Brendie Heter: Is that your emergency?
Let’s get this out of the way at the beginning: This piece may not be popular with everyone, but it’s about an issue that needs to be discussed. I implore…
Foothill League girls hoops roundup: Canyon goes to its bench to beat Hart
With two of their top players limited in terms of minutes on Friday night against Hart, Canyon girls basketball was forced to test the abilities of its bench players. A…
Our View: Support needed for town councils
The absolute last thing a local newspaper should do is discourage democracy and involvement. So we want to first thank the 10 men and women who have stepped up to…
Valencia’s Dexter Akanno (10) drives in towards the basket as he is guarded by West Ranch’s Deaken Stangl (14) at Valencia on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Foothill League boys hoops roundup: Valencia lights it up from 3-point range to beat West Ranch
There would be no moping from the Valencia boys basketball team Friday night. Three days removed from a gut-wrenching loss against Hart, the Vikings shined from beyond the arc early…
Canyon goalkeeper Chase Moynihan grabs the ball for a save in a game against Hart at Hart on Friday. Haley Sawyer/The Signal
Foothill League boys soccer roundup: Hart and Canyon finish with tie
With 10 minutes left in regulation play at Hart, Hart boys soccer’s Dillon Vega had a message for his team: “We’re this close,” he yelled across the field as the…
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies examine counterfeit currency at a Canyon Country home on Feb. 1, 2018. (Credit: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station)
Two alleged counterfeiters nabbed during search warrant execution
Two alleged counterfeiters are off the streets and in custody as the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station continues to crack down on crime in Los Angeles County's third largest city.…
Officials investigate the scene of a fatal stabbing in the Vista Del Canon neighborhood in Santa Clarita. Austin Dave/The Signal
Murder victim remembered as a smart, loving, free spirit
Editor’s note: This is the third in a seven-part series looking at the six murders that were reported in the Santa Clarita Valley last year. Diane McQueen tried phoning her…
FILE PHOTOS: A series of photos from a 2015 Signal story regarding the Academy Explorers program shows some of the challenges the students are trained to overcome. The class was abruptly halted this week over concerns about insurance. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Sheriff’s Department’s Academy Explorers program at COC put on hold
Hart district officials were put on notice by Learning for Life that its partnership with the Sheriff’s Department allowing for the Academy Explorers class at COC is being discontinued as…
Cocaine-like bags found in riverbed prompt mystery and intrigue
Rick Steinbruecker finds many treasures among the trash left in the Santa Clara River. In 2006, he found $15,000 in crisp U.S. savings bonds and tracked down the rightful owner…
Harts's Izabel Reyes goes to kick the ball during the team's 2-1 win over Canyon on Friday night at Canyon. Photo courtesy Stephanie Shrout.
Foothill League girls soccer roundup: Hart clinches 5th straight Foothill League title
In his first four years as the Hart girls soccer coach, Guilherme Mitrovitch was a perfect 4-for-4 when it came to winning Foothill League titles. Mitrovitch and the Indians added…
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SCV woman accused of 14 crimes in wrong-way crash
A Santa Clarita Valley woman has been charged with several criminal counts including murder, attempted murder and assault for allegedly stealing a car and crashing it on the 210 Freeway,…
FILE PHOTO: The 86 second-graders sing Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer as they present their show entitled "Holiday Traditions Around The World" at Wiley Canyon Elementary School in Newhall on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal
Newhall district describes its ‘full-rounded’ arts education
Editor’s note: This is the second in an occasional, several-part series looking at arts education in Santa Clarita Valley school district. A recent countywide survey from the Los Angeles County…
Signal file photo Henry Mayo president and CEO Roger Seaver watches as the final beam is lowered into place atop the hospital's patient tower during a Top Out ceremony on Tuesday, May 24, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Henry Mayo earns Four-Star ranking in national Hospital Compare survey
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital garnered a Four-Star Ranking based on the recent Hospital Compare evaluations, which are published online. Henry Mayo officials noted no other hospital within a 20-mile radius…
Volunteers Kristin Barkhurst, left, and Cindy Bernsdorf loads up boxes of girl scout cookies at the Santa Clarita Cookie Cupboard in Valencia for the Girl Scouts of Greater Los Angeles to sell on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Girl Scout Cookie season kicks off in SCV
It’s time of year again, when local Girl Scout troops travel door-to-door and set up shop in front of storefronts to sell everyone’s favorite springtime treats. From Thin Mints and…
Abi Bowling takes a photo of a West Creek Academy kindergarten class at the end of a Career Day assembly Friday at the elementary school.
West Creek students explore futures during Career Day
From doctors and firefighters to teachers and accountants, West Creek Academy students spent the week learning about different careers they could pursue when they grow up. “I hope they start…
COC prepping for inaugural women’s tennis season
For three years, Leilani Figalan walked by the College of the Canyons tennis courts every single day, never hearing a sound. But one day in August, she heard the “thwack”…
Robert Gasior on foot patrol in Kuwait. Courtesy photo
Robert ‘Rob’ Gasior – USMC Iraq War Veteran – Valencia Resident
It’s a Small World I’ve known Robert Gasior a number of years from attending my grandsons’ baseball games at Valencia’s Hart Baseball Complex where his two sons also play.…
SCV Publications adds to local portfolio
Pet Me! Magazine will 'continue to serve as the SCV’s “central resource for pet lovers and animal-related industries'
Pet Me! Magazine is the latest addition to SCV Publications, LLC. Steve Kiggins/The Signal
SCV Publications adds to local portfolio
Pet Me! Magazine will continue to serve as the SCV’s "central resource for pet lovers and animal-related industries."
A collage of views of Bordeaux, France.. Courtesy photo
Carl Kanowsky: 2015 Bordeaux – some real winners
As fate would have it, I’m hobnobbing again in the realm of the rich and famous. Two weeks ago, I was on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, only a few…
