Read more about the article Water officials: “Historic precipitation” ended drought
Signal File photo. Castaic Lake in January 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Water officials: “Historic precipitation” ended drought

  News release issued by the California Department of Water Resources     SACRAMENTO – After five years of drought, the 2017 water year brought unexpectedly heavy precipitation, ranking second…

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Read more about the article Prep football notebook: Valencia displays loads of positives in heartbreaking loss
Valencia's Moises Haynes (43) runs through the defense at Calabasas High School on Thursday. Dan Watson/ for The Signal

Prep football notebook: Valencia displays loads of positives in heartbreaking loss

It was probably for the best that Valencia and Calabasas football met Thursday of last week for their shootout, which the Coyotes won, 65-63. That gave coach Larry Muir and…

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Read more about the article Valencia football coach recounts experience at Las Vegas shooting
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Valencia football coach recounts experience at Las Vegas shooting

Just two days after Valencia football was chasing a lead in a competitive game against Calabasas, special teams coach Brian Malette found himself in a situation infinitely more intense on…

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Read more about the article Local heroes emerge at scene of country’s worst mass shooting
Valencia group of friends attending Sunday's concert in Las Vegas. Top row: Sydney Striff, Emily Tuffey, Kellie Kleszcz Jesse Heyer Bottom row: Emily Ellias, Chance Earnest, Brooke Dawson. courtesy photo by Veronica Dawson.

Local heroes emerge at scene of country’s worst mass shooting

  Jesse Heyer, of Valencia, who just completed his EMT course on how to help others put his newly-acquired skills to use Sunday when he ran back to the concert…

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Read more about the article Acosta’s public safety, local control bills get governor’s signature
Assemblyman Dante Acosta held a "Community Chat" at It's A Grind coffee shop in Castaic on Saturday, August 5, 2017 Christian Monterrosa/ The Signal

Acosta’s public safety, local control bills get governor’s signature

Assemblyman Dante Acosta (R-Santa Clarita) saw two of his bills signed into law last week, one a matter of public safety for the whole state and one specific to the…

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Read more about the article UPDATE: Music teacher investigated for allegedly contaminating flutes with bodily fluids
Flutes decorated by Santa Clarita Valley students who participated in the “Flutes Across the World” program with a music teacher who is being investigated for placing bodily fluids on the handmade flutes. Photos courtesy of Facebook

UPDATE: Music teacher investigated for allegedly contaminating flutes with bodily fluids

UPDATE 4:40 P.M. MONDAY Local, state and federal agencies are investigating a music specialist who allegedly placed bodily fluids on “flute like instruments” at as many as 23 school districts…

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Read more about the article Canyon Santa Clarita concert venue opens in early November
Bridgeport Elementary students present the results of their recycling program to judges from Grades for Green on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Canyon Santa Clarita concert venue opens in early November

The self-proclaimed “king of the thousand-seat concert venue in Southern California” is about to open for business in Santa Clarita. Sterling Venue Ventures will open The Canyon-Santa Clarita, its fifth…

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Former Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station spokesman safe after Las Vegas shooting

The urge to leave just a few minutes early may have saved the life of off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff's Detective Josh Dubin. The former Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station…

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Read more about the article UPDATE: Governor signs two, vetoes one of Stern’s bills
SIGNAL FILE PHOTO: A polling place worker hands a sticker to a voter after he completed his ballot at Fire Station 73 in Newhall in November. Katharine Lotze/Signal

UPDATE: Governor signs two, vetoes one of Stern’s bills

Three of Senator Henry Stern’s bills sitting on the governor’s desk were read over the past week, two signed into law and the other vetoed. Stern’s effort to engage youth…

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Read more about the article Newhall Board to review state physical fitness test results
The Newhall School District Office. Dan Watson/The Signal

Newhall Board to review state physical fitness test results

Members of the Newhall School District Governing Board are expected to hear a presentation about the district’s results on the state-mandated physical fitness tests during the 2016-17 school year during…

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Read more about the article Valencia father shot and killed, his son wounded in Vegas mass shooting
John Phippen, of Valencia, killed in Las Vegas mass shooting Sunday.

Valencia father shot and killed, his son wounded in Vegas mass shooting

A Santa Clarita man and his son, a Valencia High School grad, were among at least 58 people shot in Sunday’s mass shooting in Las Vegas, claiming the life of…

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