John Boston | A Sneak Peek at the 2020 July 4th Parade
July 5, 2019 8:46 am
As part of my many duties as Mr. Santa Clarita Valley, I also have final say on who gets into our Fourth of July Parade. Alas, lately I’ve been remiss
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A Sneak Peak at July 4ths Past…
June 30, 2019 1:30 pm
I’ve got a little early bird treat for you, saddlepals. We’re going to time travel into yesteryear and see how we celebrated this marvelous nation’s birthday here in the Santa
Signal 100 |Covering self-inflicted gunshot wounds
June 29, 2019 7:05 am
No. 26 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal For nearly two decades, I taught the history of the Santa Clarita. It was a 10-week
John Boston | What I’ll Do When I Win $1 Trillion
June 28, 2019 8:08 am
One of my great regrets in life is not having won a lottery in excess of One Trillion Dollars. Take home. After taxes. Had I to do it all over
Signal 100 | A century of humorous Signal ads
June 24, 2019 2:43 pm
Really, a good newspaper runs on truth. It needs introspection, both outward and inward. It needs humor, heroism, gossip, leadership and information, which includes where to buy fertilizer, retreads and/or
Oafs, Pumas, Movie Stars & TWO Champs!
June 23, 2019 10:00 am
After that spate of heat, it’s been a splendiferous June. Drat that summer’s around the corner, with its surface-of-Mercury temps. All these years of living here, I’ve developed a fairly
John Boston | My All-Time Great Rock Band List
June 21, 2019 7:41 am
There are many civilization-ending issues this Opinion Page of Earth’s last great newspaper must address. War. Open borders. Who leads in a lesbian ballroom dance class. Democrats walking brazenly about
Tragedy, Poetry, Boxers & Bad Cops
June 16, 2019 9:00 am
Well howdy, dear sleepy eyed saddlepals. C’mon. Sun’s peeking up in the — I think that part of the sky is called, “…east.” We’ve an interesting trek ahead into the
Signal 100 | Chapter 3: The Signal Covers World War II
June 15, 2019 8:32 am
No. 24 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal In 2019, we live in dizzying times. Change is omnipresent. It defines us. What is today’s
John Boston | The DiVHook Generic June Grad Speech
June 14, 2019 6:36 am
Every year since time immemorial in the SClarita Valley, graduation happens. Chancellors, principals, valedictorians, dignitaries and goody-two-shoes going particularly nowhere are forced to address the multitudes. Like an all-you-can-eat buffet,
Signal 100 | Chapter 2: The Signal Covers World War II
June 8, 2019 9:10 am
No. 23 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal It’s startling comparing how different the Santa Clarita and this nation are today vs. the early
John Boston | Why Does Movie Popcorn Taste Like Origami?
June 7, 2019 12:42 pm
I so hate to say this, but the last time I went to the movies at the old American Theatre in Newhall, it was sneaking up on 60 years ago.
Signal History | Chapter 1: The Signal Covers World War II
June 1, 2019 8:00 am
HOne of the most haunting bits of Signal prose I’ve ever read was penned by editor Fred Trueblood in early-December 1941. It was during the second week of America’s involvement
John Boston | Justification: The Devil Who Lives Within
May 31, 2019 7:52 am
When I taught Santa Clarita history a few months after the crust of the earth cooled, I’d start every semester by writing this on the chalkboard: “A man can live
Dry Santa Clarita & Wa-Tho-Huk Himself…
May 26, 2019 12:00 pm
Well how’s about that wonderful rain last weekend, so close to June? I’ll take it along with a six-pack of Twinkies, a half-gallon of milk and carrots for the horse.
Signal 100 |Chapter 2: The story of John Boston
May 25, 2019 6:00 am
No. 21 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal All the things I could have been — doctor, lawyer, Indian chief, a contender — I
Signal 100 |Chapter 1: The story of John Boston
May 18, 2019 9:00 am
My mother named me Walter Stanislav Cieplik Jr., and I’m not sure how I got old. I’ve done ranch work, managed a movie star, created the original Santa Clarita Valley
Signal asks: Gasoline Replaces Sex in SCV?
May 12, 2019 5:00 pm
A mid-May warm and Western howdy to you, Santa Clarita saddlepals. We’ve a most interesting trek ahead. There’s the pants-down capture of this valley’s most notorious outlaw. There’s a Newhall
Signal 100 |The presidents visit the Santa Clarita Valley
May 11, 2019 8:00 am
No. 19 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal Love them. Hate them. People are enthralled by gods and kings. We have neither in America
John Boston | The Sun Comes Up. In the East. Learn it. Live it. Memorize it.
May 10, 2019 6:14 pm
Not knowing where we’re going. It’s a sad indictment to the human condition, often not limited to the blissful ignorance of childhood. I was picking up a pal the other