City to host Dia de los Niños/Dia de los Libros
News release Ballet folklorico, crafts, music, games and, of course, books: The Santa Clarita Public Library invites the community to this year’s Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros event…
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies investigated a person who died after being struck by a train Monday evening in Newhall. Station officials reported the incident is not believed to be criminal in nature at this time, Courtesy photo
Coroner IDs man killed in train collision
Medical examiners with the L.A. County Coroner’s Office identified the man who was struck and killed Monday evening in a collision with a Metrolink train in Newhall. Luis Carlos Miranda,…
Stages 4, 5 and 6 at Santa Clarita Studios are home to several productions including CBS' "SWAT," which recently wrapped up shooting for its current season. Signal file photo
Local filming braces for strike’s impacts
Local industry leaders hoped for a quick end to the Writers Guild of America strike Tuesday, after the writers’ unions announced their decision to halt work following weeks of negotiations…
Deputies work to secure the scene in the 21300 block of Bottletree Lane in Newhall, Calif. where one of their colleagues was shot. Ryan Painter/The Signal.
Newhall man convicted in pair of 2017 shootings
A Downtown Los Angeles jury convicted a Newhall man of 12 counts Tuesday in connection with a pair of shootings in November 2017. Monolito Guerra, 35, was found guilty on…
Valencia teammates celebrates after Zach Andrews (3) hit a three run home run in the fourth inning against Hart at Hart High on Tuesday, 042523. Dan Watson/The Signal
2023 SCV playoff baseball preview
The 2023 baseball season in the Santa Clarita Valley was flooded with headlines. Valencia knocked off Hart as league champs but it came down to the final game. In fact,…
Theater news
Saugus High School Theatre to perform ‘Cinderella’
News release Saugus High School Theatre students are set this week to perform “Cinderella” by Rodgers and Hammerstein. Performances are scheduled May 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 and 13…
SCV Water Agency logo. Courtesy
SCV Water hosting landscape workshop Saturday
News release The SCV Water Agency is hosting a free virtual landscape and gardening workshop, “Cap It or Convert It! Better Landscape Practices,” at 9 a.m. Saturday. In the workshop,…
Valencia’s Jack Wilson tees off in group three to begin the final Foothill league golf match at The Oaks Club at Valencia, Calif., on Monday, May 1, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal
Valencia golf goes back-to-back
Valencia Vikings boys golf finished a comeback for the ages on Monday at The Oaks Club at Valencia. The Vikings were 13 strokes out from the top of the Foothill…
Zach Plasschaert, an incoming senior on the Saugus High School varsity baseball team, is photographed at home plate swinging his bat in his schools baseball field at Saugus, Calif., on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Plasschaert has committed to play college baseball for the University of Arizona after high school. Chris Torres/The Signal
Plasschaert ends high school career with a bomb
Saugus senior Zach Plasschaert is headed off to Arizona on a good note. The Centurions' baseball team knew it wouldn’t be playing in the postseason weeks ago. However, the team…
Kevin MacDonald, left, and Brian Koegle introduce of the sponsors of the Celebrity Waiter Dinner with the theme "Springtime in Paris" and held at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center at Bella Vida on Saturday, 042923. Dan Watson/The Signal
Funds raised as springtime in Paris comes to SCV
The courtyard of the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center transformed into a slice of Paris on Saturday for the annual “Celebrity Waiter” dinner, as a thank you to all involved…
May showers bring May flowers?
Just when the warmer weather hit the Santa Clarita Valley, a rainstorm is now headed toward the valley, forecasted to begin late Tuesday afternoon and bringing chances of rain Wednesday…
Makenna Blum, right, and Annika Mark of Saugus come to the wire of the Girls 1600 Meter at College of the Canyons on Friday, 042823. Dan Watson/The Signal
Foothill League track finals see dozens of new records
School, meet and league records were shattered on Friday at College of the Canyons in the Foothill League Finals. The local programs watched their young stars compete, and now all…
Jim Backer, President of the SCV Education Foundation gives closing remarks at the 39th Annual Teacher Tribute event held at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons Valencia campus on Friday, 042823. Dan Watson/The Signal
Teachers, superintendents and students all recognized at ‘Academy of the Stars’
Across the Santa Clarita Valley, there are 54 public schools with 2,200 teachers and more than 50,000 students. The SCV’s public schools regularly rank among the top 10% in California. …
Debbie Rupel with Acting Superintendent Bob Brauneisen. Courtesy photo.
Castaic Union School District announces Teacher of the Year
News release The Castaic Union School District has announced that Debbie Rupel, eighth-grade teacher at Castaic Middle School, has been named the 2022-2023 District Teacher of the Year. Upon receiving her…
Photo courtesy of Legend Solomon.
Barber and business owner at 23 years old
At only 23 years old, Legend Solomon is the owner of Billionaire Barbers Club, a dream that he never saw coming. Solomon’s goal out of high school was always to…
Joshua Heath | I’m a Democrat and I Support Trump’s Wall
One of the most powerful political tactics in a leader’s arsenal is to use your opponent’s program in service of your own objectives. A particularly compelling example of this approach…
Letters to the Editor
Rick Barker | Our Military vs. Wokeness
As the son of a retired Navy chief, (World War II and Korea vet) the father of a retired Army master sergeant (Iraq, Afghanistan vet), and a retired Marine myself…
Letters to the Editor
Dr. Gene Dorio | Taking Food from Seniors
Whether you want to admit this or not, there are people going hungry every day in the United States. For years in Santa Clarita, the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center…
Letters to the Editor
Thomas Oatway | Murder of Innocents
Today (March 27) a woman took three weapons, including two AR-type guns, to an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, and murdered six innocents, including three third graders and three adults. …
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on Golden Valley Road.
Detectives investigating gang that couldn’t shoot straight
A 23-year-old Newhall man had maybe three to five minutes to live after he was dropped off at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital last month, medical staff told Santa Clarita Valley…
