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Matt Moore makes return to Hart football
Matt Moore is wearing red and black once again. But instead of the football uniform he wore when he was the quarterback at Hart in the early 2000s, it’s a…
Vice Principal Jenna Oikawa greets a family attending back to school night. Bobby Block / The Signal
Back-to-School: Sulphur Springs STEAMs ahead
The district whose namesake is one of the oldest schools in Santa Clarita, with approximately 150 years in the books, Sulphur Springs, returns to school Thursday. The district remains one…
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Motorcyclist injured, taken to hospital, in spill near Elizabeth Lake
A motorcyclist was injured and taken to the hospital late Wednesday afternoon, following a solo-vehicle crash near Elizabeth Lake. The incident happened at 6:18 p.m. on Bouquet Canyon Road about…
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station
Details emerge about wild multi-vehicle wrong way crash
Details regarding the wild ride reported by motorists making their way along Bouquet Canyon Road Saturday evening continue to slowly emerge as investigators try to figure out what happened. The…
Officials with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner remove body from the scene. Signal photo, Gilbert Bernal.
UPDATE: Pickup truck driver killed in fiery Castaic crash, ID pending
The driver of a pickup truck died Wednesday morning after colliding with a big rig on Interstate 5 near Castaic. Investigators with the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner…
Jennifer Turcios, the city of Santa Clarita's first woman inspector, started as an intern for the city in the summer of 2017. Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita.
Santa Clarita named 12th hardest-working city in America
Many consider business to be the backbone of the Santa Clarita Valley, so local leaders weren’t too surprised to hear Kempler Industries named Santa Clarita the 12th-hardest-working city in the…
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DUI checkpoint planned for Friday night in the SCV
Officers with the Newhall-area Office of the California Highway Patrol announced Wednesday they’ll be conducting a DUI checkpoint Friday night. The location of the “sobriety checkpoint” is expected to be…
Barn owl Catori flaps his wings as volunteer Roger McClure leads the weekly Native Live Animal Presentation at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center on Saturday. Dan Watson/The Signal
Nature Center to host ‘BioBlitz’
Though the Placerita Canyon Nature Center hosts its community education series every month, this month is going to be special, according to Ranger Frank Hoffman, head ranger and recreation services…
Castaic Lake RV Park's Castaic Car & Bike Show. Courtesy of Bryan Rupp
Car and bike show to benefit American Legion
Castaic Lake RV Park is hosting its inaugural Castaic Car & Bike Show benefiting the American Legion Post No. 507 Saturday. This is their second car show of the year,…
Conner Menez, pictured here at The Master's University, made his Major League debut for the San Francisco Giants in July. Photo by Tony Berru
SCV baseball players make their marks in major leagues
Making his MLB debut on July 21 against the New York Mets, San Francisco Giants pitcher and The Master’s University alumnus Conner Menez got the nod once again, starting in…
The William S. Hart Union High School District office
Former residents graduate, make deans list
Pacific Former Santa Clarita Valley students Andrew Cesta, Ashlyn Storaker and Karen Nathacia Du graduated from Pacific University this summer after the completion of their undergraduate and graduate studies. Nathacia…
Letters to the Editor
Richard La Motte | The Untrue Suppositions of the Left
I remember this story from the Old Testament: When Mesopotamia destroyed Jerusalem and took the tribe of Judah into bondage, it caused much consternation, because they felt that they had…
Lynne Plambeck | Warming Climate and Our Water
We all know that a warming climate will affect our water supply. Some areas of the country are predicted to see increased flooding from hurricanes and other storms, while climate…
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Newhall School District nominates Wilk, Smith for recognition
The Newhall School District governing board voted Tuesday in favor of nominating State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, and Assemblywoman Christy Smith, D-Santa Clarita, for California School Board Association legislator…
Signal File Photo: Members of the Castaic High School Cheer team, left, welcome freshman students as they arrive for their first day of school at the new Castaic High School in Castaic. Dan Watson/The Signal
Castaic High: A timeline
It’s been nearly two decades since the William S. Hart Union High School District began exploring the possibility of a new high school in Castaic, but the delay is over…
Marissa Thompson, teen librarian at the Old Town Newhall Library, poses with a Dungeons & Dragons guidebook and some dice. Matt Fernandez/ The Signal
Books and Battles offers local teens opportunity to adventure
Santa Clarita teens looking for new worlds to explore can travel to fantasy lands and embark on new adventures courtesy of the Santa Clarita Library. Books & Battles is the…
William S. Hart Union High School District Governing Board Member Steve Sturgeon, left, shakes hands with Micayla Darland as he welcomes Castaic High School freshman students for their first day of school at the new Castaic High School in Castaic on Tuesday. Dan Watson/The Signal
Back-to-School: Hart District opens Castaic High School, Wellness Centers
Kicking off the 2019-20 school year, William S. Hart Union High School District officials opened up Castaic High School and two district Wellness Centers Tuesday. Castaic High School opened to…
Barger calls scrapping Men’s Central Jail plan a ‘step backward’
Supervisor Kathryn Barger was the only member on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to oppose the county’s plan for a new jail, calling it “a step backwards for…
Officials outside Valencia High discuss precautionary safety measures with local deputies. Gilbert Bernal
Deputies clear soft lockdown at Valencia High
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies detained a man after they received reports of a possible suspicious individual not far from Valencia High School’s campus Wednesday. The person was questioned…
Local Valencia resident and boys volleyball player set to play in 2019 FIVB U19 World Championships
Long Beach State boys volleyball commit and Valencia resident Mason Briggs has been selected to represent the 2019 United States Boys Youth Team at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19…
