Community Stories

Athina Peidou

COC Star Party set for Friday 

News release  College of the Canyons is scheduled to host its Fall 2025 Star Party on Friday, featuring a keynote presentation by Athina Peidou, a geodesist and GRACE-FO Project Staff Scientist at NASA’s

Press release

Yes I Can adopts refined mission and values statement 

News release  The board of directors for Yes I Can Unity Through Music & Education, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preparing individuals with disabilities for careers in the entertainment industry, have announce its newly

Residents of all ages could participate in the Bar Harbor Scares maze in Valencia on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Residents create a-maze-ing displays for Halloween  

It’s “spooky season” in the Santa Clarita Valley, as residents are dusting off animatronics, constructing elaborate webs, and welcoming residents with friendly faces into a ghoul-den experience.  Many houses throughout

College briefs

College Briefs for Oct. 16

Kukaua graduates from McNeese State University   McNeese State University conferred degrees on 624 graduates during two ceremonies for the university’s 164th commencement Friday, May 9, in McNeese’s Legacy Center.    Among

Rusty, an American Staffordshire Terrier, enjoys time under the sun dressed as Harry Potter at the American Cancer Society’s Bark for Life, held at the Canyon Country Community Center on Sunday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Cancer Society to host Bark for Life Oct. 26 

News release   The American Cancer Society is inviting residents to celebrate a “Happy Howl-o-ween” with their dogs at the organization’s Bark for Life fundraiser.  The event is scheduled 10 a.m.

The Knights of Columbus hosted their annual pasta dinner fundraiser, “Mission Im-Pasta-Ble,” on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Parish in Saugus. The event featured a silent auction, raffles and door prizes, a selfie booth and, of course, plenty of pasta. Photo courtesy of the Knights of Columbus. 

If You Choose to Accept This Pasta Mission …   

The Knights of Columbus hosted their annual pasta dinner fundraiser, “Mission Im-Pasta-Ble,” on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Saint Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Parish in Saugus. The event featured a silent auction,

The College of the Canyons Student Health & Wellness Center hosted its annual “Shine A Light” event on Sept. 23 and 24. As a visual representation of the social issue of suicide, the college’s Honor Grove was filled with 1,100 white plastic chairs — each representing a college student who has lost their life to suicide in the United States during the past year. Photo by Mari Kneisel/COC Public Information Office

Shining a Light at COC 

The College of the Canyons Student Health & Wellness Center hosted its annual “Shine A Light” event on Sept. 23 and 24. As a visual representation of the social issue

Press release

School Day Cafe announces menu updates 

News release  The Santa Clarita Valley School Food Services Agency, which serves the Newhall School District, Castaic Union School District, Saugus Union School District and Sulphur Springs Union School District,