Traffic delays on the northbound side of Interstate 5 following a collision on Tuesday morning Jan. 6, 2026. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Metro gives update on I-5 summer construction 

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said construction may ramp up this summer on Interstate 5 along Santa Clarita as its interstate enhancements project eyes a March 2027 end date.   Metro’s virtual, open-to-the-public presentation Wednesday gave

Canyon High students give high school a sincere send-off 

Canyon High School’s class of 2026 was never going to go out without making sure their mark was made.  Many of the nearly 490 students sitting on the College of the Canyons football field Friday night had spent high school preparing for after-graduation aspirations typical in

Sequoia program’s 2 graduates receive a loving send-off 

Two of the Santa Clarita Valley’s graduating seniors have undoubtedly had more said about them than any other member of the class of 2026.   Carlotta Ayala and Val Healey sat to the left of the podium Thursday in La Mesa Junior

Proposed boundary for the new elementary school going in the Skyline Ranch community. Courtesy of Sulphur Springs Union School District.

Sulphur Springs sets cost ceiling for Skyline Ranch School  

The Sulphur Springs Union School District’s governing board approved a preliminary maximum price for the construction of Skyline Ranch Community School earlier this month.  The contract set the ceiling for the project’s construction contractor, Bernards, at about $38.6 million. A final version of the contract

Hart graduation strikes note of optimism amid rapid change 

William S. Hart High School’s nearly 500-member graduating class ended its high school career this week amid a labor market shakeup that’s changing the American workforce at a rapid clip.  But Hart Principal Jason d’Autremont isn’t worried about the future of the class of 2026.  “I know there’s a lot of concern

Learning Post Academy graduation celebrates self-determination 

It’s possible that Learning Post Academy’s 2026 graduating class represents the aftermath of a sea change for middle and high school education.  Five years after the first fall of the COVID-19 pandemic, the students initially driven to online instruction by

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Man on trike injuries leg, taken to hospital 

A man in his mid-60s was taken to a hospital Saturday after hitting his own leg while driving a three-wheeled motorcycle, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  Sgt.

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Woman arrested on suspicion of domestic violence 

A 39-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of felony-level domestic violence after an altercation with her boyfriend early Wednesday morning, according to Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies.  According to an email from the SCV Sheriff’s Station’s spokesperson Shirley

COC CEO: New ATC, health care studies and CDL course coming  

The next 10 years at College of the Canyons could see big changes at its Valencia and Canyon Country campuses as the college moves forward with facility plans and branding changes.  At the Valley Industry Association’s monthly luncheon at the Child and Family Center Tuesday,

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L.A. County DA, sheriff review multi-county burglary probe 

At a press conference headed by the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office Wednesday, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna described the recent arrests of suspects in an investigation into a multi-county burglary ring, including three who are suspected in a Newhall burglary.  District

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Stevenson Ranch man struck, killed in Bakersfield 

A Stevenson Ranch man was killed Thursday night after being hit by a car in Bakersfield, according to the California Highway Patrol’s Bakersfield-area Office.  The Kern County Coroner’s Office confirmed the man was 54-year-old Sibichan Varghese.  CHP personnel were called

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CHP conducting sobriety checkpoint tonight 

Deputies from the California Highway Patrol’s Newhall-area Office are operating a sobriety checkpoint somewhere in unincorporated L.A. County Friday night, according to a press release from the office.  The exact location of the sobriety