SCV Voices: Guest Commentary
Dave Bossert | No Fireworks Show in Stevenson Ranch
As a child, my parents took me, my brother and our two sisters to the local county park on New York’s Long Island to see the annual fireworks show on…
Earthquake rocks Santa Clarita area
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck Southern California Thursday and jolts were felt across the Santa Clarita Valley as the town’s Independence Day parade was winding down in Old Town Newhall. The…
Senator Scott Wilk of the 21st district.
Assembly committees pass two bills of Sen. Wilk
State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, celebrated the passage of two Senate bills out of separate Assembly committees Wednesday. Wilk announced in a news release that both Senate Bill 219,…
lacrosse player with stick
Valencia boys lacrosse announces Ted Emery as head coach
Ted Emery has played lacrosse all over the country and all over the world. So when he was given the opportunity to coach the Valencia boys lacrosse team, he knew…
Students come and go from the Dianne G. Van Hook University Center at College of the Canyons. Cory Rubin/ The Signal
Budget allocates funding to waive tuition at California community colleges
The tuition of first-time, full-time students at California community colleges will now be covered by California after state leaders agreed to dedicate more funding to higher education that will be…
Letters to the Editor
Bill Lyons | Are We Shorting Our Kids?
I read with interest Caleb Lunetta’s June 27 piece on declining enrollment at Newhall public schools. Superintendent Jeff Pelzel was quoted saying, “Students need to be in school every day…
Letters to the Editor
Brian Baker | Don’t Be Fooled by Border Rhetoric
Another Wednesday, another Gary Horton bleat. His June 27 entry, “Kids in Cages: Is That the American Way?” finds him in full-bloomed sob mode. “Kids in cages in faraway places,…
Steve Lunetta | My Electric Car Adventure, Part 1
I recently went through a job change and those of you who have experienced such a thing know what a joy it is. Fortunately, we had about a year’s notice…
The West Ranch boys and girls cross-country team made program history with both teams qualifying for the CIF State Meet as the boys team finished in third place and the girls in fifth place at CIF-Southern Section Division 1 Cross-Country Championships at Riverside City Cross Country Course in November.
2018-19 Signal Sports Awards: Team of the Year
Forming a cohesive unit throughout the 2018 cross-country season, the West Ranch boys and girls cross-country teams always believed in themselves and set out to prove why they were not…
A flag flies in front of the mirrored windows of the Valencia Atrium. Cory Rubin/The Signal
SCV’s flags wave proudly for the Fourth
For more than 200 years, the American flag has been flown across the nation as a symbol of allegiance and pride, and the Santa Clarita Valley is no exception. In…
Valencia's Lane Farrell throws a pitch in a game against Notre Dame of Sherman Oaks at Notre Dame on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Haley Sawyer/The Signal
Valencia baseball falls to Notre Dame after fourth-inning struggles
With only one week left in the summer baseball schedule, the Valencia Vikings traveled to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks on Wednesday to take on one of the…
Wanted man found in Newhall gas station restroom
A Stevenson Ranch man wanted on a $75,000 warrant was arrested Tuesday after reports of a person staying in a public restroom for about an hour, according to local law…
Some 550 painted mouse traps of the exhibit entitled SNAP!. The art will hang at the Town Center Art Space until November 1st, on the second floor of the Westfield Valencia Town Center in Valencia on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal
Forge Ahead Arts to host reception for new art installation
Forge Ahead Arts, a nonprofit arts organization, with the help of the city of Santa Clarita, has created SNAP, a new art installation on display at the Westfield Valencia Town…
In this Signal file photo, Assemblywoman Christy Smith points to the football field where she practiced as a Pop Warner football league cheer leader as a girl during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for 21 new classrooms at Sierra Vista Junior High School in Canyon Country. Her new bill reprioritizes the revenue for Kids Plates from the DMV, which will help more children, she said Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal
Smith’s second law seeks to support children’s causes
Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, quickly followed up her first bill being signed into law with a second successful effort Wednesday. While her first law, Assembly Bill 853, focused on…
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Firefighters extinguish small outside fire in Newhall
Firefighters in close proximity to a small vegetation fire in Newhall had a quick handle on the situation before it could grow in size. “We received a call at 4:06…
Fireworks were launched at the University Center parking lot at College of the Canyons in Valencia on Thursday, April 5, 2018. The demonstration was to train fire captains and inspectors on fire prevention with fireworks. Signal file photo
Health experts offer caution for Fourth
The Fourth of July weather forecast calls for temperatures in the mid- to upper-80s and clear skies, although in the evening, fireworks might affect air quality tonight, according to the…
Bear and its cub spotted in a Castaic neighborhood Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Photo: Cara Gayle Cherry Photography
Bear, cub spotted in Castaic neighborhood
Santa Clarita Valley sheriff’s deputies responded to yet another “bear in the backyard” sighting Wednesday, as a mother bear and her cub were seen in a Castaic neighborhood. Deputies arrived…
Former coach sentenced for sexual assault charges
Jeremy Haggerty, a former youth basketball coach who worked at a number of local schools, was sentenced Wednesday to nine years in prison as part of a plea deal for…
Three Foothill League baseball teams highlight California Classic
As summer baseball begins to wind down, there is one major weekend tournament left on three Foothill League teams’ schedules: The California Classic. For nearly 10 years, the California Classic…
