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Members of all ages from CHEER made sure to showcase the Chinese culture with graceful performances. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Celebrate ends in 2023 with China 

Dances, food trucks and martial arts: Santa Clarita’s “Celebrate” series concluded its last installment of the year with a tribute to China on Friday at the Canyon Country Community Center.

Members of the Trinity Classical Academy chapter of Young Americans for Freedom placed 2,981 flags of remembrance in the Trinity courtyard and lawn. Photo courtesy of Wally Caddow.

Trinity hosts Never Forget Memorial Ceremony

By Signal Staff  Trinity Classical Academy held its annual 9/11 Never Forget Memorial Ceremony on Monday in remembrance of the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. 

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Local families sought to host international students

News release   International Student Exchange, a nonprofit organization, is looking for volunteer families to host international high school students for the upcoming academic year.   Host families gain a

Event attendee Deanna Valenzuela and her therapy dog Gretel participate in the peanut butter licking contest during the American Cancer Society Bark for Life event at the Canyon Country Community Center on Sunday, March 26, 2023. Gretel beat the other dogs participating in the contest to take home the first place trophy. Chris Torres/The Signal

Cancer Society to host Bark for Life Oct. 29

News release   You can celebrate a happy “Howl-o-ween’ with your dog at the American Cancer Society’s fundraiser, Bark for Life, presented by Relay for Life of the Santa Clarita

Photo courtesy of Jenina Marik.

One SCV mom battles ALS for her 2 sons 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, is a neurodegenerative disease that is progressive and affects nerve cells present in the brain and spinal cord.   Five thousand people are diagnosed annually with a

West Ranch tree grows alongside students  

In the heart of West Ranch High School’s upper quad is a blooming tree: big enough to shade current students, but small enough to grow alongside the incoming generations.  Naomi