Byron York | What if GOP Loses Both Houses?
The odds are Republicans will lose the House in the midterms, for five reasons: their current majority is so narrow that losing a literal handful of seats would cost them…
Attendees enjoy the sheriff's vehicles during National Night Out at the city of Santa Clarita's Concerts in the Park at Central Park on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal
Photos: National Night Out
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station, the California Highway Patrol and Search & Rescue team members, in addition to other organizations, participated in National Night Out in conjunction with the…
Photo by Katherine Quezada
Saugus board recognizes maintenance and operations team
The Saugus Union School District governing board recognized its maintenance and operations teams for their work preparing school sites across the district ahead of the 2026-27 school year, which begins…
Pediatrician offers back-to-school healthy habit tips
News release As families across the Santa Clarita Valley prepare for the new school year, parents can take a few simple steps to help their children start strong both academically…
Gold Rush Country performs Top 40 hits at Central Park on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal
Photos: Gold Rush in Santa Clarita
Attendees put on their boots and gathered for the fourth installment of the city of Santa Clarita's Concerts in the Park series, featuring Gold Rush Country performing contemporary hits on…
Second Lt. Philip Olivero
Santa Clarita native participates in Rim of the Pacific exercise
News release PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Second Lt. Philip Olivero, a native of Santa Clarita, is assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) embarked aboard USS Essex, a U.S. Navy warship participating…
Lt. Guillermo Martinez (L) and Masis Hagobian (R) give a presentation on electric bikes and motorcycles at Santa Clarita's City Hall, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. Kamryn Martell/The Signal
City, Sheriff’s Station host e-bikes community meeting
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station receives calls and complaints every day about electric bicycles and motorcycles – prompting the city of Santa Clarita and the sheriff’s station to seek ways to combat the…
LA County Animal Care and Control announces ‘Clear the Shelters 2026’
News release The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control has announced its partnership with NBCUniversal and Telemundo 52 for the 2026 Clear the Shelters campaign. Throughout the month of August,…
COC Foundation to host ‘Swing for Student Success’ golf tournament on Oct. 19
News release The College of the Canyons Foundation is scheduled to host its annual “Swing for Student Success” Golf Tournament on Monday, Oct. 19, at Valencia Country Club, bringing together community leaders,…
Santa Clarita Valley business news
LA County launches ‘Path to 2028’
News release As L.A. County closes it celebration of the World Cup, the Los Angeles County Department of Economic Opportunity is launching Path to 2028, a countywide initiative designed to ensure that small businesses, workers and communities benefit…
Firefighters attempt to put out a fire at a home in Altadena, on Jan. 8, 2025. The community was devastated by the Eaton Fire. Photo by Ted Soqui for CalMatters
Fire Department report: Edison equipment started Eaton Fire
By Signal Staff The Los Angeles County Fire Department has released “initial and supplemental investigative reports” identifying the cause of the Eaton Fire that started Jan. 7, 2025, and the county’s conclusion is that Southern California…
A SpaceX rocket carrying Starlink satellites into orbit was seen from the Santa Clarita Valley in a Valentine's Day launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched at about 6 p.m. Signal staff photo.
Space Force expands space vehicle processing at Vandenberg
News release EL SEGUNDO – The U.S. Space Force Acting Portfolio Acquisition Executive for Space Access has awarded the third National Security Space Launch Space Vehicle Processing Commercial Solutions Opening contract to…
Immigration News
Judge holds DHS in contempt in case over LA immigration sweeps
By Wendy Fry and Sergio Olmos CalMatters Writers A federal judge on Tuesday held the Department of Homeland Security in contempt for allegedly slow-rolling an order to create digital copies of communications from personal…
El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary
By Jacob Burg Contributing Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Progressive Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated establishment candidate Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., to win the Michigan Democratic Senate primary in a contentious race that became a proxy fight…
Israel to scale back Gaza strikes to give Trump’s Hamas disarmament plan a chance
By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer Israel has tightened restrictions on targeted strikes in Gaza, signaling that it intends to give President Donald Trump’s initiative to disarm Hamas a chance despite Prime Minister…
Firefighters and first responders responded to a fire on the 26500 block of Mistletoe Court in Valencia on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal
House in flames, cause unknown
A house was engulfed in flames on the 26500 block of Mistletoe Court in Valencia on Wednesday morning, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched to…
Houthis attack Saudi tanker amid Red Sea blockade
By Guy Birchall Contributing Writer Yemen’s Houthis said they had launched a missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker off the coast of the kingdom’s Red Sea port city of Yanbu…
Dietra Clayton
Bridge to Home announces new executive director
News release Bridge to Home announced that Dietra Clayton is the new executive director of the nonprofit homeless services organization. Clayton brings more than two decades of nonprofit leadership experience advancing housing stability, behavioral health services, organizational growth and community partnerships, according to a news release from the nonprofit. Most recently, she served as managing executive director of The Sophia Way in Washington State, where she led efforts to expand services for women experiencing homelessness, strengthen organizational sustainability, and deepen partnerships across government, philanthropy, health care and the nonprofit sector, the release said. “Dietra has built her career around one simple but powerful belief — that everyone deserves hope, opportunity and the support to move from crisis to stability,” Bridge to Home Board President Laura Gallardo said in the release. “Her…
The West Ranch Wildcat Marching Band and color gaurd perform at the 41st annual Hart Rampage competition held at College of the Canyons in Valencia, Calif. on Nov. 1, 2025. Katherine Quezada/The Signal
West Ranch High music boosters to host mattress fundraiser
News release The West Ranch High School music boosters are holding a mattress fundraiser sale on Saturday, Aug. 22, at West Ranch High School, 26255 Valencia Blvd. For one day only, the…
Child Rights and You to host annual walk at West Creek Park
News release Child Rights and You, a child rights nonprofit organization originating in India, has action centers all over the United States to support and advocate for their cause. One of those chapters, based in…