Read more about the article David Hegg | How to Make Every Day a Gift
David Hegg is senior pastor of Grace Baptist Church and a Santa Clarita resident. "Ethically Speaking" runs Saturdays in The Signal.

David Hegg | How to Make Every Day a Gift

By David Hegg If you’re like me, you sometimes lie in bed after the alarm has sounded, theoretically debating the benefit of leaving the warm comfort of the bed to…

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Read more about the article Up close and personal with wildlife in the SCV
A gibbon at the Gibbon Conservation Center, swings in its enclosure Sunday morning. September 12, 2021. Bobby Block / The Signal.

Up close and personal with wildlife in the SCV

The Santa Clarita Valley is surrounded by open space, meaning its residents are often catching glimpses of some of the natural wildlife that calls its hills and valleys home. However,…

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Read more about the article Social media and our Santa Clarita youth
Santa Clarita City Hall, as pictured on February, 26, 2020, is located on the 23900 block of Valencia Blvd. Dan Watson/The Signal

Social media and our Santa Clarita youth

By Ken Striplin Santa Clarita City Manager “Distracted from distraction by distraction” – T.S. Eliot Distraction, by definition, means something that distracts or directs one’s attention away from something else.…

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Read more about the article Holistic health: understanding healing with energy
Certified Reiki Master Cecilia Wong treats patient Bonnie Reichers in her home healing space in Valencia on Wednesday, 090821. Dan Watson/The Signal

Holistic health: understanding healing with energy

By Kev Kurdoghlian Signal Staff Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has made personal and public health a daily topic of conversation and consideration. And maybe holistic health popped up on the…

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Read more about the article The SCV’s long history of dealing with disasters
A water dropping helicopter makes a drop in high winds as the Tick Fire burns down a canyon and treatens homes as viewed from Stonecrest Park in Canyon Country on Thursday, October 24, 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal

The SCV’s long history of dealing with disasters

By Caleb Lunetta Signal Senior Staff Writer When you think of disasters in the Santa Clarita Valley, is the first thing that comes to mind thje massive flood in ‘28?…

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Read more about the article Firefighters get handle on 5-acre fire in Agua Dulce
Firefighters from the Los Angeles County Fire Department Assist personnel from the Angeles National Forrest battle a brush fire that broke out along the Northbound lanes of Highway 14 near the Agua Dulce Canyon Road exit Saturday afternoon. September 18, 2021. Bobby Block / The Signal.

Firefighters get handle on 5-acre fire in Agua Dulce

Firefighters stopped forward progress on a 5-acre fire near the Vasquez Rocks Nature Area in Agua Dulce at 5:08 p.m. Saturday.  The fire started at 4:07 p.m. and did not cause any injuries…

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Read more about the article Communications, energy storage on planning commission docket
Santa Clarita City Hall, as pictured on Feb. 26. Watson/The Signal

Communications, energy storage on planning commission docket

The Santa Clarita Planning Commission is set to meet Tuesday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. at Santa Clarita City Hall to address a light agenda with one hearing and the continuance of another.  …

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Read more about the article Local state legislators send several bills to Newsom for signature
Sacramento, State Capitol Building

Local state legislators send several bills to Newsom for signature

The Santa Clarita Valley’s representatives in Sacramento sent several bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk this year ahead of the most recent legislative session’s end Friday, Sept. 10.  State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa…

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Read more about the article River Rally brings community together to remove trash from riverbed
Mike and Erin McCleary, right, join thousands of attendees at the River Rally :2021 event in the Clara river bed near Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway in Canyon Country on Saturday, 091821. Dan Watson/The Signal

River Rally brings community together to remove trash from riverbed

Hundreds of Santa Clarita residents convened on a large dirt lot behind a shopping center on Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country Saturday morning to join the annual effort of cleaning up the Santa Clara River.  “This is our primary event for…

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