Read more about the article Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry needs volunteers for drive in May
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…

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Read more about the article Quarterly Santa Clarita Transportation Summit takes place
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…

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Read more about the article Newhall Health Center expands access in Santa Clarita
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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Read more about the article Top Water official says goodbye to newly-created water agency
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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,…

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Read more about the article GatewaySCV provides learning opportunities to adult learners
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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Read more about the article Big rig crash in Castaic spills diesel, snarls morning commute
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…

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Read more about the article Live Oak principal retires after four decades in education
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.…

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Read more about the article Subject of Signal heroin series arrested on misdemeanor drug charge
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,…

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Read more about the article 2018 All-SCV boys soccer
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…

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Read more about the article SCV residents reflect on MLK’s legacy 50 years after assassination
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…

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