Read more about the article UPDATE: SCV’S new sheriff’s captain not new to SCV
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station Captain Robert Lewis. Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita

UPDATE: SCV’S new sheriff’s captain not new to SCV

Captain Robert Lewis, newly-named top cop for the Santa Clarita Valley, is precisely what city officials were looking for – veteran cop, longtime resident, family man. “Captain Lewis was our…

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Read more about the article ‘Kong: Skull Island’ a wildly entertaining monster movie that also has a sense of humor about itself
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‘Kong: Skull Island’ a wildly entertaining monster movie that also has a sense of humor about itself

We just won’t leave Kong enough alone, will we? For some 80 years now, through movie after movie after movie, the giant ape has been minding his own giant ape…

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Read more about the article Raymond L. Torres
Raymond Torres and fellow Marines at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Nov. 12, 2016. Courtesy photo.

Raymond L. Torres

Raymond Torres and I recently met at the Corner Bakery in Awesometown for 3 ½ hours and did not conclude our interview as we hit it off so well that…

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Read more about the article Marciano’s Chicago Style Deli celebrates its first year in Canyon Country
Photo Tom Cruze/For the Signal Marciano's Chicago Style Deli. Parmesan cheese tops off the Chicago Pot Pie.

Marciano’s Chicago Style Deli celebrates its first year in Canyon Country

If you’re craving food from the windy city, you don’t need a plane ticket, just a drive into Canyon Country. Marciano’s Chicago Style Deli was not only deemed the go-to…

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Read more about the article Victoria Diana: Consider if we dare to unplug
Groups of people play Pokemon Go in front of the movie theater at Westfield Valencia Town Center in July 2016. KATHARINE LOTZE/Signal.

Victoria Diana: Consider if we dare to unplug

I live in a world consumed by technology and social media. People sitting across from each other on a date don’t even look up to have a conversation because they…

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Read more about the article Wild 7th lifts Trinity softball over Einstein
Trinity Classical Academy's Sarah Howell (3) slides safe at home as she beats the tag by Albert Einstein Academy catcher Beatriz Panduro at Trinity on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Wild 7th lifts Trinity softball over Einstein

In its season-opener, Trinity Classical Academy softball was staring down a five-run deficit heading into the top of the seventh inning. But in that small window of time, the Knights…

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Read more about the article Canyon softball cruises past Oak Park
Canyon's Shannon Hunter (11) throws from centerfield during a softball game against Oak Park on Thursday, March 9, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Canyon softball cruises past Oak Park

Canyon High softball needed this one. Coming off five straight losses, the Cowboys downed Oak Park, 8-4, at home Thursday behind Jessica Goodspeed’s arm and Melissa Spencer’s bat. The Cowboys…

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Valencia’s Akanno, Hart’s Dominguez named Foothill boys hoops co-Players of the Year

Valencia junior Dexter Akanno came off the bench at times last season. Hart junior Whitten Dominguez served as the sixth or seventh man for a senior-laden Indians team. The two…

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Read more about the article Public hearing will discuss low-income residents’ needs
Houses in the Santa Clarita Valley near Copper Hill Drive. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Public hearing will discuss low-income residents’ needs

In an effort to determine the needs of the low income community in Santa Clarita, the city administered a Community Needs Assessment survey, the results of which will be open…

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Read more about the article Failed septic system at mobile home park prompts state inspection
Crescent Valley Mobile Home Park in March 2016, after mud flows. photo by Katharine Lotze, The Signal.

Failed septic system at mobile home park prompts state inspection

State housing inspectors are expected to visit a Newhall mobile home park Friday after learning the park’s septic system had failed recently. Investigators with the state’s Department of Housing and…

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