Yearly Archives: 2018
Read more about the article Caltrans releases lane closures scheduled for pavement project
Highway 14 winds through Santa Clarita on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2017. A sample of about 5,000 California drivers widely supported a pilot program that could pave the way for taxing motorists in Santa Clarita and statewide on a per-mile basis, according to a state report released Dec. 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Caltrans releases lane closures scheduled for pavement project

By Signal Staff Nightly lane closures will commence as soon as Monday on Sierra Highway as Caltrans crews start their paving project. The project will repave more than 19 lane…

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Read more about the article Unemployed LA man accused of felony evading in Thursday’s pursuit and crash
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies set up a containment after a dark Honda Accord collided with a silver Honda Civic following an alleged carjacking and pursuit. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Unemployed LA man accused of felony evading in Thursday’s pursuit and crash

An unemployed man from Los Angeles was arrested on suspicion of evading a peace officer in connection with a brief pursuit that ended in a T-bone traffic collision Thursday. Anthony…

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Read more about the article Growing alongside students
Oksana Kolesnikova and the Oksana Management Group will offer 10 low-income students at Rio Vista Elementary School the opportunity to attend an after-school enrichment program free of charge this school year. (Courtesy of Alex Concas)

Growing alongside students

The Oksana Management Group has worked closely with the Saugus Union School District for the last two years as its offered an array of after-school activities, including music classes, foreign…

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Read more about the article Anthony Alba | Here’s a System that Could Make Free College Work for Everyone
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Anthony Alba | Here’s a System that Could Make Free College Work for Everyone

In response to Joshua Heath’s Aug. 14 article about taxation and free college education: I finally agree with Joshua about something. Yes, college education should be free to all American…

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Read more about the article Golden Valley football looking to begin season with another win
Golden Valley heads onto the field prior to a scrimmage against Crescenta Valley at Harry Welch Stadium Friday night. Cory Rubin/ The Signal

Golden Valley football looking to begin season with another win

Officially kicking off their season today at 7 p.m., the Golden Valley Grizzlies will face off against the Highland at Highland in hopes of starting the season off the same…

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Read more about the article West Ranch football eager to begin season
West Ranch's quarterback Weston Eget hands the ball off to Ryan Camacho in hopes of gaining some yards Monday, Aug. 6 Eddy Martinez/The SIgnal.

West Ranch football eager to begin season

Few Foothill League teams carry as much hype into this season as West Ranch. With a quarterback who drew plenty of attention in the offseason and a plethora of receivers…

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Read more about the article SCCS football has payback on its mind
The Santa Clarita Christian football team runs onto the field before their game against St. Bernard at Canyon High School. Dan Watson/For The Signal

SCCS football has payback on its mind

Santa Clarita Christian School completed a perfect season last year on its way to a Division 13 playoff berth. It was there in the second round of the playoffs where…

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Read more about the article Saugus football aiming to start season off on the right foot
Nicholas Schreiner carries the ball through the defense Wednesday afternoon at Saugus High School's summer football practice. Eddy Martinez/The Signal

Saugus football aiming to start season off on the right foot

Saugus will open its football preleague slate against Taft on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at College of the Canyons. Both teams won their season openers last year, but Taft…

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Read more about the article Carl Kanowsky: 4 remarkable wines at Napa Barrel Auction
Ana Diogo-Draper became director of winemaking at Artesa in 2015. Artesa’s 2016 Galatea is a unique blending of cabernet sauvignon and tempranillo. Courtesy photo

Carl Kanowsky: 4 remarkable wines at Napa Barrel Auction

Allow me to conclude my musings about the Napa Barrel Auction. But first, a few corrections. In my last column, I reviewed Gamble’s sauvignon blanc. I mischaracterized it as retailing…

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Read more about the article Jack M. Crawford – U.S. Army – Vietnam War Veteran – Saugus Resident
Jack M. Crawford Induction Photo.

Jack M. Crawford – U.S. Army – Vietnam War Veteran – Saugus Resident

Veteran Tip-off Once again one of my veteran pals tipped me off to another veteran who honorably served our country and this week, thanks to Jim Hackett, USMC Vietnam veteran,…

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Read more about the article Golden Valley girls volleyball drops tough match in five sets
Golden Valley's Kelsea Shea, 24, jumps to spike the ball during a match against Chaminade High School on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018 at Golden Valley High School. Erik Luna/The Signal

Golden Valley girls volleyball drops tough match in five sets

It was the fourth match in four days for the Golden Valley girls volleyball team, but even as fatigue set in, the team fought until the end, losing to Chaminade…

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