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Tiffany Delazari, 6 , assisted by her mother Jessica Delazari pours a fresh of ice-cold lemonade into a cup for people who came to support the second annual RISE Foundation Lemonade Brigade to support fostered youth on Saturday at Mountain View Park. 072824 Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Lemonade stands RISE up to support foster youth 

By Trisha Anas and Katherine Quezada Signal Staff Writers  While temperatures rise across the Santa Clarita Valley, residents have had no shortage of energy when it comes to community events. After

Coffee4Vets serves those who served 

His younger brother, a Vietnam veteran, couldn’t talk about the war unless he was “stinking drunk,” Juan Blanco said. Only then would all the pain come pouring out.   So many

Practical woman shows her artistic side 

Katrina Negrete is a very practical young woman. She’s always been practical. So, while she’s had a lifelong love for music and performance, she was never going to pursue the

The city of Santa Clarita, in collaboration with the Castaic Animal Care Center, is hosting Pet Adoption Day on Saturday, July 27, at Valencia Heritage Park. Courtesy photo.

City waiving pet adoption fees Saturday 

News release  The city of Santa Clarita, in collaboration with the Castaic Animal Care Center, is hosting Pet Adoption Day on Saturday, July 27, at the Valencia Heritage Park (24155

Jazz composer and conductor Ladd McIntosh led his Big Band Wednesday night at Club 507 in the American Legion Post 507 in Santa Clarita, Calif., on July 10, 2024. Trisha Anas/ The Signal

Big band in full swing at local club 

When Ladd McIntosh was 16 years old, his father purchased a record player and a few jazz albums for him. It was from then on McIntosh knew he wanted to