West Ranch baseball makes late-game rally to steal one from Canyon
After an intentional walk to load the bases, down by one run to Canyon in the top of the seventh inning, West Ranch’s Garrett Monheim stepped to the plate. “I…
West Ranch and Valencia swim split dual meet
In their last swim meet before Foothill League prelims, West Ranch and Valencia battled it out on Wednesday. Splitting the meet, the West Ranch boys came out victorious with a…
West Ranch's Gunnar Murray looks down range after hitting the ball on the first hole at Sand Canyon Country Club during the Foothill League Boys Golf Meet No. 1 on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
West Ranch wins league team, individual titles
For some Foothill League golfers, competing back-to-back days in the Newhall Cup can seem daunting both mentally and physically. West Ranch’s Gunnar Murray, however, felt completely at ease. “There was…
Prep baseball roundup: Hart avenges loss to Saugus
For Hart baseball’s David Holuby, Wednesday’s game against Saugus meant a chance at redemption. In the two teams’ first meeting of the season in March, Holuby dove and caught a…
Pair charged in Harvill slaying appear in court
Two men accused of killing Kimberly Harvill whose body was found in Gorman two years ago appeared in court this week. Joshua Aaron Robertson, 28, and Alex Richard Valdez,…
E-15 Water Well in Valencia CA, April 25 2018. Eddy Martinez/The Signal.
New wells, old water, for Newhall Ranch
When Newhall Ranch was actually a ranch, and not a 21,000-home development, Henry Newhall dammed a stream and laid down 1,000 feet of pipe to supply his ranch with…
Brian Perez fixes the robot in between heats as Ian Happel looks on during the eco-zomBEE Robot Challenge, hosted by MakerSpace, at College of the Canyons on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
COC celebrates creativity, resourcefulness and invention
Cosplay creations, robotics demonstrations, planetarium shows and an interactive star display are a small piece of the many planned festivities at this Saturday’s MakerSpace Festival. The College of the Canyons…
File photo. Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger.
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Barger to speak at 10th annual luncheon, address local businesses, residents
Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger will be speaking at the SCV Chamber of Commerce's annual State of the County luncheon May 11. The luncheon, now in its 10th year,…
Sen. Scott Wilk
Wilk bills pass committees, head to appropriations
Several bills authored by State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Antelope Valley, were approved by various committees on Wednesday. The bills would create a memorial for fallen California soldiers, streamline the state’s…
LASD car. Signal file photo.
Deputies track two burglary suspects to Bakersfield, make arrests, seize property
Deputies responding to a string of a half-dozen burglaries in the Santa Clarita Valley, tracked two burglary suspects to Bakersfield and made the arrests. On Tuesday night, deputies with…
Sulphur Springs Union School District administrative offices. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Homeless students prompt districts to look at personnel
In response to changing demographics in the Santa Clarita Valley, the Sulphur Springs Union School District could soon join several other local districts by employing a school social worker at…
Vijay Maraj takes a test drive on the automotive trainer at the TCAT Elizabethton, located in Northeast Tennessee.
Saugus High automotive instructor attends national seminar
By Bob Robinson for the Signal Vijay Maraj, an automotive technologies instructor at Saugus High School, was among more than 150 Career and Technical Education instructors, representing business, industry and…
Site west of Neenach where more than 19,000 homes are proposed in Centennial Specific Plan. photo for the Signal by Jeff Zimmerman
Public hearing about Centennial plan to build 19,000 homes postponed – again
Plans to have the public weigh in on a proposal to build more than 19,000 homes near the Kern County line were put off Wednesday for the second time in…
Knight introduces energy storage development legislation
Congressman Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, introduced H.R. 5610, the Better Energy Storage Technology Act on Wednesday. This bipartisan bill would establish innovation goals to develop commercially-viable large-scale energy storage technology. The…
The Garden of the Month sign sits on a plot in the Community Gardens of Santa Clarita in Central Park on Sunday. Samie Gebers/The Signal
Community Gardens of Santa Clarita hosting farm-to-table event
Volunteers with the Community Gardens of Santa Clarita plan to hold a farm-to-table event for Santa Clarita Valley youth May 5, at their location inside Central Park. The event is…
Elementary school students keep their eyes on a rubber chicken held up by a court jester during the fourth grade Medieval Times and Renaissance Faire at Trinity Classical Academy on Friday, March 31, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Six Flags reports record revenue to open 2018
The year-round operating schedule at Magic Mountain has already provided a boost to Six Flags Entertainment Corporation’s bottom line. The world’s largest regional theme park company in a Tuesday news…
Gary Horton: Of waffle houses, racism and guns
It’s not often the oft-maligned, but generally savored Waffle House makes national news – and twice in one week. We don’t have Waffle Houses here in So. Cal. Kind of…
Castaic Middle School students Megan Alangui, Dane Bennett, Alec Gomez, and Adelina Grifsha, Bethany Infuso, Austin Miller, Beth Powell, Jessica Shubert and Isabella Tayag with their chaperons at the Student Television Network (STN) Convention in Anaheim, Calif. from March 28 to March 31, 2017. Courtesy of Ro Osano
Federal court lashes out at use of prior salary history
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Letters to the Editor
Howard H. Gething: Sticking to your beliefs
At first I wasn’t going to reply to Brian Baker’s column – “We are seeing the Signs” (April 20) – but after wading through the excesses of verbiage several times…
