Local roundup: SCV hoops teams pick up wins in tournament play
Prep boys basketball West Ranch 57, BC Christian 53 Austin Galuppo led the Wildcats (5-3) with 28 points in the Mission Prep Classic victory. Hart 72, Oxnard 59 Tre Harrill…
Canyon girls soccer's Shelby Cooper maintains control of the ball against Lancaster on Tuesday. Haley Sawyer/The Signal
8 different Cowboys score in Canyon girls soccer win
Canyon girls soccer’s Tayler Clarke scored the Cowboys second goal against Lancaster, she received some friendly encouragement from the sidelines. “Way to rip it, Tayler!” the voice said. “I didn’t…
Blue Star Mothers of Santa Clarita's Vice President Elise Ginsburg, left, and President Sabina Fetter discuss matters regarding the agenda for the first meeting of the group at the VFW Post No. 6885 on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017. Ginsburg has a son in the Air Force and Fetter has a son in the Military. Erik Luna/The Signal
SCV’s Blue Star Mothers of America host first meeting
More than a dozen Santa Clarita Valley moms gathered Tuesday night at VFW Post No. 6885 on Sierra Highway for the first meeting of the reboot of the Blue Star…
Hart's quarterback JT Shrout (16) gets ready to pass the football during a game against Rancho Verde at College of the Canyons on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Hart quarterback decommits from Cal
Hart quarterback JT Shrout announced that he has decommitted from Cal on Tuesday night via Twitter. https://twitter.com/JT_Shrout16/status/943323682054725633 "After much thought and prayer I have decided to de-commit from from Cal,"…
Cary Quashen, founder of Action Family Counseling, demonstrates the assembly of a Narcan pack, which is administered via an oral spray to a patient who has overdosed on heroin or any other opiate-based narcotic. Representative Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, said he has joined a congressional bipartisan task force to craft legislation to fight heroin addiction.
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Risks taken, lives saved: Narcan after 5 months
A Santa Clarita Valley mother walks into her son’s bedroom, finds him blue, unconscious and — by all appearances — dead. But, she grabs the “miracle drug” Narcan, gives it…
Signal file photo The Santa Clarita Business Incubator is hosting Innovate Santa Clarita. Signal archive photo/Katharine Lotze
Santa Clarita announces changes to Business Incubator
Designed to stimulate economic growth through entrepreneurship and enterprise development, the Santa Clarita Business Incubator is celebrating a significant milestone—graduating the first two participating companies from the program. The City…
Brand new bikes find 60 young riders at Christmas
Although it’s hard to fit 60 brand new shiny bicycles under the Christmas tree, the folks at Chiquita Canyon found a familiar way to present them as gifts for needy…
Firefighters from Station 107 help to load the bicycles and toys collected by Drifters Cocktails in Canyon Country. Ryan Painter/The Signal.
Brothers carry on Drifters toy drive tradition
Firefighters exhausted from efforts battling a brutal Santa Ana Fire Season made the extra effort Tuesday to ensure less fortunate kids get a bike for Christmas. Every year, the staff…
Congressman Steve Knight answers questions from constituents during a town hall at the Chimbole Cultural Center in Palmdale on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Rep. Knight voices support for tax bill
Just hours before House Republicans passed the revised version of the tax reform bill Tuesday, Congressman Steve Knight announced his support of the legislation and his intent to vote in…
Community members gathered together to wrap toys with SCV iRepair owner Alan Campos at Lori Bledsoe's home in Valencia on Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. Courtesy Photo
SCV entrepreneur collects Christmas gifts for children in need
For the past three years Alan Campos, owner of SCV iRepair, has spent his Christmas Day donating toys to children and families at the Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles.…
Three startups to join Santa Clarita Business Incubator
The Santa Clarita Business Incubator has graduated the first two participating companies from the program and will welcome three new startups in January. Nuhubit Software Studios, LLC and Outlyer Technologies…
Santa Clarita Communications Specialist Kevin Strauss works to help get information out to Santa Barbara County during the Thomas Fire in December 2017. Courtesy of Kevin Strauss.
Santa Clarita communications specialist lends a hand during Thomas Fire
As the Thomas Fire continues to engulf parts of Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, people from surrounding areas are being recruited to lend their help and ease the burden on…
The two suspects pictured, 32-year-old Sarah Nilson and 38-year-old Vincent Calogero, pleaded no contest Friday to one count each of attempted child abandonment. They were arrested Dec. 14 in the city of Lancaster on felony child endangerment and neglect charges. Lancaster Sheriff's Station detectives sought the public's assistance in locating additional witnesses.
Detectives looking for people who might have been approached over sale of children
Detectives are looking for people who may have been approached by a Lancaster couple allegedly offering to give away their children or to sell them for money or drugs. Detectives…
FILE PHOTO: Ania Rubisz huddles from the wind as she walks down Main Street in Newhall on Monday, Dec. 4, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
County includes Santa Clarita in cold weather alert
Winter weather is finally coming to the Santa Clarita Valley, according to county health officials. A cold front with freezing temperatures is expected to hit the Santa Clarita Valley on…
FILE PHOTO: Bouquet Canyon Road. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Water main break releases 50,000 gallons, prompts road closures
A water main break believed caused by nearby construction released about 50,000 gallons of water into the Santa Clara River Tuesday morning, forcing the shutdown of roads and creating traffic…
From left to right, Greg Kurstin and Inara George, who make up The Bird and the Bee, on the cover for their new album "Will You Dance?" Facebook Photo
CalArts alumnus nominated for two GRAMMY Awards
Greg Kurstin, an alumnus of California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), is nominated in two categories for the 60th Annual GRAMMY Awards. The 1992 graduate is nominated for Best Song…
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Santa Clarita Transit to host Holiday Light Tour
All the lights are shining so brightly everywhere, and Santa Clarita Transit wants to take locals and visitors to see them during their three-day Holiday Light Tour. Santa Clarita light…
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CHP to begin Maximum Enforcement Period Friday
Source: California Highway Patrol As Californians get ready for holiday travel, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is set to begin its Christmas Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP). The holiday enforcement effort…
Letters to the Editor
Betty Arenson: Blatant hypocrisy in 6 short months
America moves an embassy to a country’s capital and it causes malcontents to rampage and destroy anything in their path. This would be the to-be American Embassy in Jerusalem and…
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2017 Christmas Services
Bethlehem SCV – 27265 Luther Dr., Canyon Country, CA 91351, 661-252-0622, www.bethlehemscv.com/ December 24 / 5:30 p.m. Family Style with Bells, 7 p.m. Praise “The Christmas Anthem” December 25 /…
