I’ve made no secret of my love affair. Not THAT kind of love affair. It’s my lifelong love affair with hockey. My parents are both immigrants (legal) from Canada, so

George Alleyn. Walt Frago. Roger Gore. James Pence. David March. Jake Kuredjian. Arthur Pelino. Randy Hamson. If these names are unfamiliar to you, here’s a little history. Alleyn, Frago, Gore

I’m convinced there are those who can find a reason anywhere to be offended. It’s almost like “the right to be offended” has become our most cherished right. Heaven forbid

The restaurants took great care to create a sense of ambience, which is a challenge when you’re setting up shop not in your usual space, but on the sidewalk and

The kids are naming names. I’m not. But there’s been a flurry of local social media activity the past two weeks, and it’s alarming in several different ways. And, I

“Fix your heart, man.” No disrespect to Joey Logano, but I never thought that particular NASCAR driver would say something that would stick with me like those words have. Logano

Leadership is about more than just occupying a chair on the dais. We saw an illustration of that on June 9 when, at the height of the local protests over

Shortly after my family moved to the Santa Clarita Valley when I was about 10, my parents took me to Saugus Speedway for the first time. Watching those loud, fast

Four years ago, when I took my son to the University of Oklahoma to start his college adventure, we toured the campus. I was awed by the appearance of it

There was a time in my life when I thought, “Hey, maybe when this whole journalism thing is all done, I’ll take a stab at politics, and run for local

Last week, when I posted one of my columns on Facebook, one of the replies came from Tyler Lazarek, my son’s good friend, roommate and hockey teammate at the University

I was talking to my 18-year-old daughter the other day and we, like many, found the conversation turning toward COVID-19.  The one up side of quarantine is I get to

When I was a reporter in the early-1990s, in a lot of ways getting information was easier than it is now.  For example, if we were covering a car crash,

So we’re all wearing masks now. Well, most of us, anyway. Some folks choose not to wear a mask. Some have reasons not to. For me, wearing a mask when

I’m gutted. I’m of course feeling down for the same reasons as most folks, and being in the news business, I feel immersed in every latest development with COVID-19. Working

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  I wasn’t nuts about the idea of my wife getting onto a plane just as the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic was ramping up in America. But at