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Dan Watson, center, holds the Ruth Newhall Lifetime Achievement Award on Tuesday, July 9 at the City Council Meeting with Mayor Cameron Smyth, center right, and councilmembers Marsha McLean, left, Jason Gibbs, center left, Laurene Weste, center right and Bill Miranda. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Veteran Signal photographer Dan Watson retires

City Council honors his two decades covering the community  By Stephen K. Peeples For The Signal  After nearly 20 years as The Signal’s award-winning chief photojournalist and photo editor, Dan Watson…

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Expansion of Board of Supervisors to be on ballot 

Los Angeles County is home to more than 10 million residents, with five supervisors overseeing the most populous county in the country.  That means each supervisor represents approximately 2 million…

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Read more about the article Glasnow replaced by Greene in first All-Star Game  
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene. Courtesy Photo

Glasnow replaced by Greene in first All-Star Game  

A pair of Santa Clarita baseball products were announced as MLB All-Stars this week.  Dodgers’ pitcher Tyler Glasnow was set to make his All-Star Game debut this upcoming week at…

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Read more about the article Hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, billions of dollars: The cost of extreme heat in California 
Following through on a mandate from 2022, a new report from the state insurance department looked at seven extreme heat events in the state from 2013 to 2022 and found they took the lives of several hundred Californians. Adobe Stock image.

Hundreds of deaths, thousands of injuries, billions of dollars: The cost of extreme heat in California 

By Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters Writer  A blistering California heat wave over the past week and through the Fourth of July holiday has been topped off by some of the hottest temperatures…

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Read more about the article LeBron James says new $101 million Lakers contract could be his last NBA deal 
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LeBron James says new $101 million Lakers contract could be his last NBA deal 

By Lorenz Duchamps Contributing Writer  Los Angeles Lakers star forward LeBron James has said that his newly signed contract with the franchise could “easily” be the last NBA deal he’ll ever…

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Read more about the article Victim phones in gunshot near Canyon Country liquor store 
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station. Courtesy of the city of Santa Clarita.

Victim phones in gunshot near Canyon Country liquor store 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies are investigating a report of a gunshot victim who called in his own injury, according to station officials.   “The initial call was (8:41 p.m.),”…

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