Nancy Starczyk: Home ownership incentives shouldn’t be taken away
There’s a reason homeownership is still considered the “American Dream.” A home is a place to create memories, a means for building wealth, and a pathway to strength and stability…
Charles Vignola: Roy Moore decision should be an easy one
In the month since the Harvey Weinstein revelations hit the press, new allegations of powerful men behaving badly have exploded. Actors Kevin Spacey, Danny Masterson and Steven Seagal. Film director/producer…
FILE PHOTO: Ava Biggs, 8, spoons up sweet potatoes as part of the 1,700 meals served at the 12th Giving Thanks Giving event held in Newhall on Thanksgiving Day 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal
Churches in need of donations to host annual Thanksgiving event
Local churches are gearing up for their annual Giving Thanks Giving event, which provides a full festival meal for over 1,000 people on Thanksgiving morning. The event feeds those who…
Snow falls in Agua Dulce On Jan. 23, 2017. (Courtesy: Shannon Henson)
Two dozen Agua Dulce homes wrongly mapped inside Antelope Valley
At least a dozen Agua Dulce families went to bed Wednesday in the Antelope Valley and woke up Thursday morning in the Santa Clarita Valley. When officials with the Los…
A member of a hand crew readies a water hose as he joins firefighters and water dropping helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft fighting flames of the Sand Fire along Placerita Canyon Road in July, 2016. Dan Watson/Signal
Sand fire exposed misplaced property markers
When the Sand Fire died and the smoke cleared, what regional planners found standing on the suddenly barren hills were misplaced property markers noticed for the first time. Brush burned…
Fresno man ordered to stand trial for Harvill murder
A Fresno man accused of killing Kimberly Harvill, whose body was found in Gorman last year has been ordered to stand trial for murder following a week-long preliminary hearing.…
A deputy holds a box of NARCAN after boxes of the life-saving drug were handed out to deputies at a training for its use in the field at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station on Thursday, August 31, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Sheriff’s Station to receive Narcan donation
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station will soon be equipped with even more of the life-saving opioid antidote Narcan. Matrix Institute on Addictions donated at total of 502 two-dose packages…
CORONER: Woman killed on I-5 last week took her own life
A Bakersfield woman struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 5 while she apparently tried to cross the freeway last week, actually meant to take her own life, a…
City of Santa Clarita City Hall
UPDATE: Valencia experiences power outage, affects City Hall for over an hour
UPDATE: 3:36 p.m. Southern California Edison crews are still investigating the cause of the power outage, but believe it has something to do with issues with underground equipment, according to spokesperson…
NCIS: Los Angeles is filming this week in Santa Clarita. Courtesy image.
Filming this week in Santa Clarita, Nov. 13-19
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…
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Person hurt, diesel spilled in Agua Dulce crash
A person was injured and 40 gallons of diesel spilled following a two-vehicle crash in Agua Dulce Monday morning. At least nine emergency vehicles including about half a dozen specially-equipped…
UPDATE: Teen arrested for attempted murder in stabbing, baseball bat attack
A 17-year-old Canyon Country boy has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, accused of stabbing a man and hitting him with a baseball bat Sunday evening. Deputies with the…
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Two hurt in crash near Soledad Canyon Road
Two people were injured and taken to the hospital Monday morning following a two-car crash on Highway 14 at Soledad Canyon Road. The traffic collision happened shortly after 6:40…
The Local Pub & Grill is on The Old Road in the former site of Big Wang's. Patrick Mullen/The Signal
New pub owners are keeping it Local
Steve Cruse considered Big Wang’s the best place in town to watch sports, but something was missing. “It wasn’t locally owned and didn’t seem to be a good fit with…
Four times when risk was rewarded
More than fifty years ago, key family members who owned a business worked with an advisor to develop a growth plan to expand their manufacturing facility. When the plan, including…
