Read more about the article Suspect: Deals offered to 5 SCV men charged in NYC with running illegal online gambling
Members of a multi-agency police operation led by New York Police Department investigators surrounded Cyrus Irani's Saugus home on Oct. 28, 2015, and arrested him and four other Santa Clarita men for illegal $32 million nationwide sports betting ring. Photo by Austin Dave/The Signal

Suspect: Deals offered to 5 SCV men charged in NYC with running illegal online gambling

Prosecutors in New York have offered deals to five Santa Clarita Valley men accused of running an illegal $32 million nationwide sports betting ring with a dozen other people, one…

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Read more about the article City officials to reveal their pick for local sheriff’s captain
Dan Watson Santa Clarita Sheriff Captain Roosevelt Johnson. 030514

City officials to reveal their pick for local sheriff’s captain

After the weekend, officials with the city of Santa Clarita are expected to recommend the person they want as the next captain of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. The…

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Read more about the article Assemblyman Acosta introduces bill to serve foster youth
Assemblyman Dante Acosta helps 7-year-old Addisyn Leclair make a card for Hearts for Heroes day at St. Clare Roman Catholic Church in Canyon Country on Saturday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Assemblyman Acosta introduces bill to serve foster youth

Foster children can often feel excluded from events and privileges at school because of a lack of funds. Assemblyman Dante Acosta wants to change that. Assembly Bill 754, announced Friday,…

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Read more about the article Celebrating the arts through dance
(Center L-R) Blue Ribbon President Jill Baldauf, Nigel Lythgoe (OBE), and The Music Center President & CEO Rachel Moore are surrounded by some of the more than 18,000 fifth graders from throughout Los Angeles County who immersed themselves in the performing arts at the recent three day 47th Annual Blue Ribbon Children’s Festival, California’s longest continuing free arts education initiative, at the Los Angeles Music Center. Courtesy of The Music Center

Celebrating the arts through dance

Four Santa Clarita Valley elementary schools experienced the magic of the Alvin Ailey II dance company at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion this week. On Thursday and Friday, fifth…

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Read more about the article Councilman Miranda opposes Old Town Newhall amendment
Newly-appointed city councilman Bill Miranda is sworn in ahead of the meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Councilman Miranda opposes Old Town Newhall amendment

All opposed? “Nay,” Councilman Bill Miranda said. Miranda voted against the amendment to the Old Town Newhall Specific Plan at the city council meeting Tuesday night. Santa Clarita’s newest councilmember…

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Read more about the article Athletes promote reading at Bridgeport
Dr. Seuss character "Thing 2" , right, greets members of a group of hundreds of students at Bridgeport Elementary School in Valencia on Friday as part of an effort to combine the twentieth annual Read Across America program with successful local athletics to inspire children to read to attain success. Dan Watson/The Signal

Athletes promote reading at Bridgeport

Some of the sporting world’s big names—Joe Theismann, former Dodger’s baseman Tyger Pederson and Valencia’s own Vareen brothers—appeared in a video for Bridgeport Elementary Schools students Friday to encourage them…

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Read more about the article Homicide detectives investigate man’s body found in Saugus driveway
Sheriff's deputies work to preserve an area of a home where a body was found on Friday, Mar. 3, 2017. (Austin Dave/The Signal)

Homicide detectives investigate man’s body found in Saugus driveway

Homicide detectives have been called to investigate the discovery of a man’s body found in the driveway of a Saugus home. The body of a man observed to be on…

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Read more about the article Castaic Elementary attempts to set, break world record
Event organizer Lara Strahs, left, talks to hundreds of students and adults at Castaic Elementary School on Friday after their attempt to establish a record for the most of people reading Dr. Seuss books at the same time. Dan Watson/The Signal

Castaic Elementary attempts to set, break world record

Castaic Elementary School was turned into a scene from Whoville Friday, when students and teachers sporting crazy hairdos and Dr. Seuss attire attempted to break a Guinness World Record for…

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Read more about the article ‘The Beauty of Change’ Art Exhibition
Warden’s Mixed media photography art titled ‘At the Carnival,’ includes 165 Swarovski crystals. This and other works will be display at the Canyon Theatre Guild beginning March 24. Courtesy photo

‘The Beauty of Change’ Art Exhibition

Norma Warden, local artist and president of the Santa Clarita Artists Association, will open a solo exhibition of fine art photography at the Canyon Theatre on March 24.  The exhibit…

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