DPF Delete Kits Explained: Benefits, Risks, Compatibility
Owners of diesel trucks are likely to seek methods of increasing performance and fuel economy and most probably may discover a bottleneck with the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF). The DPF…
Inside the Real World: Why Practical Skills Are Overtaking Traditional Degrees
For generations, a traditional university degree was considered the key to success. Parents encouraged it, schools promoted it, and employers demanded it. A degree symbolized intelligence, discipline, and long-term career…
SCV Sheriff's Station
Investigators search Saugus home after tip about CSAM
A detective with the multiagency Internet Crimes Against Children task force raided a Saugus home Dec. 1 in search of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM, after receiving a tip about a Kik user…
Santa Clarita experienced rain going into the first day of the year of Jan. 1, 2026. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal
First of three storms passes in Santa Clarita
As Santa Clarita started the new year with the trickling of the first weather system, residents were able to enjoy the sun peaking through for the majority of the day to ring in 2026. Seeing…
First-time parents Janell Moeller and Weston Scott celebrate the birth of their baby girl at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital on Jan. 1, 2026. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal
First-time parents welcome SCV’s first baby of the year
Being first-time parents, the last thing Janell Scott (Moeller) and Weston Scott expected was to not only have their daughter born on Jan. 1, but also for her to be the first…
CHP: Man taken into custody for brandishing gun
A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion brandishing a gun on the southbound Interstate 5 north of Castaic, according to officials with the California Highway Patrol. According to Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, public information…
(Left to right) California Department of Water Resources Engineer Jacob Kollen, Engineer Anthony Burdock, and Hydrometeorologist Angelique Fabbiani-Leon conduct the first media snow survey of the 2026 season at Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada. The snow survey is held approximately 90 miles east of Sacramento off Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Photo taken December 30, 2026. Nick Shockey / California Department of Water Resources
Water heads call snowpack level ‘welcome news’
Local and state officials this week labeled the first snowpack measurement as “welcome news,” with several late-December storms resulting in statewide snow levels that reached 71% of the average for this time of year. Santa…
A line up of electric vehicles at a Hyundai dealership in Fresno on Sept. 7, 2023. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local
New California laws rewrite car-buying rules with return policy and pricing reforms
By Ryan Sabalow Contributing Writer California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying rules in 2025, including a controversial rewrite of the state law that allows buyers to get their money…
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’: More of the same but just as stunning
By Mark Jackson Contributing Writer R | 3h 17m | Fantasy, Action | 2025 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 After watching 3 hours and 17 minutes of the latest “Avatar”…
‘Marty Supreme’: Chalamet plays a supremely narcissistic weasel
By Mark Jackson Contributing Writer R | 2h 30m | Sports, Drama | 2025 Rating: 3 1/2 stars out of 5 “Marty Supreme” is billed as being about a guy who…
Footage of a U.S. strike on three drug trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Dec. 29, 2025. U.S. Southern Command/Screenshot
US strikes 5 more drug boats, killing 8
By Joseph Lord, Troy Myers Contributing Writer U.S. Southern Command struck five drug-smuggling boats Tuesday, killing eight people and causing the remaining occupants to abandon their vessels, prompting a search and rescue,…
Community members gather for a public hearing as the Minneapolis City Council considers strengthening the city’s separation ordinance barring cooperation with ICE in Minneapolis, Minn., on Dec. 9, 2025. Photo by Jenn Ackerman.
DHS: 500 illegal immigrants arrested in Minnesota, 1,000 immigration-fraud cases investigated
By Janice Hisle Contributing Writer As additional investigators surge to fraud-plagued Minnesota, federal agents have already arrested 500 illegal immigrants and probed 1,000 immigration-fraud cases during the past two months, a Homeland Security…
Dozens killed in New Year’s Day Fire at Swiss Alps bar
By Guy Birchall Contributing Writer Dozens have died and at least 115 others have been injured after a fire broke out during New Year’s celebrations at a bar in the Swiss Alps,…
A Russian service member stands next to the remains of a drone, which, according to the Russian Defence Ministry, was downed during the repelling of an alleged Ukrainian attack on the Russian presidential residence in the Novgorod Region, in an unknown location in Russia, in this still image from a video released December 31, 2025. Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters
Russia says it will give US proof of Ukrainian drone attack on Putin residence
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer Russia said on Thursday it would hand over what it described as technical proof to the United States showing that a Ukrainian drone attack earlier this week targeted…
College briefs
College Briefs for Jan. 1
Local students named to dean's list at University of Maryland Global Campus More than 11,500 University of Maryland Global Campus students were named to the dean's list for the summer…
Marsha McLean | New Year, New Amenities
As we usher in a new year, I want to wish you and your family a very happy and healthy 2026. There’s something special about the end of the year, when we reflect on…
Letters to the Editor
Jim Scott | A New Year’s Inspiration
I was enjoying a relaxing Christmas and New Year’s season and looking forward to 2026, but Jonathan Kraut’s “New Year’s Wishes” (commentary, Dec. 30) has inspired me to write just…
Byron York | The Heart of Trump’s Push for Deportation
You’ve probably heard commentators say that under President Donald Trump, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is arresting and deporting a huge number of illegal immigrants who have no criminal…
Dan Walters | UC System’s Chaotic Pension Payouts
The University of California is one of the world’s most prestigious centers of higher education and cutting-edge medical, technological and social research. One assumes that its faculty and administrative cadre…