Community Stories

Youth shop food, snack and hygiene supplies as part of Fostering Youth Independence's Back to School Bash. Courtesy photo.

FYI kicks off school year for foster youth 

News release  Fostering Youth Independence students were equipped to go back to school following the nonprofit’s eighth annual Back to School Bash and Career Fair at Christ Lutheran Church.  

The American Cancer Society’s Bark for Life had dozens of furry friends dressed up in a wide range of costumes on Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, at Canyon Country Community Center celebrating canine companions. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal

American Cancer Society to host Bark for Life 

News release  Dog owners are invited to celebrate a “Happy Howl-o-ween” at the American Cancer Society’s fundraiser, Bark for Life, presented by Relay For Life of the Santa Clarita Valley.

College briefs

College Briefs for Sept. 5

Worcester Polytechnic students complete intensive research projects   At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology that addresses an important

College briefs

College Briefs for Aug. 29

2 local students named to SNHU dean’s list  Southern New Hampshire University announced two local students were named to the winter 2024 dean’s list: Jade Johnson, of Valencia, and Hassan

Robert Grzesiak, docent naturalist at Placerita Canyon Nature Center, holds a large bundle of thistle weeds he removed from the area on Thursday morning at Placerita Canyon Nature Center on Aug. 22, 2024. Trisha Anas/ The Signal.

Native SCV plants and those who fight for them 

Along the Placerita Canyon Nature Center trail, bushes of light brown buckwheat plants populate the dirt and the smell of vinegar plants wafts through the air, attracting bees, butterflies and