Top of June’s last Saturday morning to you, dear saddlepals. I’d step into the entryway, but I’ve got the spurs on and, no offense, I’d rather not leave those thousands
I’ve grown fond of publicly writing the phrase, “as I begin to approach middle age.” It irritates many literal thinkers with sound math and logic skills. They note if I’m
Awaiting us this fine June Santa Clarita morn is a most interesting trek, filled with ghosts, local movies and the local Uth Am River. We’ll also tip our cowboy toppers
Top of a fine June morn, o fellow riders into the outback of local history. We’ve a most interesting trail ahead, filled with gunfights, “grizzer” bears and one of the
Hardly a day goes by where I don’t think of my dad. One of the great gifts of my lifetime was being able to spend time with him his final
A happy first Saturday of June, in the Year of our Lord, 2025. I put, “Year of our Lord” just to irritate any ACLU attorneys who happen to be trailing
Oh. And regarding the headline? Not to forget the birthday of Newhall Land (& Farming Co.) Eesh. O the months turn into years. Seems like we were all making our
Today my column is about ugliness. When we bandy about the word, “ugly,” we’re not talking about You-Know-Who’s wife and what she actually looks like, unleashed and naked behind locked
Warning to you saddlepals right up front. Don’t turn your back this morning on one particular varmint we’ll be visiting on today’s trail ride through Santa Clarita history. We’re going
I shan’t shed a tear over the Colorado Rockies 21-0 loss recently to San Diego. After all. The Padres were on a sugar high from getting a new pope. It’s
So it was 40 years ago when we had one of the most memorable Santa Clarita Valley Dodger nights in history. A local girls high school softball pitcher faced the
DEAR STEVE GORDON, DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES — I place my 10 little adept digits to keyboard this fine May morn, Steve, with good news and, alas, bad
Well. We could all use a little more beauty sleep. But nothing invigorates the soul like a ride into yesteryear on a noble steed. Or, you could settle for a
Normally, being a male suppressor, or, as we used to call ourselves, “a guy,” I would not discuss belly dancing in public, certainly not with a woman, certainly not with
Happy first weekend in May, dear friends, neighbors, green newbies, grizzled vets and addendum saddlepals. On today’s ride through Santa Clarita history, we’ve got presidents and some of the weirdest
My godson’s son’s birthday was last week. Riley turned 13 and those with kids know that years shrink to minutes when nostalgia raises its weepy head. My own daughter, The
Wakey-wakey, you SCV bunk-huggers. We’ve got thousands of trail riders to roust from the bunks. Let’s get moving so we’re all in the saddle by at least June. This morning,
DEAR KEVIN A. KLOCKENGA, CEO & MOST HIGH HOLY MUCKY-MUCK CEO OF HENRY MAYO NEWHALL HOSPITAL — First, Kevin, phew. I wish The Signal paid me by the word. After
Top of a fabulous 2025 April morning, o’ grizzled local old-timers and soft-handed newbie Yuppies alike. Sunrise is almost here. You know what that means: Time traveling. Alas, with the
DEAR MR. SANTA CLARITA VALLEY — I place digits to laptop to protest the current sorry state of local Santa Clarita Valley water, how it’s being improperly managed and often
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