Lopez, Oklahoma take marathon game one of Women’s CWS
Saugus High graduate Mariah Lopez didn’t pitch for the University of Oklahoma in game one of the Women’s College World Series best-of-three championship series Monday night. But after sitting on…
Letters to the Editor
Arnold Mann: Sucker punched
Donald Trump pouts his lips and attempts a look of arrogance in many photo ops with world figures to hide his ignorance of most everything a leader of a country…
A worker repairs a pothole in Santa Clarita after weekend storms in January. Twitter photo
Josh Heath: The progressive case for ending welfare
Today’s liberals see welfare as a critical tool for fighting poverty. They argue, in an era of low-wage employment, that keeping this program is necessary in order to give the…
West Ranch's Natalie Ramirez competes in girls shot put at the CIF state finals at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis. Photo courtesy of John P. Lozano
SCV track and field athletes find success at CIF state finals
Standing on the podium at the conclusion of the CIF state track and field finals on Saturday, Trinity Classical Academy runner Solomon Strader heard more than just the applause of…
Cary Quashen holds up a photo of an addict who died over the weekend as he confronts James Fusca about his behavior in rehab last month. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Sally White: Reversing substance abuse
Although Iceland faces substantial problems from the warming climate, there is one problem that nation is handling with great success – the effective reversal of substance abuse among the teenage…
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MannKind seeks partners to market inhalable technology
MannKind Corp. has hired a consulting firm to help find partners to develop new uses for Technosphere, its proprietary platform for delivering inhaled medications, the company said Monday. To date,…
Saugus Union School District office. Dan Watson/The Signal
Saugus schools to get spruced up during summer break
It’s spring cleaning time as schools let out for the summer, placing several repair and upgrade items on the Saugus Union School District Governing Board’s agenda to approve at its…
Marijuana. Katharine Lotze/Signal
Lackey cites local government, law enforcement concerns on pot bill
Law enforcement veteran Assemblyman Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale) has changed his vote in favor of a marijuana program bill. When AB 1578, introduced by Assemblyman Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer, Sr. (D-Los Angeles),…
Big Mouth Pizza closed its last remaining Santa Clarita location, on Newhall Ranch Road.
Big Mouth Pizza, Big Wangs shut their doors in SCV
It was a bad week for SCV restaurants with “Big” in their names, as both Big Mouth Pizza on Newhall Ranch Road and Big Wangs on The Old Road shut…
Courtney(Burton) Arvizu
Jury selection to begin in newlywed murder case
Jury selection is slated to begin next week in the murder trial of a 50-year-old Santa Clarita man accused of killing his 25-year-old bride in their Newhall home two…
A helicopter drops water on a 10-acre fire in Castaic on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal
UPDATE: Homeless man accused of setting a fire then taking a nap
A homeless man, twice convicted of arson, has been arrested on suspicion of arson for allegedly setting trash on fire then laying down to take a nap on a bus…
Assemblyman Dante Acosta speaks about this new bill that would support foster children at a press conference at College of the Canyons on Friday, May 12, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
UC funding requires forensic audit, Acosta says
In an ongoing effort to determine whether $175 million was mishandled unlawfully by the University of California system, Assemblyman Dante Acosta (R-Santa Clarita) joined his colleagues to request a forensic…
Santa Clarita City Hall
Development committee continues mobile home park discussion
The ongoing and opinionated mobile home park ordinance conversation continued Monday morning at the city council development committee meeting. Council members Bob Kellar and Bill Miranda, alongside city staff, opened…
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station can be reached by calling 661-260-4000.
UPDATE: Man arrested for kidnapping in attempted abduction of Canyon Country teen
The attempted abduction of a 15-year-old girl in Canyon Country Monday morning has led to the arrest of a 38-year-old man on suspicion of kidnapping. Local sheriff’s deputies began following…
Valencia Library
Online registration begins for city’s summer reading program
News release issued by the City of Santa Clarita. The Santa Clarita Public Library is hosting the “Build a Better World” Reading Program starting June 12 through July 29, 2017. …
Air quality advisory issued for SCV
News release issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health LOS ANGELES - According to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, air quality will be unhealthy for…
Surprise, you’re not the smartest person in the room
The first years of Bill Clinton’s presidency were marked by stumble after stumble in terms of strategy and execution of the new president’s agenda. Being Governor of Arkansas is one…
