Canyon defense suffocates Valencia in CIF-SS final rematch
Valencia's Tiana Beale (14) drives towards the basket as Canyon's Selasi Mawugbe (13) guards her at Valencia on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Canyon defense suffocates Valencia in CIF-SS final rematch

By Erik Boal For The Signal   As if 10 months of anticipation, inspiration and motivation weren’t enough to have the Canyon girls basketball team prepared for Tuesday’s first-place showdown…

Santa Clarita family forced from home by fire, struggles each day
Carmen Navarro and her sons Jesus and Diego Cruz walk at Golden Valley Park in Santa Clarita on Jan. 23, 2017. The family is battling to return to their home after a fire damaged their apartment. Austin Dave/The Signal

Santa Clarita family forced from home by fire, struggles each day

A lot of people struggle to make ends meet in the Santa Clarita Valley, but few share the enormity of Carmen Navarro’s struggle – forced from her home by fire…

Foothill League girls soccer roundup: Hart gets revenge with win over Saugus
Hart’s Taylor Moorehead (9) passes the ball down field as Saugus’s Brooke Chambers (9) follows close behind on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Foothill League girls soccer roundup: Hart gets revenge with win over Saugus

Through over two hours of combined play this season, the Hart and Saugus girls soccer teams had yet to find the back of the net against each other. The Foothill…

New pedestrian bridge, traffic improvements to begin on Sierra Highway
A new pre-fabricated steel truss pedestrian bridge across McBean Parkway between Gamble House Court and Arroyo Park Drive, starting on Friday. The previous bridge was aged and decayed. Photo courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita

New pedestrian bridge, traffic improvements to begin on Sierra Highway

Starting on Monday, January 29, 2018, the City of Santa Clarita will begin work on a federally-funded project which includes the installation of a pre-fabricated steel truss pedestrian bridge over…

Detectives examine possible murder-suicide motives
A shrine honoring the victimes of Friday's murder-suicide lies on the corner of Startree and Bottletree lane in Saugus, Calif. Ryan Painter/The Signal.

Detectives examine possible murder-suicide motives

Homicide detectives know who killed the Birnkrant family, but no one knows why the patriarch of that Saugus family did it. Michael Joseph Birnkrant, born Dec. 12, 1966, shot and…

Gunned down at night: Newhall man’s murder still unsolved
Two Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies stand guard near the scene of a shooting in Newhall on Monday April 3, 2017. (Austin Dave/The Signal)

Gunned down at night: Newhall man’s murder still unsolved

This is the second in a seven-part series looking at the six murders that were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley in 2017. Before he was gunned down on the…

TMU Insider: Mustangs have weekend of non-stop action
Hansel Atencia (4) of The Master's University takes the ball up the court during a home match as Isaiah Hicks (13) of Bethesda chases after him on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

TMU Insider: Mustangs have weekend of non-stop action

The weekend at Master’s evoked the title of a popular TV series from yesteryear. Friday and Saturday were defined by threes, and plenty of company. Friday: Josh Robison launched three…

SCV youth swimmer excelling at Paseo Aquatics
Thirteen-year-old Riley Botton, 13, poses for a picture beside the pool at the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center on Monday, Jan. 22. 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

SCV youth swimmer excelling at Paseo Aquatics

At 13 years old, Riley Botton is one of the top up-and-coming swimmers training with Paseo Aquatics. She’s also a second-degree black belt in karate. Although she’s focused primarily on…

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