Photos of the Week: April 1 – 7, 2017

Katharine Lotze
April 8, 2017
11:21 am

Hardy Freeman, 12, poses for the camera next to his collection of toothpaste that was donated to the SCV Food Pantry in Newhall on Wednesday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

A box of Crest toothpaste collected by Hardy Freeman and his mother Portlyn Polston sits at the SCV Food Pantry in Newhall on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

The wild flowers are in season in Neenach.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Zimmerman

Paloma Murillo preapes organic strawberry banana margaritas at the Strawberry Tequila Festival last year at Central Park. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Adam Hatley pedals his tricycle at the 1st Annual Family and Child Center’s Trike Derby at the Wolf Creek Production Brewery in Valencia on Saturday, April 1, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Josh Pickett, right, and John Maly get ready to start the tricycle race at the First Annual Family and Child Center’s Trike Derby at Wolf Creek Brewery in Valencia on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Michael Luketic and Ava Luketic, 1, feed ducks at Bridgeport Marketplace on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

A turtle swims in the water at Bridgeport on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Nayeli Rain holds cheerios in her hands to feed the ducks at Bridgeport on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Ducklings wade in shallow water at the Bridgeport Marketplace on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

A statue reflects onto the water at Bridgeport Marketplace on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

A bird looks into the water at Bridgeport Marketplace on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Ryan Ahern looks at vehicles at the SCV Auto Fair at College of the Canyons on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Rick Reyes, right, and Bob Reyes, left, view a motorcycle at the SCV Auto Fair on Sunday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Claudette Bohlman browses vehicles at the SCV Auto Fair at College of the Canyons on Sunday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Firefighters work to fully extinguish a brush fire in Santa Clarita on Sunday. Rick McClure/For the Signal

Dr. Taylor Levine and Kamilla Acevedo model for the audience at the London’s Calling for a Cause Runway Show put on by Soroptimist International of Greater Santa Clarita Valley at the Hyatt Regency Valencia on Sunday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Austin Dave and Pegah Sedighi Hunt model for the audience at the London’s Calling for a Cause Runway Show put on by Soroptimist International of Greater Santa Clarita Valley at the Hyatt Regency Valencia on Sunday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Attendees pet and snap photos of Freedom, an Alaskan Timber Wolf, at the Wolf Creek Brewery on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Gavin Jaramillo, 11, looks up at Freedom, an Alaskan Timber Wolf, for a picture at the Wolf Creek on Sunday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

Enrique Villalobos, 14, jumps off a tree he climbed at William S. Hart Regional Park on Sunday. Nikolas Samuels/The 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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