The beach comes to SCV

Katharine Lotze
June 24, 2017
5:00 pm

Justin Stedall, 9, jumps through an inflatable obstacle course at the annual Beach Bash in Canyon Country on Friday. Katharine Lotze/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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