Saugus baseball closes season with loss to Serra
By Jason GreenwaldFor The Signal Saugus boys baseball lost 3-2 to Serra on the road Tuesday in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 playoffs. In its first…
West Ranch softball tops Highland in extra innings
PALMDALE — Madison Flatt chose an opportune time for her first career home run. With the softball game tied at 10-10 between West Ranch and Highland at the end of…
Ayush Doshi and Arav Shah stand in front of their award-winning science projects at Oak Hills Elementary School in Stevenson Ranch. Cory Rubin/The Signal
Two Oak Hills Elementary students compete at state science fair
Oaks Hills Elementary sixth-graders Arav Shah and Ayush Doshi qualified for a national science fair competition recently due to their success at the county level, with Shah taking home first…
West Ranch's Cade Nicol (6) pitches against Yucaipa at West Ranch on Tuesday. Dan Watson/ The Signal
West Ranch baseball loses to Yucaipa, protests game
West Ranch baseball is in kind of a weird spot. Yes, they lost 1-0 to Yucaipa in the second round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 playoffs. But at the…
Trinity baseball falls in second round to El Monte
EL MONTE –– Scoring five runs through the first two innings of play against Trinity Classical Academy, El Monte appeared to have the CIF-Southern Section Division 6 second-round playoff home…
Lili Trujillo (right) with her daughter Valentina who was killed in a street racing crash. Courtesy photo, Streetracingkills.org
Mother of girl killed in street-racing crash speaks at COC
Lili Trujillo, whose daughter was killed in a street-racing crash six years ago, speaks at high schools to warn about the dangers of racing. Now she wants to bring her…
Letters to the Editor
Patricia Ramos | Soda Tax Would Devastate Business
By considering a new beverage tax, our legislators are showing how disconnected they are with California’s working families and small business owners and the skyrocketing cost of living and doing…
SCV Voices: Guest Commentary
Josh Heath | The GOP and the Evolution of Identity Politics
Any keen political observer can see that the modern Republican Party is decidedly different from what it used to be. Whereas in Abraham Lincoln’s day, conservatives were racial visionaries, today’s…
Signal File Photo.
Lunches, lunchboxes, seen tossed from school bus
If your child returned from a school trip Tuesday without their lunchbox, it might be somewhere on the shoulder of Highway 14, near Sand Canyon, where school kids were seen…
UPDATE: Man stabs alleged attacker during fight on train
A passenger on a Metrolink train who was allegedly attacked and punched in the face by a fellow train passenger fought back by stabbing his assailant in the shoulder, according…
CP gets dried off after being first dog bathed in the new mobile grooming trailer at the Castaic Animal Shelter Tuesday Morning. Cory Rubin/The Signal
It’s rub-a-dub-dub time for Castaic Animal Care Center’s animals
CP, an 11-year-old short-haired terrier mix, was surrendered to the Castaic Animal Care Center after her owner died this week. The first step on her road to being adoption ready…
A stolen beer and a slap on the buttocks ends in arrest
A 34-year-old man was arrested this week for allegedly slapping the buttocks of a woman working at a convenience store just before he grabbed a beer and left without paying.…
Ann Potenza started the Pop Sk8 roller rink to find a fun way to engage communities. Matt Fernandez/ The Signal
Pop Sk8 comes to Westfield Valencia Town Center
Summer fun and musical workouts have come early to Santa Clarita. Pop Sk8, California’s first theme pop-up outdoor roller rink, held its first opening day in the parking lot of…
Bear sightings on the rise
Santa Clarita residents recently spotted a bear wandering the neighborhood at different times of the day, causing concern for families and pets. On Sunday, around 10:20 p.m., a Stevenson Ranch…
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Third annual Making a Difference Festival hits Canyon High School
Students in Canyon High School’s Yes I Can program hosted the third annual Making a Difference Festival last weekend in an effort to promote autism awareness and social inclusion. Cory…
The city of Santa Clarita held a ribbon cutting Monday to celebrate the donation of new furniture for the Old Town Newhall library's children's area from the Friends fo the Santa Clarita Public Library. Tammy Murga/ The Signal
Donation from libraries ‘Friends’ upgrades kids’ space in Newhall
Local children now have a more interactive space to read and play at the Old Town Newhall Library thanks to a donation from the Friends of Santa Clarita Public Library.…
Public Health Department warns of measles outbreak
With cases of measles being reported in cities as close as Lancaster, Los Angeles and Long Beach, health officials are encouraging residents to get a booster if they’re worried about…
Senator Scott Wilk of the 21st district.
Joint resolution passes state Senate
An effort to help residents retain their Social Security benefits during a career change unanimously passed the state Senate on Monday. Senate Joint Resolution 3, authored by Sen. Scott Wilk,…
Illegal dumping near Neenach. photo for The Signal by Jeff Zimmerman
City’s campaign to reduce illegal dumping offers free pickup services
In an effort to reduce illegal dumping across the valley, the city of Santa Clarita has announced the "Don't Trash Your Community" campaign that will allow residents to dispose of…
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Members of the Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield staff and the WiSH Foundation, along with Santa Clarita City Councilman Cameron Smyth and his family, throw coins in the Westfield Town Center Valencia fountain to commemorate the demolition and to kick off a WiSH fundraiser.
There’s time to make one last wish at mall fountain
Since 1992, the fountain in front of JC Penney in the Westfield Town Center Valencia has been a place where people congregate to rest, relax and toss in the occasional…
