Read more about the article Hazardous fuel burn underway in Angeles National Forest
Angeles National Forest fire crews reduce hazardous fuels using a curtain burner. Twitter photo

Hazardous fuel burn underway in Angeles National Forest

Santa Clarita Valley residents in the Castaic Lake area may see smoke in the air Thursday as fire crews from the Angeles National Forest burn piles of infected wood or…

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Read more about the article COC Insider: swim teams shine at meet
College of the Canyons freshman Jessie Kim helped lead the Cougars men’s swim team to a third place finish at the first conference meet of the season on Saturday at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center. Photo courtesy of Jesse Munoz/COC Sports Information

COC Insider: swim teams shine at meet

The College of the Canyons men’s and women’s swim teams combined to win five events at the first Western State Conference (WSC) meet of the season held Saturday at the…

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Read more about the article Mason Nesbitt: TMU’s toughness more important than its flash
TMU's Evan Jenkins, left, plays defense against UCLA's Bryce Alford in an exhibition game earlier this season. Photo by Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Mason Nesbitt: TMU’s toughness more important than its flash

Inside the Honda Center media room Saturday, after a CIF girls basketball final, a Los Angeles-area reporter asked me about The Master’s University men’s basketball team. One word came to…

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Read more about the article Valencia girls basketball cruises to win against Bakersfield
Valencia's Kenadee Honaker (10) reaches for a rebound during a CIF state playoff basketball game against Bakersfield at Valencia last week. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Valencia girls basketball cruises to win against Bakersfield

As the final seconds ticked away in the first half, Valencia girls basketball effortlessly executed some perimeter passing before handing the ball off to Kayla Konrad, who shot a textbook…

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Read more about the article Canyon girls hoops’ bench comes up big against Bishop Montgomery
Canyon's Alaina Garcia (4) steals a rebound from Bishop Montgomery defender Jessica Malazarte (3) at Canyon on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Canyon girls hoops’ bench comes up big against Bishop Montgomery

Player introductions took longer than normal at Canyon High on Wednesday night. The school’s public address announcer called out each teams’ subs before moving on to the starting fives. It…

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Read more about the article Dave Godfrey: The America I knew
Protestors hold up signs on the corner of McBean Parkway and Magic Mountain Parkway in Valencia in November at a demonstration in solidarity with the Women's March on Washington and other such demonstrations. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Dave Godfrey: The America I knew

What has happened? I no longer want to see the news or a newspaper. Are we all media puppets now? Pull your strings and you dance to their beck and…

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Read more about the article Water officials to County: There’s enough water for 1,220 new homes in Canyon Country
The Castaic Lake spillway. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Water officials to County: There’s enough water for 1,220 new homes in Canyon Country

Local water officials were urged by their advisors Wednesday to tell to Los Angeles County public works officials there’s enough water to meet the needs of more than 1,200 homes…

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Read more about the article MannKind Corp. to sponsor TV series on tackling diabetes
Celebrity chef Charles Mattocks will host "Reversed," a new show on dealing with diabetes. Courtesy photo.

MannKind Corp. to sponsor TV series on tackling diabetes

MannKind Corp. will sponsor a new television series this summer on the effects of poorly managed diabetes and its impact on people with the disease. “Reversed” will air on Discovery…

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Read more about the article Einstein preps to appeal charter petition to county
The Albert Einstein Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Dan Watson/The Signal

Einstein preps to appeal charter petition to county

Officials with the Albert Einstein Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences (AEALAS) are preparing to submit an appeal of their denied charter school petition to the Los Angeles County Board…

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Read more about the article Foul play suspected in body found near Golden Valley
Sheriff's homicide detectives brief a forensics technician near the area where human remains were discovered. (Austin Dave/The Signal)

Foul play suspected in body found near Golden Valley

Although foul play is suspected in the case of human remains found Tuesday in a field near Golden Valley High School, homicide detectives waiting for autopsy clues say it’s too…

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Read more about the article City’s next steps for Measure H
Jason Knowles (left) and Rodney Parker sit at the Metro station in Newhall with food packages from Bridge to Home. Austin Dave/The Signal

City’s next steps for Measure H

Measure H, the homeless initiative, passed early Wednesday morning with just over the two-thirds majority voted needed to do so. It was the only item on the ballot in Santa…

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