Prep baseball roundup: Garcia throws complete-game shutout in Saugus win
As Saugus baseball entered the fifth inning against Arroyo Grande, Bobby Garcia could feel the stakes rising. He’d yet to allow a run in the Righetti Tournament game, and knew…
Volunteers from the West Ranch High School Action Team unload bags of donated food from postal trucks that were picked up by letter carriers making their postal deliveries as part of the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive and brought to the U.S. Post Office, Valencia Branch to benefit the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry in 2016. Dan Watson/The Signal
Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry needs volunteers for drive in May
The Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry is looking for volunteers for its letter carriers drive May 12, when help is needed to unload food from carrier trucks to Food Pantry…
From left, Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Mayor Pro Tem
Marsha McLean, and Councilmember
Bill Miranda participate in a Santa Clarita Valley transportation summit at City Hall on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Quarterly Santa Clarita Transportation Summit takes place
Transportation officials and local stakeholders met at City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to discuss legislative and budget updates on the city and county levels. The Santa Clarita Valley Transportation Summit…
Medical assistant Patricia Quinteros processes blood specimen at the Newhall Health Center on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. The community health center opened on Monday and sees all patients, insured and uninsured, as a federally qualified health center. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Newhall Health Center expands access in Santa Clarita
The Northeast Valley Health Corp. opened its fourth community center in the Santa Clarita Valley this week, increasing the health care service providers for the underinsured or uninsured and/or in…
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Top Water official says goodbye to newly-created water agency
Santa Clarita Valley’s new Water agency is losing one of their top staffers, leaving agency heads to ponder their previously-stated attrition policy. Valerie Pryor, SCV Water Agency’s assistant general manager,…
Certified medical assistant student Victoria Howard tests the blood pressure of high school diploma instructor Scott Davidson at Golden Oak Adult School on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
GatewaySCV provides learning opportunities to adult learners
Five years ago, with the passage of Assembly Bill 86, California community colleges and school districts began working together to form regional groups and develop programs to better serve the…
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Spring cleaning in Neenach means tires, trash, must go
Neenach is gearing up for a big spring cleanup this month, with organizers of the annual community trash pickup event hitting the litter-strewn highway early, trash bags in hand. Photographer…
Woman arrested, seven dogs seized in animal cruelty case
An Oregon woman was arrested this week on suspicion of animal cruelty after sheriff’s deputies found dogs with visible injuries in the woman’s van. Gertrude Williamson, a 67-year-old nurse, was…
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Small rainstorm heading to the SCV Friday
A small rainstorm is expected to make its way into the Santa Clarita Valley this week. “The storm is coming in Friday night. After midnight there’s a 20 percent chance…
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Big rig crash in Castaic spills diesel, snarls morning commute
A big rig crash in Castaic sent diesel across 300 feet of Interstate 5 on Wednesday morning . The single-vehicle traffic collision occurred shortly after 5:50 a.m. on the…
Live Oak Elementary School principal Cynthia Seamands poses for a picture at the school in Castaic on Thursday, March 29, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Live Oak principal retires after four decades in education
After decades of service to the Castaic Union School District and to education, Live Oak Elementary School Principal Cynthia Seamands plans to retire at the end of this school year.…
James "Kenny" Fusca smiles as Cary Quashen promises him a job if he remains sober for a year. Fusca said, after his three-month stint in jail, that he wants to spend his life helping people. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Subject of Signal heroin series arrested on misdemeanor drug charge
The young man at the center of a series published by The Signal about the rehabilitation of a heroin addict was arrested recently on a drug-related charge. James Kenneth Fusca,…
Hart sophmore Lawrence Luna (29) poses for a photo at the College of the Canyons soccer field in Valencia on Tuesday, April 3, 2018. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
2018 All-SCV boys soccer
Hart boys soccer’s Lawrence Luna is never short on motivation to score, but this season, that motivation took an interesting form. “One of my friends ... said if I score…
Antelope Valley catcher Anthony Parisi (33) tags COC's Senituli Taufahema out at home during a baseball game on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Seismic retrofitting: The clock is ticking
SCV BUSINESS VOICES: Marianne Cederlind, Mission Valley Bank
Second from left, Alexander Walker Boron receive his Eagle Scout rank. Courtesy photo
Alexander Walker Boron Achieves Eagle
By Victoria Cashin, Santa Clarita Contributor Alexander Walker Boron, a member of the Boy Scout Troop 58 and a resident of Saugus, has earned the honor of Eagle Scout, the…
Kevin Brocktrup grills meat at the fourth annual Grill Masters at Wolf Creek Brewery in Valencia. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal
Grill Master Challenge
Source: Press Release The Santa Clarita Valley Escrow Association (Tax ID # 95-6112699) is having a fundraiser to benefit The SCV Youth Project (Tax ID #95-4781732). We are having our…
King was a primary leader of peaceful protests throughout the South and instrumental in the passage of civil and voting rights legislation for black Americans.
SCV residents reflect on MLK’s legacy 50 years after assassination
Santa Clarita residents said they have been positively affected by the work of prominent civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 50 years…
L-r, Vietnam Veteran Dean Brown, Congressman Steve Knight, Lily Knight, and The Signal's Director of Veterans Affairs Bill Reynolds, at the Vietnam Veterans dinner held on March 31, in Lancaster. Courtesy photo
Seen Around the SCV
L-r, Mayor Pro Tem Marsha McLean and Artist Naomi Young. Photo courtesy of Naomi Young
Seen Around the SCV
Mayor Pro Tem Marsha McLean and Santa Clarita artist Naomi Young, at the ‘DOMES’ art exhibit. Marsha McLean is a great supporter of the arts in the city of Santa…
The Thursdays@Newhall series continues with free artistic events.
Thursday Nights in Old Town Newhall – the Place to be!
By Mayor Pro Tem Marsha McLean Love music? Cars? Comedy? Dancing? Games? Yummy food? Block parties? Art? Culture? Then your Thursday nights are officially booked! Grab your friends and family…
