Wampole: We need water bill to protect SCV residents
I am urging residents to stand up and oppose the water merger bill, SB 634, which goes before the Senate Appropriations Committee for a closer look on Wednesday. I moved…
Vignola: The man in the high office
Here’s a sentence I never thought I’d have to write – unless I was reviewing Amazon’s alternate history TV series “The Man in the High Castle.” Last week, the…
Stabile: Best policy: honor transgenders’ service
After reading Brian Baker’s commentary “Good policy: No transgenders in the military” published in the Aug. 4 issue of The Signal, I believe there are several aspects of his column…
Plambeck: Will SB 634 succeed in legalizing water heist?
Editor’s note: Senate Bill 634 is due to go before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday this week. In a lightning-swift series of short-notice special meetings and ex-parte court…
Five SCV football teams ranked in CIF-SS preseason poll
When asked for a realistic expectation for his Saugus football team, quarterback Nathan Eldridge didn’t supply an outrageous answer. The Centurions, he said, planned to do better than they did…
Hart's varsity volleyball team celebrates a point over La Cañada late in the first set during a nonleague game at Hart on Monday, August 21, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Indians volleyball starts season on strong note
Hart High girls volleyball jumped and screamed after every point the team scored in its 3-0 sweep of La Canada on Monday evening. The student section squealed with them. Long…
Filming climate: What a difference a few years make
In August, four professionals involved with the filming community in the Santa Clarita Valley got together for a roundtable to discuss the current status of the local filming economy. Moderator…
LA cat lovers invited to help “Save the Kittens” this weekend
Kittens. They’re cute, cuddly, and critical to helping Los Angeles become No Kill Los Angeles (NKLA). As kittens are the most at-risk population in city shelters, foster homes are desperately…
File photo taken in March 2012 of Highway 126 looking SW showing the Newhall Ranch property. Dan Watson/The Signal
SCV environmentalists: Newhall Ranch is not a done deal
As developers proceed with their plan to build 21,000 homes between the interstate and the Ventura County line and press on after last month’s ringing endorsement by county supervisors, some…
A woman holds a sign supporting President Trump on Valencia Boulevard on March 25. Bill Reynolds/For The Signal
Bocchi Laboratories expands in Santa Clarita and Ohio
Growth is the order of the day at Bocchi Laboratories, a Santa Clarita-based contract manufacturer of personal care products. The company is adding 45,000 square feet of warehouse and support…
Job center moves as county and college can’t come to terms
In what could be a temporary move, America’s Job Center of California, a publicly-funded employment center, last month moved its Santa Clarita outlet from College of the Canyons to a…
People watch the solar eclipse at the Newhall library on Monday, August 21, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
World’s biggest light show a big hit for SCV
More than a thousand people turned up for the world’s biggest light show Monday and, despite having to share protective eyewear to see it, few if any left disappointed. An…
More than 2,000 students and teachers gathered outside of Canyon High School during an evacuation drill to view the solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Christina Cox/The Signal
Solar eclipse captivates students at Canyon High School
Sporting NASA’s orange, blue, yellow and green eclipse glasses, more than 2,000 students at Canyon High School spent their Monday morning watching the eclipse move across Southern California. “I like…
Elks Lodge members commemorate their 50th anniversary. Courtesy photo
Elks Lodge has reached 50 year milestone
The 1960’s were a time of change and growth in the Santa Clarita Valley (SCV), a rural area comprised of Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, and Valencia – now the City…
Sunkist, Fruit Growers Supply Co. streamline management
Sunkist Growers and Fruit Growers Supply Co. will consolidate their management structure under Russ Hanlin as president and CEO, though the two cooperatives will remain separate legal entities. The companies’…
FILE PHOTO: Callan Lennington, 7, Tadd Lennington, 5, and Elias Johnston, 7, jump into the pool at the Castaic Sports Complex Aquatic Center on Friday, Aug. 14, 2015. KATHARINE LOTZE/Signal
Castaic Aquatic Center to stay open through October
While summer vacation is over and school is back in session in the Santa Clarita Valley, extra funding from Los Angeles County means summer swim programs in Castaic will be…
PHOTOS: Signal readers view the eclipse
Did you take photos during the eclipse? Send us your eclipse glasses selfies, group photos, or your photos of the sun! Email to [email protected] or tag us @signalscv on Instgram…
"Arrested Development" is filming this week in Santa Clarita. Courtesy image.
Filming this week in SCV, August 21-27, 2017
Film and TV productions bring revenue and jobs to the Santa Clarita Valley. On any given day, you might encounter a film crew. These productions are filming around Santa Clarita…
