Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of a Signal editorial published July 4, 2020: By The Signal Editorial Board Today we celebrate our nation’s

Prison or camp?​ Lockup or diversion programs? Those are big, serious, important and complex questions that need to be decided. They are questions that require

There’s a long and storied history of federal, state, county and Los Angeles city officials looking to the Santa Clarita Valley as a location for

We’ve been alarmed, in principle, about the approach L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón is taking to criminal justice. We’ve decried his policies as a

“Captain… is awake. Vitals are a little low. Engineer is going to be DOA.” That radio transmission came from Fire Station 81. Urgent, while remaining

Our courts are supposed to be public.  The reason for that is simple: Conducting the state’s legal business out in the light of day, rather

It was a little confusing. Facing criticism from a couple of residents over the City of Santa Clarita Human Relations Roundtable after the group took

George Gascón’s policies have come home to roost in the Santa Clarita Valley. We predicted that the new Los Angeles County district attorney and his

George Gascón is a menace. That’s not an outrageous statement. It’s the inescapable conclusion for any sane person who has been monitoring the L.A. County

District Attorney George Gascón is a cagey one, that’s for sure.  This week, there’s been a lot of media buzz about the potential that Gascón

2020’s most quiet disaster, as we stated in our editorial of Dec. 12, is becoming less and less quiet. “The least reported, most consequential election”

What’s that we see at the end of the tunnel? Is it… light? Perhaps. And we like to think so. We need our businesses and

Question: When is $380 million not very much money? Answer: When it’s the only money allocated for COVID-19 relief out of a 591-page, $1.9-trillion COVID-19

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is at it again — picking winners and losers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone is familiar with the

It’s time. Eleven months after the state closed our schools, and we are sneaking up on one entire year, lost.  We understand why the schools

File this one under, “If you won’t do your job, someone has to do it.” That, in essence, is the message L.A. County Sheriff Alex

The history of the American experience is complicated. It has more than its share of battle scars, bumps in the road and episodes of downright

Once again, L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger has demonstrated her leadership by helping to protect the rights of her constituents. Last week she sent a

By The Signal Editorial Board Large corporations colluding with political leaders and government to shut down ideas and speech they don’t agree with. Eliminating communication

By The Signal Editorial Board Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house… not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. At