Read more about the article SCCS girls hoops moves on to second round of playoffs
SCCS' Kenzie Kennedy (12) looks at Kaleigh Moss (23) in surprise after Moss scored a buzzer-beating three-pointer at the end of the first quarter against Tarbut V' Torah at SCCS on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

SCCS girls hoops moves on to second round of playoffs

The Santa Clarita Christian girls basketball team knew nothing about Tarbut V’ Torah of Irvine, the opponent for Thursday night’s CIF-Southern Section Division 6 first-round playoff game. “We had no…

Continue ReadingSCCS girls hoops moves on to second round of playoffs

Foothill girls hoops roundup: Valencia and Hart pull off road playoff wins

A coin flip lost? No problem. A bus ride? No problem. Playing league champions in their building? Apparently, not a problem. Valencia High girls basketball went to Canyon of Anaheim…

Continue ReadingFoothill girls hoops roundup: Valencia and Hart pull off road playoff wins
Read more about the article Terri Lovell: Liberal oppression
People take pictures of the candidates that were present at the Democratic Party Headquarters on Lyons Avenue in Oct. 2016. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Terri Lovell: Liberal oppression

“In the liberal mind, your freedom is their oppression.” – From “60 Hard Truths about Liberals” I don’t think I’ve ever heard a more accurate description of the liberal mind.…

Continue ReadingTerri Lovell: Liberal oppression
Read more about the article Scott lifts Hart girls soccer past Poly
Hart teammates hug Taylor Scott (10) after she scored a goal late in the second half to bring the Indians ahead of Long Beach Poly, 2-1, during a playoff soccer game at Hart on Thursday. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Scott lifts Hart girls soccer past Poly

Standing in between the Hart High girls soccer team and its coach, Guilherme Mitrovitch, at halftime Thursday were 20 or so plastic cones used for drills. Each cone represented a…

Continue ReadingScott lifts Hart girls soccer past Poly
Read more about the article Top California officials go before newspaper industry representatives
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks to attendees of the California Newspaper Publishers Association Governmental Affairs Day in Sacramento Feb. 15. Jason Schaff/The Signal

Top California officials go before newspaper industry representatives

SACRAMENTO – Democrats pushed an anti-Trump agenda and Republicans stuck mostly to their own state legislative agenda. But the top representatives of both parties in the state capital expressed their…

Continue ReadingTop California officials go before newspaper industry representatives
Read more about the article Deputies catch up with armed robbery suspect
A sheriff's deputy works to handcuff a man suspected of armed robbery Thursday Feb. 16, 2017. (Austin Dave/The Signal)

Deputies catch up with armed robbery suspect

Deputies searching for a mugging suspect who robbed a woman of her cell phone at gunpoint earlier this week arrested a man suspected of that crime in Newhall Thursday. At…

Continue ReadingDeputies catch up with armed robbery suspect
Read more about the article Fourth grade students get cooking
Cameron Smith dumps a carton of cherry tomatoes into a giant mixing bowl at the Kids' Cooking Campaign at the Santa Clarita valley School Food Services Agency on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Fourth grade students get cooking

There is no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen, according to the Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services Agency (SCVSFSA). On Thursday, students from Merly Soni’s fourth…

Continue ReadingFourth grade students get cooking
Read more about the article City, county prepares for monster storm
City street maintenance worker Louie Aguilar rides in the back of a city truck as it crosses the creek at Oakcreek Avenue in Placerita Canyon as he prepares to place a "road closed" sign on the other side of the creek ahead of the Feb. 17 storm. Katharine Lotze/Signal

City, county prepares for monster storm

Crews were hard at work throughout the city and county Thursday to prepare roads and debris basins for one of the biggest storms this season. “They are everywhere.  I was…

Continue ReadingCity, county prepares for monster storm
Read more about the article Indecent exposure case prompts college warning
An aerial photo of the College of the Canyons Valencia Campus in March 2015. Courtesy of COC

Indecent exposure case prompts college warning

Officials at College of the Canyons issued a warning after receiving reports of a man having exposed himself to a woman on campus Wednesday afternoon. The warning to the “campus…

Continue ReadingIndecent exposure case prompts college warning
Read more about the article UPDATE: Homicide, suicide, ruled out in case of homeless woman found dead in her car
A woman's body was found in a vehicle on Carl Boyer drive near Babies R Us on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

UPDATE: Homicide, suicide, ruled out in case of homeless woman found dead in her car

A homeless woman found dead in the backseat of her car parked in a parking lot on Carl Boyer Drive Tuesday morning was not murdered and did not take her…

Continue ReadingUPDATE: Homicide, suicide, ruled out in case of homeless woman found dead in her car
Read more about the article Author and Holocaust survivor shares message of hope at COC
College of the Canyon's Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center. Source: College of the Canyons Public Information Office

Author and Holocaust survivor shares message of hope at COC

Leon Malmed, 79, vividly remembers July 19, 1942.  On that Sunday at 5 a.m. two gendarmes, French policemen, knocked on his family’s apartment door in Nazi-occupied France and took his…

Continue ReadingAuthor and Holocaust survivor shares message of hope at COC
Read more about the article District honors excelling students
Students speak and eat dinner with mentors at the William S. Hart Union High School District mentor dinner Wednesday night. Courtesy of Matthew Guerra

District honors excelling students

Sixty-eight students from the William S. Hart Union High School District joined district staff and local business men and women to discuss college and career readiness at a mentor dinner…

Continue ReadingDistrict honors excelling students