Read more about the article Vikes baseball ready for wild-card challenge
Valencia's varsity baseball team celebrates their win over West Ranch, which clinched them the league title, after a baseball game on Thursday, May 11, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Vikes baseball ready for wild-card challenge

Some prep baseball teams have one, unified pregame tradition that helps them get focused up for an impending game. Not Valencia. Across the field, some guys have complex handshakes. Others…

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Read more about the article Local Music Teacher Derrick Spiva Jr. To Have Work Premiered By Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Derrick Spiva, Jr. Photo courtesy of Hannah Arista

Local Music Teacher Derrick Spiva Jr. To Have Work Premiered By Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra

By Libby Huebner, Santa Clarita Contributor Derrick Spiva Jr., a beloved Santa Clarita music teacher, conductor and rising composer noted for integrating non-Western music traditions with classical music, will have his latest…

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Read more about the article Super Jazz At The Ranch Is Back!
Jazz music will echo through the halls of West Ranch High School as its music program hosts the Super Jazz at the Ranch Festival on May 18, Dan Watson / The Signal

Super Jazz At The Ranch Is Back!

By Signal Staff Super Jazz at the Ranch, a daylong jazz festival hosted by West Ranch High School, is happening Saturday, May 19. Music will fill the air as performers…

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Read more about the article A Peek Inside the Traffic Operations Center
Traffic proceeding down Valencia Boulevard as viewed from pedestrian bridge near City Hall looking west. (Dan Watson / Signal file art)

A Peek Inside the Traffic Operations Center

By Mayor Laurene Weste Traffic is one of the most common concerns raised by residents throughout Southern California. Here in City of Santa Clarita, we utilize a sophisticated, extensive, state-of-the-art…

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