Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, pins a Distinguished Flying Cross on the chest of retired Chief Warrant Officer Bob Adams. Perry Smith/The Signal

Garcia helps veterans get long-overdue medals  

Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, bestowed decades-overdue recognition Tuesday, describing himself as “a humble dude from Santa Clarita” as he pinned medal after medal on retired Army Chief Warrant Officer

The Gonzalez family and the executive team at Vallarta celebrate the opening of a new corporate headquarters. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Vallarta celebrates new HQ in Valencia 

Celebrating what Santa Clarita City Councilman Jason Gibbs called a “perfect example of the American Dream,” the Gonzalez family and the executive team for Vallarta cut the ribbon on the

San Fernando Superior Courthouse. Courtesy

CHP officer pleads to misdemeanor  

A now-retired California Highway Patrol officer pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge that he struck a woman during a 2022 traffic stop on Interstate 5 in Santa Clarita.  Todd

Archie Alingran said he was “probably an unorthodox speaker” and read his prewritten comments that detailed his frustration with recommendations that were “throwing 799 commuters under the bus” in favor of local ridership. Perry Smith/The Signal

Commuters balk at transit proposals 

More than a dozen residents came together Tuesday to express their concerns about what they called the city’s attempt to expand weekday or weekend service at the expense of its

The badge for a California Highway Patrol officer

LAPD motorcycle cop involved in minor collision 

An on-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer sustained minor injuries in a collision Wednesday morning.  Newhall-area units of the California Highway Patrol were called to the collision on the southbound

Brush fire quickly stopped near Golden Valley Road  

L.A. County firefighters quickly handled a 10,000-square-foot brush fire near the intersection of Newhall Ranch and Golden Valley roads on Tuesday morning.  No structures were threatened and no injuries were

Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene of a shooting in Newhall on Monday, June 10, 2024. No injuries were reported.

No injuries reported in Newhall shooting 

Detectives with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Juvenile and Gangs Team are investigating a shooting Monday night in Newhall off Walnut Street, according to station officials. No injuries were

A sign points to the entrance of Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic. Dan Watson/ The Signal

EPA finds more violations at Chiquita 

Federal Environmental Protection Agency officials said Chiquita Canyon Landfill “has violated, and continues to violate” the rules and regulations governing its waste-management operations, in a series of findings published June