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…
AADAC to host ‘Winter Wonderland’ art show
News release The Acton Agua Dulce Arts Council is scheduled to host a winter-themed “Winter Wonderland” Art Show at the TAADAA Art Gallery, running Sunday, Jan. 19, through Sunday, Feb.…
Dan Walters | California’s Grim Water Supply Outlook
Each December there’s a new version of an old guessing game about how much water will be provided to agricultural and municipal users in the year ahead. Federal and state…
Rancho Camulos to re-create Helen Hunt Jackson visit
News release Visitors to Rancho Camulos have the opportunity on Saturday, Jan. 11, to experience a re-creation of Helen Hunt Jackson’s Jan. 23, 1882, visit to Rancho Camulos, which inspired her…
"Loon Point" by Virginia Kamhi.
SCAA to host Virginia Kamhi pastel demo
News release The community is invited on Jan. 20 as the Santa Clarita Artists Association’s monthly meeting features a pastel demo by Virginia Kamhi. The event runs 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Barnes…
Beard Care with Beard Butter: The Secret to Soft, Manageable Facial Hair
Beards are now truly a fashion statement for men. It highlights facial features and adds a hint of masculinity to their overall appearance. Yet, growing an immaculate beard from scratch…
College briefs
College Briefs for Jan. 2
Local students named to SNHU summer 2024 president's list Southern New Hampshire University announced that multiple local students were named to the summer 2024 president's list. The summer terms run…
LASD using paper, pen during Y2K-like system outage
A quarter-century after the world avoided a much-ballyhooed Y2K crisis on New Year’s Eve — a six-digit date format in computer software was feared to bring down planes and cause…
