LGBTQ community celebrates pride in Castaic 

Castaic hosted the L.A. County Parks System’s latest Pride Month celebration Friday, providing an opportunity for two of the Santa Clarita Valley’s largest LGBTQ-supporting organizations — the SCV LGBTQ Center, and PFLAG, or Parents

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Ex-DEA agent receives diversion  

A fired federal agent who had displayed a pattern of escalating behaviors that concerned local law enforcement received “diversion,” as his sentence at his recent hearing.   James Young pleaded not

Theft suspect offered plea deal 

A long-sought robbery suspect was offered a three-year prison sentence in a plea deal the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office proffered after waiting six months for the defendant to appear.   L.A. Police Department officers

Six Flags Magic Mountain celebrates Looney Tunes Land

Six Flags Magic Mountain celebrated the re-opening of its newest attraction, “Looney Tunes Land,” on Saturday, when it became available to the public after a monthslong renovation. This particular section

AOC celebrates its class of 2026 

The celebration of Academy of the Canyons’ newest graduating class Thursday at Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center featured a celebration of a unique achievement made possible through the school’s partnership

Medical Examiner ID’s body found at mall 

An L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau official said the investigation into a body found in a mall parking lot Wednesday is being treated as a suicide.   The decedent, whose identification was released

Two other congressional races take shape 

Two congressional district races with relatively small portions of the Santa Clarita Valley, and an Assembly district race, all had two candidates who had started to separate themselves from the pack in

LASD: Dead body found in parked car at mall 

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and detectives with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau are investigating a dead body that was found in a vehicle parked at the Valencia Town Center

A local look at California’s early Primary results

The Santa Clarita Valley’s 27th Congressional District remained closely contested in the early results Tuesday, while the 40th Assembly District’s incumbent held a big lead in her re-election bid.  The first returns were released shortly

Pranks, laughs and building ‘something great’ 

West Ranch High School celebrated its 19th annual graduation ceremony Monday, with 208 of the 449 graduates donning golden robes as honor scholars, students with a 4.0 or higher grade-point average

Helicopters circle the area of the "Cactus Fire" in Castaic, Calif., Monday, June 1, 2026. Kamryn Martell/The Signal

Brush fire stopped at 4.2 acres 

The L.A. County Fire Department stopped forward progress Monday on a 4.2-acre brush fire called the Cactus Fire, west of the southbound lanes of Interstate 5, north of the Lake Hughes Road exit.  Keith Navarre, spokesman for the L.A County Fire Department, initially said the incident was moving

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The Signal’s California Primary Preview: 

The 26th Congressional District  The 26th Congressional District race is a brand new election for the Santa Clarita Valley and one of two new districts that picked up a slice of the