Read more about the article Wilk, Stern coordinating efforts on Aliso, Cemex issues
Site of proposed Cemex mine in Soledad Canyon as viewed looking northwest from Soledad Canyon Road. Signal photo by Dan Watson

Wilk, Stern coordinating efforts on Aliso, Cemex issues

Thanks to some across-the-aisle cooperation between Santa Clarita’s state senators, Scott Wilk and Henry Stern, a bill to keep the Aliso Canyon gas-storage facility closed until a root cause for…

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Read more about the article Supes to consider marijuana moratorium, ordinance changes
File photo. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger. Dan Watson/The Signal

Supes to consider marijuana moratorium, ordinance changes

Kathryn Barger, Santa Clarita’s County Supervisor, is proposing a moratorium on marijuana cultivation, manufacture, retail sale and other pot-related endeavors, like the kind the city has enacted – this one…

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Read more about the article Mayor Smyth talks local government with Imago Dei students
Imago Dei junior Ethan McMath puts his feet up -- at Mayor Cameron Smyth's suggestion -- while sitting in the mayor's chair at City Hall on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. Students from Trinity's Imago Dei school visited with the mayor as part of their local government studies. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Mayor Smyth talks local government with Imago Dei students

Four high school government students got a glimpse into the responsibilities of the city mayor and the inner workings of the Santa Clarita City Council Monday. The upper school students…

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Read more about the article Santa Clarita drug store employee arrested for deadly 1993 arson
A poster with photos of suspects Ramiro Valerio (left), Joseph Monge (right) and Johanna Lopez (bottom) is displayed at a Los Angeles Police Department news conference Monday. The three were arrested in connection with a deadly 1993 arson. (Source: KABC-TV)

Santa Clarita drug store employee arrested for deadly 1993 arson

A Palmdale man who worked in Santa Clarita was arrested in connection with a 1993 arson fire in Los Angeles that ultimately killed 12 people, two of them unborn. Ramiro…

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Read more about the article Morning rain slows commute, floods roadway, spurs potholes
A car drives through flooded streets at Del Valle Road and Hasley Canyon Road Monday morning. Austin Dave/The Signal

Morning rain slows commute, floods roadway, spurs potholes

Another storm system hit the Santa Clarita Valley Monday morning, slowing traffic on the freeways and causing flooding on city streets. Commuters experienced slowed traffic on the southbound Interstate 5,…

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Read more about the article SCV residents come together to watch Super Bowl
Attendees of the Super Bowl party at The American Legion building in Newhall watch the game on Sunday. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

SCV residents come together to watch Super Bowl

Super Bowl parties were held across the United States in honor of the day that has become an American holiday. The Santa Clarita Valley was no exception either. Some 30…

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Read more about the article Volunteers spend countless hours sharing heritage
Ann Grayson, right, describes contents sitting on a dresser that is more than 100 years old to Ava Martinez, 9, and Brody Martinez, 5, at the Heritage Junction at William S. Hart Park on Sunday. Samie Gebers/ Signal

Volunteers spend countless hours sharing heritage

Docents, volunteers and club members have put in countless hours at the Heritage Junction at William S. Hart. Park, working on buildings, searching for furniture and sharing the area's past…

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Read more about the article Music fills the air at benefit dinner
From right to left, Valerie Erickson, Nancy Gabor and Helen Jones perform Singin' in the Rain at the seventh annual Cabaret & Cabernet at Bridgeport Clubhouse in Valencia Saturday night. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Music fills the air at benefit dinner

Music from the movies was the theme Saturday night as over 100 people gathered at Bridgeport Clubhouse in Valencia for the seventh annual Cabaret & Cabernet, a benefit dinner put on by…

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Read more about the article Children with special needs dance the day away
Angie Ashe, right, leads the group as they dance with scarves to the song "Wiggle It" during the Twenty-ONEderful Dance party held at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library in Canyon Country on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2017. Dan Watson/The Signal

Children with special needs dance the day away

Children with brightly colored scarves in their hands and smiles on their faces enjoyed an opportunity where they could set aside any worries that they might have for a dance party. “They…

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Read more about the article Dancers dazzle SCV with their cultural performances
Stage Manager Amber Isaguirre, left, tells the contestants to smile as they prepare to parade together as a group in front of the hundreds of attendees in the audience before their solo performances on stage during the Te Mana Ori Tahitian Dance Solo Competition held at Castaic Middle School in Castaic on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Dancers dazzle SCV with their cultural performances

The crowd gets silent in anticipation. A fast drum beat quickly erupts from the percussionists. Three children walk on stage in cultural, Polynesian garb, visibly nervous. They begin a swift…

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Read more about the article Unique seating in Tesla sparks false kidnapping reports
A woman sits in the backseat of a 2013 Tesla Model S. Photo courtesy edmunds.com

Unique seating in Tesla sparks false kidnapping reports

Reports of a kidnapping in Newhall came in to the SCV Sheriff’s Station at 12:49 p.m., but the alleged abduction was just someone loading a child into a Tesla’s back seat,…

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