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Bridge to Home closes with plans for program in May, year-round shelter

Bridge To Home, Santa Clarita’s homeless shelter, closed for the season Saturday, but clients have some resources they can turn to while waiting for the shelter’s reopening in November, officials…

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Read more about the article Santa Clarita Valley schools named 2018 Distinguished Schools
Fourth-graders from Valencia Valley Elementary School unload for their busses and head into the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center in Valencia to watch the Santa Clarita Ballet Company's performance of The Nutcracker Ballet on Wednesday as part of the ballet company's educational outreach program. Dan Watson/The Signal

Santa Clarita Valley schools named 2018 Distinguished Schools

Three schools in the Newhall School District and one school in the Sulphur Springs Union School District were named 2018 California Distinguished Schools Monday. Schools that received the award included…

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Read more about the article COC accepting applications for 2018-19 First Year Promise Program
FILE PHOTO: Members of the 2017 graduating class march in to begin the College of the Canyons commencement ceremony held in the Honor Grove at College of the Canyons in Valencia on June 2. Dan Watson/For the Signal

COC accepting applications for 2018-19 First Year Promise Program

College of the Canyons is now accepting applications for its 2018-19 cohort of First Year Promise Program students. Launched in fall 2017, the First Year Promise Program gives first-year, full-time…

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Read more about the article SCVBJ Tech Awards join CalArts Expo
College of the Canyons' Chris May (3) catches a pop fly during a baseball game against Antelope Valley College on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

SCVBJ Tech Awards join CalArts Expo

The CalArts Expo, which began seven years ago as what Ajay Kapur called a “renegade show” in one of the school’s hallways with about 30 or 40 students, has quickly become a vital piece of the institute’s DNA.

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Read more about the article Hundreds celebrate Easter with the community at Richard Rioux Park
Child gets excited as he tosses a ping pong ball in a cup toss carnival game, during Easter in the Park/ Skylar Barti The Signal

Hundreds celebrate Easter with the community at Richard Rioux Park

Hundreds of people gathered to celebrate Easter at Richard Rioux Park in Stevenson Ranch with a carnival-like atmosphere Sunday. Easter in the Park, hosted by His Way Church, is an…

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Read more about the article Brother of Santa Clarita educational leader passes
Tony Mercado/ Courtesy of Gloria Mercado-Fortine

Brother of Santa Clarita educational leader passes

Tony Mercado, longtime Santa Clarita resident and brother of former school board member Gloria Mercado-Fortine, died from health complications this week. He was 70. Mercado, a retired machinist for Anheuser-Busch,…

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