David Hegg

David Hegg | Ethical Optimism

A friend of mine was recently asked to address a group of businesspeople on the theme of optimism. His successful career in both the video game and TV industries was

Letters to the Editor

Arthur Saginian | It’s One or the Other

Notwithstanding anything any of our wise and highly enlightened representatives in government said about transgender women in women’s sports (July 9), as in, I don’t care what they think, I

Letters to the Editor

Dr. Gene Dorio | Shield That Catalytic

It was encouraging to see the effort by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Vehicle Theft Task Force in The Signal on Aug. 20, etching vehicle identification numbers on catalytic converters.

Letters to the Editor

Steve Hopp | Interview? What Interview?

Re: Planning Commission appointment process. This Tuesday, Aug. 26, during their regularly scheduled meeting, the Santa Clarita City Council ratified Mayor Pro Tem Laurene Weste’s nomination of Daniel Faina to

Letters to the Editor

Michael Sandeen | A Shameful, Naked Power Grab

Re: Jack Teoli’s letter (Aug. 27). Mr. Teoli, I am surprised at your approval of the disenfranchisement of your fellow Californians via gerrymandering put forward by our governor and Legislature.

People sit in silence mourning two schoolchildren who were killed a day before during a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis on Aug. 28, 2025. Photo by Madalina Kilroy

Minnesota Catholic school shooting victims mourned 

By Janice Hisle and Savannah Hulsey Pointer Contributing Writers  MINNEAPOLIS — As the sun set Thursday night at Annunciation Catholic Church and School, resident Kate Campo sat on the ground, weeping

A patrol vehicle pulls into the California Highway Patrol office in Oakland on Aug. 13, 2024. Photo by Florence Middleton, CalMatters

Newsom expands CHP deployments to major cities 

By Chase Smith Contributing Writer   California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Thursday that new California Highway Patrol crime suppression teams will be deployed in major cities across the state, expanding a

Letters to the Editor

Julee Brooks | Policies Anything but Innocuous

At its next meeting, the William S. Hart Union High School District governing board is poised to vote on a package of policies framed as “parental rights” and “unity.” Behind

Dan Walters

Dan Walters | Gubernatorial Race Remains Wide Open

Given California’s size and its cultural and economic impact around the globe, whoever captures its governorship instantly becomes one of the nation’s most prominent politicians and a potential candidate for

National News

Trump targets flag burning with executive order 

By Jackson Richman and Joseph Lord Contributing Writers  President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to “vigorously prosecute those who violate our laws in

"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" is set to release on Sept. 19. Sony Pictures Releasing

Film Previews: September 2025 

By Michael Clark Contributing Writer   If a relay race was a metaphor for a year in movies, September would be the start of the final third leg. The (mostly) popcorn fare