COC to hold special election for vacant board seat 

Board meets in closed session about Chancellor Van Hook’s evaluation for third straight meeting  The Santa Clarita Community College District board of trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, will

FILE PHOTO A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Brush fire near Magic Mountain quickly put out 

A brush fire that broke out Thursday afternoon near Six Flags Magic Mountain had forward progress stopped prior to the arrival of firefighters, according to L.A. County Fire Department officials. 

William S. Hart Union High School District Superintendent Mike Kuhlman (right) congratulates Deputy Superintendent Michael Vierra on being named the interim head of the district at Wednesday's meeting. Tyler Wainfeld/The Signal.

Vierra talks plans as Hart district interim head 

Most people know the phrase, “hit the ground running.”  For Michael Vierra, recently appointed as interim superintendent of the William S. Hart Union High School District, he’s starting off his

Hart district budget given OK by board 

School districts across the state are facing a year in which funding could be well below what they have been used to in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic.  With

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, during a hearing Wednesday on the bill that would ban the usage of "derogatory" Native American terms as public school mascots. Screenshot.

Schiavo’s mascot bill hanging in ‘suspense’ 

The bill coauthored by Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, and Assemblyman James Ramos, D-Highland, that would ban the usage of “derogatory” Native American terms as mascots or nicknames for K-12 public

FILE PHOTO A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Small brush fire in Castaic handled 

A small brush fire in Castaic called for a Los Angeles County Fire Department response and was quickly handled on Monday, according to department officials.  The fire was reported to