Post-mandate, county urges masks in schools

By Jim Holt  Senior Investigative Reporter    Even though kids can go to school maskless starting next week, county public health officials strongly recommend they continue to wear them.  

The struggle to focus during a pandemic

By Karen Marroquin Signal Staff Writer   Amy Daniels wakes up, exercises, swiftly gets ready for the day and heads to her office in Santa Clarita.   She meets with donors, sponsors and

Dirt biker airlifted after crash

An injured dirt biker was airlifted out of an off-road trail near Charlie Canyon Road in Castaic on Saturday afternoon. First responders received the call at 11:57 a.m. California Highway

County makes it official: Indoor mask mandate lifted

By Jim HoltSenior Investigative Reporter Masks are no longer required indoors — just strongly recommended, as of Friday.  As promised, the Los Angeles County Public Health Department issued a modified health

Changes in law may let prisoner out on parole

 By Sarah Sikander & Caleb Lunetta  Dealio Lockhart – who was convicted and sentenced to state prison for more than two decades after pleading guilty to the crash that killed

County: Spring may bring indoor mask relief

By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter  When the first day of spring arrives, it might just be the first day L.A. County residents get to be indoors without a mask.  During

Politics and government

City gets $1 million grant to acquire open space

By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter  A million-dollar grant to buy 400 acres in Tick Canyon helps city planners tie a big “green” ribbon of real estate around the Santa Clarita

Supes vote to take over LASD record requests

By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter  Citing a refusal by the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department to give county lawyers documents about deputy shootings, allegations of misconduct and body camera footage, county

Skyline Promotes Comfortable Dental Visits

By Alicia Doyle Signal Staff Writer February is National Children’s Dental Health Month, an observance that brings people together by promoting good oral health. “Just like we have other months

A mask uprising: Parents, students protest masks

UPDATED to remove incorrect information about a mask incident in which a school was misidentified. By Sarah Sikandar   Signal Staff Writer   On Tuesday morning, around 9, Erin McGinnis received a

County: Spring may bring indoor mask relief

By Jim Holt  Senior Investigative Reporter When the first day of spring arrives, it might just be the first day L.A. County residents get to be indoors without a mask. 

County lifts outdoor mask mandates

By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter  School kids from kindergarten to 12th grade, and those in child care, no longer have to wear masks outdoors after county public health officials reported