Letters to the Editor
Christopher Lucero | DOGE, Santa Clarita-Style?
I now wonder: What if the two DOGE Bros. were to apply their expertise to the city of Santa Clarita? I can hear Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy now: “Ice…
Letters to the Editor
Jack Crawford | A Comparison of Carter and Trump
“The challenges Jimmy faced as president came at a pivotal time for our country and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. For that,…
Letters to the Editor
Rob Kerchner | Endless Hysteria
Democrats have truly become The Boy Who Cried “Trump!” Even if Super Evil Orange Man actually existed and somehow arrived one day from Planet Hyperbole, nobody would believe it for…
Commentary
Kathryn Jean Lopez | The Real Sisterhood, Post-Election
In the wake of this year’s presidential election, women were described as being in a state of shock that one of their own, Kamala Harris, had not been elected president…
An LA County Sheriff's Department deputy speaks with a resident Friday near a crime scene on Parker Road in Castaic. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal
LASD report: Armed suspect in officer-involved shooting had history of mental illness
A nearby school resource deputy responded to a call of “shots fired” in Castaic and fired a single shot that ended a brief standoff with an armed domestic violence suspect…
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a four-car crash that left one injured during rush hour Thursday near the intersection of Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road. Habeba Mostafa/The Signal
Sheriff’s deputies investigate four-car crash
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a four-car crash that left one injured during rush hour Thursday near the intersection of Valencia Boulevard and Bouquet Canyon Road. Sgt.…
FILE
Schiavo reappointed as chair of Military and Veterans Affairs Committee
News release Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, was reappointed by Speaker Robert Rivas as chair of the Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs Committee for the upcoming legislative session. “The committee…
Volunteers sought for homeless count
News release On Jan. 21, the city of Santa Clarita will partner with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority and the local nonprofit Bridge to Home for the 2025 Greater Los…
The Canyon girls basketball team lifts a celebratory banner for becoming Foothill league co-champions after their 58-45 win over Saugus at Canyon High School on Friday, Feb. 3, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal
Hart district schools looking at possibility of Foothill League expansion
The Foothill League could be heading toward a major shift, possibly as soon as the next school year, with the addition of an eighth school, according to Hart High Principal…
Loved ones start revealing identities of attack victims
By Katabella Roberts Contributing Writer Family and friends have begun identifying the victims who were killed when a driver plowed into a crowd in the French Quarter of New Orleans on…
California Department of Water Resources staff members (from right) Andy Reising, Snow Surveys and Water Supply Forecasting Unit Manager, Jordan Thoennes, Water Resources Engineer, Manon von Kaenel, Water Resources Engineer, and Angelique Fabbiani-Leon, State Hydrometeorologist, conduct the first media snow survey of the 2025 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada. The survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Photo taken January 2, 2025.
Nick Shockey / California Department of Water Resources
DWR releases first snow survey of the season
The state Department of Water Resources conducted its first snow survey of the season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada on Thursday morning and the results showed a near…
Trump: US breaking down after New Year’s Day attacks
By Katabella Roberts Contributing Writer President-elect Donald Trump has condemned what he described as “virtually nonexistent leadership” and open border policies in the United States following the deadly attack in New…
"Elon Musk Dreaming of a Brighter Future" by jurvetson is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Musk responds to Cybertruck explosion: ‘Picked the Wrong Vehicle’
By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that the “evil knuckleheads” behind the Tesla Cybertruck blast near President-elect Donald Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday had “picked…
Shamsud-Din Jabbar in a file picture obtained from social media, released in November 2013, in Fort Johnson (formerly Fort Polk) in Louisiana. 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division via Facebook .
New Orleans attack suspect served in military
By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who officials say rammed a truck into a crowd in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, served in the U.S. military, according…
Letters to the Editor
Brian Richards | Healthy Debate
The left, as they always do, have pounced on the idea that there is some rift in the Republican Party over the issue of H1B visas. This is a program…
Letters to the Editor
Bill Lyons | Another View of Illegal Immigrants
The threat of mass deportations looms as the pending administration panders to the belief that all illegal immigrants are murderers, rapists and druggies. In my view, they are desperate men,…
Commentary
David M. Shribman | Connecting the Strands of Frayed Democrat Party
Two are men, one a woman. Two are rebels, one a moderate. One leans left, another leans right, the third hews to the middle ground. They come from states that…
Theater news
Santa Paula Theater hosts acting classes
News release The Santa Paula Theater Center Acting Conservatory is announcing four acting classes on the BackStage to be taught by industry professionals who are also familiar faces on the…
The Valencia Vikings wrestling team is set to host Lancaster on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2024, the first dual meet the program will host since 2018. Courtesy photo.
Live wrestling set to return to Valencia High School
For the first time since 2018, the Valencia Vikings wrestling program is set to host a dual meet. The Vikings are scheduled to welcome the Lancaster Eagles to Valencia High…
Saugus celebrates the second goal of the game against Kennedy during the second half of the game during Hart's Soccer Showcase at Hart High School on Friday, Dec. 27. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal
Saugus boys steamroll through Hart Soccer Showcase
It didn’t take long for Saugus boys’ soccer to move on from a couple of negative results to end Foothill League play in 2024. Playing in the Hart Soccer Showcase…
