Gary Horton: Reality is real no matter our beliefs
I’d been conscious two hours after my spine surgery when pain overtook me and I began trembling from head to toe with the most acute pain I’ve ever experienced. Electric…
A light rain and darkness falls on the cars traveling on the Antelope Valley freeway in December 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal
Bill Lyons: Ready for self-driving cars?
Self-driving cars are coming soon—and they will change your life. We are entering a profoundly dynamic age in transportation that will cause major shifts in our thinking, business, and government.…
TMU baseball now 1 win from World Series
Tuesday’s sixth inning in Lawrenceville, Georgia, embodied the dichotomy that catcher Jonah Jarrard sees in playing a game where the ball is jumping off bats and all over the yard.…
Hart's Brooke Marquez (3) catches the ball at second base for an out in the fifth inning of a softball game against Royal of Simi Valley on Tuesday. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Hart softball wins 1st playoff game since 2011
Kylie Norwood isn’t a pitcher. She doesn’t claim to be. What she is, is one of the Foothill League’s best hitters, who pitches because her team needs her to and…
Cycling champion Freddie Rodriguez high-fives Enblem Academy students on his way to the stage during an assembly at the school on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
‘Fast Freddie’ races through Emblem Academy
A four-time U.S. National Road Race Champion and seven-time Tour de France competitor, ‘Fast Freddie’ Rodriguez taught students about bike safety on the roads and of simple ways to stay…
Councilwoman Marsha McLean addresses teen girls at the National Foundation for Women Legislators and Google’s Made with Code movie and coding party on May 16, 2017.
Councilwomen encourage teen girls at STEM event
Ambitious teen girls looking to enter the STEM field gathered Tuesday evening for a movie night and coding party where both city council women encouraged them to pursue their dreams.…
Lee Shulman shakes the hand of Jim Lentini after Shulman spoke of his experience in the Air Force during World War II during a panel of American war veteran speakers titled Reflections of Time: Perceptions of War Through the Generations at College of the Canyons on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Veteran panel shares value of service
Generations of war veterans gathered to share their experiences and sacrifices at a panel at College of the Canyons on Tuesday afternoon. Veterans from World War II, the Vietnam War…
Core values build Saenger Associates
It’s 898 miles from Filer, Idaho (population 2,508), where Gary Saenger was born and raised, to Santa Clarita, his hometown since 1987. Saenger, founder and president of Saenger Associates, an…
Man accused of killing childhood pal appears in court
A man accused of shooting his childhood friend and then dumping his body down a ravine near Sand Canyon Road appeared briefly in court Tuesday as his case heads slowly…
Cockfighting raid nets the largest seizure of fighting birds in US history.
A raid carried out on a Val Verde cockfighting operation has netted the largest seizure of birds bred for fighting in the U.S. history, authorities reported Tuesday. An estimated 7,000…
Albert Einstein Academy of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Dan Watson/The Signal
Albert Einstein charter petition denied
The Los Angeles County Board of Education voted 4-3 to deny a charter renewal petition appeal from Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences, which serves students in grades…
The William S. Hart Union High School District.
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Hart District to consider revisions to two charter school petitions
The William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board is expected to review two revisions to charter school petitions presented by Mission View Public Charter School and Opportunities for…
(Left to right): 2017 SCV Education Foundation Scholarship Recipients Alisha Oberg, Chandler Smith, Noelle Ferrante, Grace Daucher, Madelyn Young, Jennifer Heinrich and Caitlin Gutierrez. Courtesy of the SCV Education Foundation
SCV Education Foundation announces scholarship winners
News release issued by the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation. The Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation recently awarded seven scholarships to local Hart District seniors whose personal goals, college major…
The 178 riders of the Amgen Tour of California take off from the starting line at the Westfield Valencia Town Center Mall as they start the final leg of the Amgen bike race in Valencia in May 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal
Roads closed Wednesday for Amgen race
Santa Clarita roads will be closed tomorrow as the city hosts the Men’s Stage 4 Finish of the Amgen Tour of California professional bicycle race. Residents are advised to plan…
Will Cierzan flanked by his sisters, Karen (left) and Ruth.
Reward for Missing Man
SOURCE: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Dept. *REWARD INCREASE* Up to $20,000 for Information Leading to Apprehend Person(s) Responsible for Disappearance of SCV resident William Cierzan. The City of Santa Clarita…
Medical marijuana. Katharine Lotze/Signal
State Senate passes child safety pot bill
The State Senate unanimously voted in favor of Senator Henry Stern’s (D- Canoga Park) bill to protect children from accidentally consuming edible marijuana products. Under Senate Bill 794, all baked…
The William S Hart Union High School District office. Dan Watson/The Signal
Hart Board to review new policy on suicide prevention
To align with a new California law requiring suicide prevention policies in middle schools and high schools statewide, the William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board is expected…
