John Boston | Goodbye, Good Riddance, to Yet Another Summer
September 27, 2019 5:50 am
Fall is here. I can feel it. Is it because I’ve been good that the forecast calls for Rain, my dear friend, Rain, to visit today? Would that be ducky,
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Happy Birthday, Sulphur Springs School!
September 22, 2019 12:01 am
Offering a beautiful post-full moon howdy to you, saddlepals. And happy autumn while we’re at it. Took its darn time getting here. Before you know it, it’ll be sweater weather, although, come to think of it, I’ve never seen anyone in the saddle on a trail ride wearing a sweater. Hope I don’t, either.
Signal 100 | A century of government coverage — Part 1
September 21, 2019 8:47 am
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years, there’d be a shortage of sand.” — Milton Friedman Since the first issue of The
John Boston | The Story of Beeves but No Butt-Heads…
September 20, 2019 7:17 am
Several years ago, I was tooling down the coast with my closest family member. We stopped at Cambria for the night in a charming inn. I’ll never forget the place.
Beware of Men Carrying Walnut Elephants…
September 15, 2019 12:01 am
Dear riparian friends, neighbors and saddlepals. Tip of the terribly expensive O’Farrell and welcome to another trek through the vortex of Santa Clarita past.
Signal 100 | Talking about the weather — Part 2
September 14, 2019 8:35 am
“For most of the history of our species, we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits
John Boston | Those Secret Squirrels at the Hart District
September 13, 2019 10:23 am
Recently, Mike Kuhlman — if that’s his real name — was appointed as the new superintendent of the William S. Hart Onionized School District. The vote was 5-zip. Or so
Mixing Water, Fire, Oil & Accidents
September 8, 2019 12:01 am
Hey. Is that all y’all moping sheepishly about, pre-coffee Sunday morn? C’mon. Hop up in those saddles. You sage riders who know their way around a horse can just wiggle a boot into the stirrup and swing a leg over the saddle without spilling a drop of latte.
Signal 100 | Talking about the weather — Part 1
September 7, 2019 9:09 am
No. 36 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal By John Boston Special to The Signal You can endorse the wrong candidate. You can come
John Boston | The Magic of Love Letters and Music
September 6, 2019 5:32 am
Besides the usual, “Die Polish Fake Cowboy Scumbag!!” fan mail, I like getting letters from readers. I received two recently that were particularly heartwarming. One was from Signal reader and
Let’s Visit the SCV Sexual Freedom League!
September 1, 2019 12:01 am
How in Heaven’s Name did it get to be September? Wasn’t it just January 20 minutes ago? Fall feels just around the corner.
Signal History | Part 2: The Mighty Signal and the animal story
August 31, 2019 10:00 am
In our 100 years of publishing a newspaper, some of our most popular features are stories on animals. My humble opinion, we’re all connected at some level to each other
John Boston | I’d Like to Buy a Vowel, and, uh, Greenland?
August 30, 2019 8:37 am
I like the idea of Greenland as a 51st state, protectorate, territory or even as a leper colony. Dear me. It’s 2019. The closest thing we have to a leper colony
Imbeciles, Heroes, Coin Flips & Sweethearts
August 25, 2019 12:00 am
A humble padre up the coast at Mission Santa Buenaventura made a historic decision back on Sept. 3, 1795. The Catholic Church was down to two sites to build their newest mission — either in San Fernando or Santa Clarita. Father Vincent de Santa Maria made the call and we lost.
Signal 100 | TMS and the animal story
August 24, 2019 9:00 am
Only the coldest and most acrimonious of hearts can resist reading a main staple of journalism: The Animal Story. And, we, The Signal, being a member of the heartstring-tugging emotionally
John Boston | 2019: Writhing in The ‘Hideous Ecstasy’ of Hate
August 23, 2019 8:31 am
When I was 7, we had the strangest holiday. It was called Christmas. It was January 1958. I so clearly remember returning from Christmas vacation, hunched over a wooden desk.
Frozen Dead Dogs to Valencia’s Birthday
August 18, 2019 12:00 am
Tipping my terribly expensive but utilitarian O’Farrell hat toward the direction of you ladies and offering a positive “Howdy” to the menfolk. What say we all climb aboard the thousands of ponies I’ve brought?
Signal 100 | Characters, secret lives and lost souls
August 17, 2019 10:00 am
No. 33 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal How many words has this paper printed in a century? Rough guess — it’s in the
John Boston | Scott Wilk: Best Darn Senator in The 21st District
August 16, 2019 6:58 am
Some may point a bony, quivering finger and warn that dire things approach. Fistfights nationwide erupt over open borders, the proper amount of melanin in our epidermal levels, gun control,
Bad Men, Good Women, Fortunes & Foibles
August 11, 2019 6:00 pm
Well a happy Sunday in August to you, dear saddlepals. Hope you survived Saturday night and still possess your car keys, spouse, loved one and most of your brain cells from the carousing.