Letters to the Editor
Lisa M. McDougald | A Letter to Bob Kellar
Dear Mr. Bob Kellar, I am writing to you again as I did not receive a response from my first letter. In a June 18 news article, you stated, “We’ve…
Server Tasha Popejoy, center, brings drinks to customers Rosemary Cook, left, and Doug Odom of Valencia as they dine outside Crazy Otto's in Valencia on Thursday, July 02, 2020. Dan Watson/The Signal
SCV restaurants in ‘survival mode’ amid everchanging COVID-19 restrictions
By Emily Alvarenga and Tammy Murga When Simon Mee, owner of Newhall Refinery, heard that officials were ordering bars and wineries to close once again, he wondered if restaurants would…
Flutes decorated by Santa Clarita Valley students who participated in the “Flutes Across the World” program with a music teacher who is being investigated for placing bodily fluids on the handmade flutes. Photos courtesy of Facebook
Music teacher charged with sex acts upon children, child porn pleads guilty
A music teacher who taught in schools throughout Southern California, including Santa Clarita, pleaded guilty to one federal count of producing child pornography and six state counts of lewd acts…
Server Tasha Popejoy, center, brings drinks to customers Rosemary Cook, left, and Doug Odom of Valencia as they dine outside Crazy Otto's in Valencia on Thursday, July 02, 2020. Dan Watson/The Signal
Restaurantes en ‘modo de supervivencia’
Por Tammy Murga y Lauren Budman Esta edición: restaurantes en ‘modo de supervivencia’, Valle de Santa Clarita ve un aumento de 33 casos COVID-19 y una actualización sobre incendios forestales.…
Vesta driver Lorenzon Cisnaros unloads one of five pallets of food from the delivery truck at Santa Clarita Grocery in Santa Clarita on Friday, May 29, 20. Dan Watson/The Signal
Acts of Kindness: Enough food to last the summer
In a multiagency partnership, several Santa Clarita Valley nonprofits were able to receive enough food donations to allow them to serve thousands of local families in need. As food banks…
Santa Clarita City Hall, as pictured on Feb. 26. Watson/The Signal
City changes Code Enforcement mission statement regarding broken windows theory
The city of Santa Clarita has changed the language of its Code Enforcement’s mission statement to reflect what officials said is a more accurate reflection of operations by omitting a…
From left to right, Board of Trustees member Steve Zimmer, BOT member Edel Alonso, Chancellor Dianne G. Van Hook, BOT Vice President Michael Berger, BOT Clerk Michele Jenkins and BOT member Joan MacGregor at the groundbreaking of the Science Center at the College of the Canyons Canyon Country Campus on Wednesday, Jan, 24, 2018. The science center is one of multiple projects that were funded through the college's bond measure. Courtesy Photo
Committee for College of the Canyons bond measure ordered to pay $9,000 fine
The Committee for College of the Canyons — Yes on Measure E has been ordered to pay a $9,000 fine for infractions committed in 2016 and 2017. The COC “Yes…
Castaic Area Town Council members sit at a meeting on April 18, 2018, in this Signal file photo.
Castaic Town Council mulls decision over open-seat special election
The Castaic Town Council is set to have a discussion during a July 15 virtual meeting on what to do for the vacant seat in Region 5. The Town Council…
Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles County Public Health Department.
Santa Clarita under air quality advisory; third in a week
For the third time in the last week, the Santa Clarita Valley is under an air quality advisory, according to the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. On Friday and…
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station
Man suspected of punching ex-girlfriend, stealing infant twins arrested
An Apple Valley man was arrested on suspicion of punching his ex-girlfriend and then stealing her car with their two infant children in the back seat Tuesday. James O’Neal, 26,…
Santa Clarita Valley sees increase of 33 cases; brings total to 3,235
While COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations continue to rise around the county, the number of cases reported for the Santa Clarita Valley increased by 33 in the last day, bringing the…
Photo simulation of the proposed self-storage facility on Centre Pointe Parkway and Diamond Place. Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita
Planning Commission to consider three-story, self-storage project in business park
The Santa Clarita Planning Commission is expected to consider Tuesday the development of a 56-foot-tall self-storage facility within the city’s Business Park zone. UN Development Properties, LLC, has proposed to…
Signal file photo of the state's Capitol building in Sacramento
Wilk and other lawmakers call for audit of CA’s unemployment agency
Several California lawmakers, including Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, and Assemblyman Tom Lackey, R-Palmdale, have called for an audit of the state’s Employment Development Department to clarify major delays in…
Pictured is Ashley Bebe Nichole, 26, of Santa Clarita. Courtesy
LASD seeking public’s help in locating Santa Clarita resident
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s help in locating a 26-year-old Santa Clarita resident who has been missing since June 2. Ashley Bebe Nichole was last…
Firefighters cleaning up the Twain Fire, a Thursday afternoon brush fire in Stevenson Ranch that had been held to three acres. Dan Watson / The Signal.
Forward progress stopped on 3-acre Twain Fire in Stevenson Ranch
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were called to the scene of a brush fire in Stevenson Ranch on Thursday. The fire was first reported at 1:03 p.m., near the…
A water dropping helicopter makes a drop on a brush fire near Rowher Flats in Agua Dulce on Wednesday, July 01, 2020. Dan Watson/The Signal
Rowher Fire at 60% containment, 625 acres
The fast-spreading Rowher Fire in Agua Dulce reached about 625 acres overnight, with approximately 60% containment as of Thursday afternoon. On Thursday morning, the fire was mapped by aircraft, while…
Patokh Chodiev: how a billionaire achieved success
Every successful person sees the world differently. Often, billionaires are people who are in love with their business or even obsessed with it. For example, the famous businessman Patokh Chodiev…
Kim Newman is surprised by co-workers from Meadows Elementary School as they do a 25 year drive-by retirement parade for her in Valencia on Friday, June 26, 20. Dan Watson/The Signal
Meadows staff send off colleague with drive-by surprise party
Kim Newman’s colleagues considered her the face of Meadows Elementary School, so when it came time for her to retire after more than 25 years at the school, she said…
Signal File Photo.
COBRA operation nets 23 arrests
An operation conducted by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Career Offender — Burglary, Robbery, Assault (COBRA) team netted 23 arrests Tuesday. The operation, according to Sheriff’s Station officials, followed…
Janene Maxon reads from "Last Day Blues" during her weekly story time on Facebook Live. Photo courtesy of the Castaic Union School District.
Storytime with Mrs. Maxon: Castaic assistant superintendent spends pandemic reading to families
Complete with voices, energy and even boat rides, Janene Maxon, the Castaic Union School District’s assistant superintendent of educational services, is not letting her retirement, or a pandemic, stop her…
