt like surviving…
SCV Voices: Guest Commentary
Duane Smith: Don’t make America mediocre again
On Wednesday while driving a back, secluded mountain road in Santa Clarita, I observed something suspicious. Parked alongside the road was a man sitting on the edge of the highway…
West Ranch pitcher Alex Burge (23) throws a pitch during a Foothill League baseball game against Hart at West Ranch on Friday, March 17, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
West Ranch baseball keeps Hart contained
It may have only been the second Foothill League game of the season for West Ranch High and Hart High baseball, but the electric atmosphere was one of playoffs on…
Valencia, Hart swim teams split SCV Relays
Valencia junior Julia Wolf helped break three meet records Friday at the annual Santa Clarita Valley Relays. Standing beside the pool at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center afterward, she was…
Owners of outdoor storage yards along The Old Road and Castaic Rd. in Castaic will need to install screened fences like this one in response to complaints to Los Angeles County. Photo by Patrick Mullen.
Will better fences make for better neighbors in Castaic?
The owner of an outdoor storage yard on The Old Road in Castaic will install screening fences to shield views of the yards from passing drivers and comply with county…
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputy brings of four children found in wash to sheriff's station. photo taken by SCV Sheriff's Station deputy.
UPDATE: Homeless family found in wash, 4 kids placed in protective custody
Sheriff’s deputies placed four preschool children in protective custody Thursday after finding a homeless family living in the Santa Clara River wash Thursday afternoon. Officials with the Santa Clarita Valley…
SCV Chamber eliminates President/CEO’s position
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce today eliminated the position of President and CEO, held since September by Lois Bauccio. “This step was necessary to further reduce overhead expenses…
One weekend left for public to weigh in on sanitation district plan
Anyone wanting to weigh in on the environmental impact of the sanitation district’s latest plan to reduce the amount of chloride discharged into the Santa Clara River has this weekend…
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Saugus family victimized by military-hating vandals
Someone near Saugus High School does not like the US military as witnessed this week by the spraypainting - twice - of a family truck that displayed a sticker in…
Gina Peterson, faculty with COC's Early Childhood Education (ECE) program, catches a rubber apple during an introduction exercise with Hart district students on a field trip to learn about the early childhood education career pathway on Friday, March 17, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Hart District students ‘test drive’ education careers
On Friday, students in the William S. Hart Union High School District’s Education Pathway program visited College of the Canyon’s (COC) Valencia campus to learn more about their futures in…
Firefighters go upside down and under water for training
It was a drill Houdini would have loved. Grown men bolted in a cage splashing down into the Santa Clarita Pool on a hot sunny day. Each man took turns…
Fifth grade students look on as officers from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station share information about their careers and training at Plum Canyon Elementary School's Career Day Friday. Christina Cox/The Signal
Elementary students explore opportunities at Career Day
Students at Plum Canyon Elementary School explored a Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s boat, heard from a published author, examined cochlear implants and learned about much more during the school’s annual…
