Read more about the article 8-year-old diagnosed with leukemia finds strength in mythical creatures
Addison Rivera surrounds herself with various stuffed unicorns, which symbolize different hospital stays. Although the 8-year-old was diagnosed with leukemia, she has kept a positive attitude with the help of her family.

8-year-old diagnosed with leukemia finds strength in mythical creatures

The beads are draped across the biggest stuffed unicorn of them all on a couch in the living room of Addison Rivera’s house. They symbolize different hospital stays, surgeries and…

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Read more about the article Paul Butler: Conflict resolution
Paul and Gaynor Butler training together for their 25-year half-marathon journey across all 50 states in 2016. Courtesy of Paul and Gaynor Butler

Paul Butler: Conflict resolution

My wife and I celebrate 25 years of marriage this year, and if I’ve learned anything about conflict resolution, it would be to listen twice as much as I speak.…

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Read more about the article Several spinouts reported during Monday morning commute
A PT Cruiser sends water more than 10 feet into the air driving down a flooded portion of 12th Street in Newhall. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Several spinouts reported during Monday morning commute

The post-Super Bowl commute Monday morning was a slippery one as law enforcement officers responded to more than a dozen spinouts in and around the Santa Clarita Valley. Rain-soaked and,…

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Read more about the article Child hit by car, airlifted to hospital
A child was airlifted a from Golden Oak Community School after being struck by a vehicle on the corner of Golden Valley Road and Via Princessa in Canyon Country Monday afternoon. Cory Rubin/The Signal

Child hit by car, airlifted to hospital

A child was airlifted to the hospital Monday after being struck by a car near Golden Oak Community School. A couple of minutes before 3 p.m., first responders received reports…

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Read more about the article Chloride reduction underway despite court challenges
FILE PHOTO. Luz Elena Henao, a treatment plant operator, cleans off large water filters used at the Sanitation District's Valencia Water Reclamation Plant on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017. Christian Monterrosa/ The Signal

Chloride reduction underway despite court challenges

After Sanitation District officials got down to the business of hiring and assigning work to construct a plant that would reduce the amount of chloride ending up in the Santa…

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Read more about the article New Democrat coalition announces new task force members
Katie Hill answers quastions from the crowd at the Bridgeport Clubhouse in Valencia. Cory Rubin/The Signal

New Democrat coalition announces new task force members

The New Democrat Coalition has announced the members who will reside on its eight policy task forces, which are charged with developing policy positions that will advance the causes of…

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Read more about the article Celebrate love in February
Andrew Monaghan and Ashley Shaw with the company in Matthew Bourne’s “Cinderella,” which will be presented by Center Theatre Group at the Ahmanson Theatre February 5 through March 10, 2019. For tickets and information, please visit CenterTheatreGroup.org or call (213) 972-4400. Press Contact: [email protected] / (213) 972-7376. Photo by Johan Persson.

Celebrate love in February

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Here are few special events that will help you make this Valentine’s Day one to remember. “Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella” Feb. 5 to March…

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Read more about the article Healthy snowpack means plenty of water for SCV
John King, water resource engineer, of the California Department of Water Resources, Snow Survey Section, conducts the second snow survey of the 2019 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. photo courtesy DWR.

Healthy snowpack means plenty of water for SCV

It’s been cold, wet and, in some places, snowy, but the silver lining, so to speak, is that the back-to-back storms have left a snowpack deep enough to provide ample…

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Read more about the article History and tradition make SCV’s ‘well-greased’ machines
Halfway House Cafe in Santa Clarita. Dan Watson/The Signal

History and tradition make SCV’s ‘well-greased’ machines

There are three things Santa Clarita residents take great pride in: Christmas, football and breakfast. Whether it’s whose side of town has the best Christmas lights; who will win the…

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