UPDATE: Crash leaves motorist trapped in van for half an hour, causes small gasoline spill
Fire Department workers mop up fuel-soaked powder from base of the light pole. Signal photo, Jim Holt

UPDATE: Crash leaves motorist trapped in van for half an hour, causes small gasoline spill

A motorist became trapped inside his van for more than a half-hour, after colliding with a light pole in Saugus late Friday afternoon. About 4:40 p.m., first responders were dispatched…

COC welcomes Freshmen to campus
FILE PHOTO A line forms outside the Student Center during the College of the Canyons Welcome Day event at College of the Canyons Valencia campus on a Friday in 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal

COC welcomes Freshmen to campus

To help local students avoid a daunting and nerve-wracking first day experience when school starts later this month,  College of the Canyons hosted its inaugural Welcome Day on Friday.  During…

West Ranch hires two co-athletic directors
The inductees of the 2019 College of the Canyons Athletic Hall of Fame,The 1984 Baseball team, the 2001 Women's Golf team, Dolores "Dody" Garcia and Len Mohney, gather on stage before the ceremony at the Hyatt in Valencia earlier this year. Cory Rubin/The Signal

West Ranch hires two co-athletic directors

With Dr. Cassandra Perez stepping down from her position as athletic director at the end of the school year, West Ranch has named two replacements who will serve as co-athletic…

SUSD hosts Welcome  Back to School company picnic
Bridgeport Elementary School teacher Melissa Brewster, left, tries to be the first to move a cookie down her face and into her mouth without using her hands during the cookie eating contest at the annual Saugus Professional Development event and Welcome Back company picnic attended by 600 Saugus Union School District board members, teachers, administrators and classified employees which was held at Bridgeport Park in Santa Clarita on Thursday. Dan Watson/The Signal

SUSD hosts Welcome Back to School company picnic

Over 600 Saugus Union School District teachers and classified staff participated in the district-wide Welcome Back to School professional development and company picnic day Thursday. Starting at Bridgeport Elementary School…

Coroner IDs Santa Clarita woman struck by train Thursday night
L.A. County sheriff's deputies bring out a sheet to cover the remains of a person that was apparently hit by a train near Rainbow Glen Drive and Soledad Canyon Road in Santa Clarita on Thursday night. Dan Watson/The Signal

Coroner IDs Santa Clarita woman struck by train Thursday night

By Perry Smith and Tammy Murga Coroner’s officials identified a pedestrian fatally struck by a Metrolink passenger train in Canyon Country late Thursday night.  Jasmine Owens Taira, 30, of Santa…

Foothill League football teams ready to put on pads
Valencia's Mitchell Torres (right) tries to break free from a defender at the Rams 11-on passing tournament at El Camino College earlier this summer. Haley Sawyer/The Signal

Foothill League football teams ready to put on pads

Football is the first of all the fall sports to begin practices, and while all Foothill League teams are excited to have started camp, there’s one thing players and coaches…

Court responds to city motion on solar panels in Canyon Country
Solar panels line a hillside in Canyon Country above the Canyon View Estates. The City of Santa Clarita has ordered the removal of these panels. Cory Rubin/ The Signal

Court responds to city motion on solar panels in Canyon Country

The latest round of the city’s ongoing legal battle against a hillside full of solar panels visible from Soledad Canyon Road involved whether Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Striplin will…

Randal Winter — U.S. Army — Vietnam veteran — Valencia resident
Vietnam veteran Randal G. Winter with a shadow box containing his military medals displayed in his office. Dan Watson/The Signal

Randal Winter — U.S. Army — Vietnam veteran — Valencia resident

Randal Winter has always been handy. At 18, he was stationed in Vietnam, where it was hot and humid in the summertime.  After he was able to acquire a portable…

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