COC’s annual community XC series right around the bend
College of the Canyons is gearing up for the 44th annual Cross Country Summer Series, set to run from July 6-August 17 this summer. “It’s a tradition of a community…
Gary Horton: Savor our urban forest
Millions of trees Don't chop them down See them growing for miles around I like the rainclouds I like the heat Don't want parched earth burning my feet I like…
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Sally White: Save the fish – and the people
We read in the June 15 issue of The Signal that the California Department of Fish and Wildlife approved plans from the developers of Newhall Ranch to reduce greenhouse gas…
Kevin Eliason: Beale’s Cut: A hidden historical trail
I recently saw a story on the old Huell Howser program about the history of Beale’s Cut. It’s located off Sierra Highway and the Highway 14 freeway and built in…
City of Santa Clarita City Hall
Firework law, mobile home park code spark dialogue at council meeting
Just a week away from Independence Day, city staff and council cracked down on the illegal use of fireworks at the city council meeting Tuesday. The use of fireworks of…
Tweets from the Placerita Fire
We've gathered tweets related to Sunday's Placerita fire in Newhall. The fire burned at least 760 acres near Sierra Highway and Placerita Canyon Road before jumping over Highway 14. If…
The Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League selected Canyon High grad and former Minnesota Golden Gopher Drew Wolitarsky (82) on Tuesday in the supplemental draft. Photo courtesy of University of Minnesota Athletic Communications
Canyon football grad catches on in Canada
After weeks of bearing the weight of bad news and good food, Canyon High graduate Drew Wolitarsky got a pick-me-up Tuesday when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football…
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
UPDATE: House fire in Newhall damages home contents
Fire crews responding to reports of a house fire on Chestnut Street in Newhall Tuesday afternoon found “light smoke” coming from the location. The fire was reported shortly after…
SCV Sheriff's deputies wait out domestic assault suspect who remains barricaded inside vacant store in Stevenson Ranch. photo by Austin Dave, The Signal.
UPDATE: Domestic assault suspect arrested after barricading himself in vacant store
An “armed and dangerous” suspect believed “high on meth” and wanted for domestic assault who hid in the rafters of a vacant Sports Chalet building in Steveneson Ranch Tuesday…
FBI investigates Newhall bank robbery
FBI agents are investigating the robbery of a bank in Newhall Tuesday which bears a strong similarity to the robbery of a Newhall bank two weeks ago. In what appears…
Chiquita Canyon's district manager Steve Cassulo gives a tour of the landfill on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, to members of the public and county commissioners. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Barger motions to install air monitoring for Chiquita Canyon Landfill
After months of rebuttals from locals and support from businesses concerning the extension of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn Barger made a motion on Tuesday that addressed…
"Suppression Patrol" team converges on an section of Castaic Road Friday. photo courtesty Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
Latest suppression patrol targets Castaic “transient area”
After two consecutive days of successful “suppression patrols” carried out across the SCV, the team specially struck for the operation turned their attention to Castaic this past weekend, netting…
Are we reaching the end of the road for drivers?
This is the first part in a series of stories that will be published in the coming months on the impact of technology on specific industries in the Santa Clarita…
A camper makes a s’more during a campfire craft at Camp Clarita at Valencia Meadows Park on Tuesday, June 27, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Children enjoy fun in the sun at Camp Clarita
Tuesday’s warm summer day did not stop elementary-aged children at Camp Clarita from making their own s’mores and crafted campfires at Valencia Meadows Park. The group of children was one…
Sulphur Springs Board to hear ASES end of year report
The Sulphur Springs Union School District Governing Board will hear an overview of the efforts and successes of the After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program in the district during…
Canyons Hall at College of the Canyons (Source: COC)
COC to participate in Zero Textbook Cost Degree program
College of the Canyons (COC) will soon offer more degree or career technical education programs that eliminate the cost of commercial textbooks by using open educational resources. The student cost…
The city of Santa Clarita has been fighting the startup of mining on the city's edge by Cemex for decades. Jim Holt/The Signal
Lt. Governor supports closing Cemex mine in Marina, Ca
SOURCE: California Lt. Governor Newsom's office Lt. Governor Newsom Supports Terms to Close America’s Last Coastal Sand Mine Proposed terms would see beach dredging operations capped and shut down in…
Friends, family, and colleagues of Ryan Osler, a Ventura County firefighter and Santa Clarita resident who died in 2016 in a water tender accident, listen as the color guard is presented ahead of the first annual memorial golf tournament and fundraiser in his name at the Valencia Country Club on Monday, June 26, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Firefighter Ryan Osler tournament fundraiser
The first annual memorial golf tournament and fundraiser was held for the family of firefighter Ryan Osler at the Valencia Country Club on Monday. Osler, a Santa Clarita native and…
Saugus swim's Tanner Olson. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
2017 All-SCV Boys Swim Team
At a recent William S. Hart Union High School District function honoring spring CIF champions, Saugus High swim coach Jim Klipfel spoke about recent graduate Tanner Olson. The focus wasn’t…
