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SCVi to host aerospace learning showcase 

News release  Students from SCVi Charter School are scheduled Friday to present their first semester of aerospace learning at the TK-7 Aerospace Learning Showcase.  The event, scheduled 11:15 a.m. to

Festival of Trees set for Nov. 21-23  

News release   The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley is presenting the return of its Festival of Trees, celebrating 23 years of holiday magic and community giving.

Knights of Columbus Santa Clarita Assembly, Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 355, and Santa Clarita Valley Young Marines change the flags during the 19th annual Santa Clarita Veterans Day Ceremony at Veterans Historical Plaza on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

City hosts annual Veterans Day Ceremony  

The American flag was folded neatly and taken through a gathering crowd on Tuesday morning on its way to be raised on a flagpole.   Beneath the flag that waved gently

Sammy Clarita, left, Councilwoman Marsha McLean, center left, Councilwoman Laurene Weste, center right, and Mayor Cameron Smyth flip the switch to light the tree during Light Up Main Street in Old Town Newhall on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

‘Light Up Main Street’ returns Saturday 

News release  The holiday season officially begins in Santa Clarita as Old Town Newhall transforms into a sparkling winter wonderland for Light Up Main Street on Saturday from 4 to

The Knights of Columbus Santa Clarita Assembly Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 355 at the start of the Veterans Day Ceremony held at the Veterans Historical Plaza in Old Town Newhall. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

City invites community to Veterans Day Ceremony 

News release  The city of Santa Clarita invites community members to join the Santa Clarita City Council for the annual Veterans Day Ceremony to honor local veterans, currently serving military

College briefs

College Briefs for Nov. 6

Swailes named to dean’s honor roll at the University of Mississippi  Avery Swailes, of Valencia, was named to the University of Mississippi’s spring 2025 honor roll.   Swailes, majoring in exercise

Touch-a-Truck benefits Education Foundation 

Brothers T.J. and Weston Garrison love to look out the car window and identify different trucks.   Mail trucks, cargo trucks, trash trucks, anything that’s different from an everyday car like