Read more about the article Weekly Volunteer & Blood Donation Calendar March 8
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Weekly Volunteer & Blood Donation Calendar March 8

Volunteer Opportunities WANTED: “RANCH HANDS” FOR SILVER SHINDIG - City Seeking Volunteers for the 2018 Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival Calling all cowboys, cowgirls, wranglers and drovers! The 25th Annual Santa Clarita…

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Read more about the article Weekly Ongoing Calendar March 8
FILE PHOTO: A bee flies away from a trio of sunflowers in a garden on Walnut Street in Newhall on Thursday, August 24, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Weekly Ongoing Calendar March 8

  Saturday   Old Town Newhall Farmers Market What: New location, new day and new hours. California farmers and specialty food purveyors come together each Saturday, rain or shine, to…

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Valencia boys basketball loses to Cajon in first round of CIF State Division 2 tournament

A year of firsts for the Valencia boys basketball program came to a halt Wednesday night. The Vikings, playing in their first-ever CIF State playoff game, fell 67-56 at Cajon…

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Read more about the article SCCS boys hoops gets first-round win against Corcoran in CIF State playoffs
Jordan Starr of Santa Clarita Christian School is defended by Jaqui Condoll of Corcoran during the first round of the CIF State Division 5 boys basketball tournament at The Master's University. Tom Cruze/For The Signal.

SCCS boys hoops gets first-round win against Corcoran in CIF State playoffs

For seemingly the first time since the Santa Clarita Christian School’s grueling preleague slate, a team at least matched the Cardinals physicality, coming in the first round of the CIF…

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Read more about the article Saugus girls hoops falls short in first round of CIF tournament
Saugus girls basketball's Danny Diaz keeps the ball away from Sunny Hills players in a CIF state tournament game at Sunny Hills on Wednesday. Haley Sawyer/The Signal

Saugus girls hoops falls short in first round of CIF tournament

FULLERTON – After a timeout in the third quarter in the CIF Division 3 state tournament game against Sunny Hills, the Saugus girls basketball team stood in a circle, put their…

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Read more about the article Saugus schools integrate arts education in the classroom
FILE PHOTO: Declining enrollment means less average daily attendance funding for school districts. It’s a problem being felt across the Santa Clarita Valley, and in districts throughout the state of California.

Saugus schools integrate arts education in the classroom

Editor’s Note: This is the third in an occasional, several-part series looking at arts education in Santa Clarita Valley school districts. A recent countywide survey from the Los Angeles County…

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Read more about the article County planners take site tour for 19,000-home Centennial development
This picture from a resident who lives near the intersection of Three Points Road and Highway 138, looks west over where the proposed Centenial project would go.

County planners take site tour for 19,000-home Centennial development

County planning commissioners boarded a bus in Castaic, headed north of Gorman  and got their first look at a plot where more than 19,000 new homes are being planned as…

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Read more about the article Updates to Castaic budget show changes to multi year projections
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Updates to Castaic budget show changes to multi year projections

Fewer students and rising pension costs prompted Castaic Union officials to make budget adjustments for the school district’s multi-year projections, officials said Wednesday. The changes reflect just how significant a…

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Read more about the article SCV Earth Arbor Day competition asks community to submit their best ‘cArt aRt’
2016 cArt aRt Entrants for the Earth Arbor day event/ Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita.

SCV Earth Arbor Day competition asks community to submit their best ‘cArt aRt’

Santa Clarita city council is inviting community members to join the 2018 Earth Arbor Day “cArt aRt” competition. The competition asks participants to “take an ordinary trash can and change…

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Read more about the article Deputies investigating bank robbery at Chase location in Newhall
Sheriff's vehicle outside the Chase Bank on Lyon's Ave. March 7 2018/ Austin Dave The Signal

Deputies investigating bank robbery at Chase location in Newhall

Another bandit with a note has stolen from a Santa Clarita Valley bank, Sheriff’s Station officials said Wednesday evening. Deputies responded to the bank robbery in Newhall on Wednesday shortly…

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Read more about the article Valencia Town Center announces leadership change
Shoppers congregate at the Westfield Valencia Town Center on Black Friday. Photo Tom Cruze/For the Signal

Valencia Town Center announces leadership change

There’s a new leader at Valencia Town Center. A few new shops and restaurants, too. Corrine Barchanowicz, a veteran employee of Westfield who had most recently served as the company’s…

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Read more about the article CDC study finds 30 percent rise in opioid overdoses
Cary Quashen, founder of Action Family Counseling, demonstrates the assembly of a Narcan pack, which is administered via an oral spray to a patient who has overdosed on heroin or any other opiate-based narcotic. Representative Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, said he has joined a congressional bipartisan task force to craft legislation to fight heroin addiction. Ryan Painter/The Signal.

CDC study finds 30 percent rise in opioid overdoses

Opioid overdoses in America have gone up 30 percent since Jul 2016 to Sept 2017, according to new information released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 14-month…

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