The Time Ranger | When Frankenstein stalked the SCV
August 1, 2020
If it weren’t for having to cart all that extra ammo, I’d say we set the dial on our time travel portal to ride back 12,000 years to the Pleistocene
History
History
The Time Ranger | Big Men, Bird Men and Con Men
July 25, 2020
I know I’ve been harping on this theme all this year. Nonetheless. Who the heck has been stealing all the time? We’re just about into August and it feels like
The Time Ranger | Happy 100th anniversary to the city?
July 18, 2020
I just adore living out here in the Santa Clarita. It’s one of the most historically rich communities in the country, and we didn’t have a single Civil War battle
The Time Ranger | Oh, no! Hookers at the Way Station?!?!?!
July 11, 2020
On the bright side, we’ve only got another 93 days until we hit cool weather.I’ve noticed over the years that the hot weather of summer always starts right around, if
The Time Ranger | Happy darn Independence Day!
July 4, 2020
One of the wonderful and practical virtues of being a Time Ranger saddlepal (or saddlepal-ette or saddlepalito/ita) is that if you don’t particularly care for what’s going on in present
The Time Ranger | Fireworks, Waldo and bounty hunters
June 27, 2020
We have an absolute wonderful and interesting trail ride ahead, saddlepals, filled with all manner of gee-whiz tidbits, history and trivia. C’mon. Hop up into those saddles, give your horsey
The Time Ranger | A Big, Warm, Western & Happy SCV Father’s Day!
June 20, 2020
Because of this, the holiest of holidays in the calendar year, we’re going to take a small departure from the weekly organization of our time-traveling posse. Dads get to ride
The Time Ranger | Big imbeciles at an itty-bitty SCV agency
June 13, 2020
A warm and Western howdy to you, from grizzled old-time SCV homesteaders to the newly arrived. Surely appreciate you saddling up with me for this fine weekend exploration to the
When WASN’T there an SCV Fourth of July parade?
June 11, 2020
By Leon WordenPresident, SCVTVSpecial to The Signal Newhall has “purt’ near always” staged a Fourth of July Parade since 1932, but just how “purt’ near” has it been? It’s safe
The Time Ranger | Mad dogs, dirty grocers & kissing the president
June 6, 2020
Hello dear saddlepals. How you holding up in these unfamiliar seasons of mayhem? I hope well. I remember A.B. Thatcher printing an editorial in The Mighty Signal nearly 100 years
The Time Ranger | Give the devil his dude, er, ranch
May 30, 2020
Hate to say it, but this is the time of year I don’t particularly care for. June’s a few hours away and we seemed to have misplaced our June Gloom.
The Time Ranger: For more than a century — hot air politicians
May 23, 2020
You know what the absolute nice thing is about taking a trail ride through SCV history in May? No face masks. Yup. That’s right. As soon as we pass through
Santa Clarita COVID-19 digital time capsule to be created
May 21, 2020
The Signal is creating a COVID-19 digital time capsule for the Santa Clarita Valley. All residents are encouraged to send in photos of your memories of sheltering in place and
Time Ranger: Perps, Pervs & Live Nude CalArts Graduation!
May 16, 2020
Good thing Mother’s Day was last weekend. It’d be a shame to take our kindly dear moms on a trail ride this week that features so much ribaldry, perversion and
Time Ranger: Happy Mother’s Day to all you SCV mothers!
May 9, 2020
Well about that? The gods of time were kind today and scheduled Mother’s Day smack dab when we take our weekly ride through SCV history. As I look out amongst
Time Ranger: Cave men, pistol fighters & the SCV nuclear plant
May 2, 2020
I am eternally grateful for the gift of time traveling. No need to be stuck in the confines of 21st-century humdrummia — a wonderful word my dopey sister-like substance Leslie
John Boston’s Time Ranger | The SCV’s OJesque Trial of the Century
April 11, 2020
Editor’s note: John Boston’s Time Ranger usually appears on Sundays. Nature seems intent to ignore headlines and appearances. It rains and warms, turns things green and invites the young from
Holocaust survivor, Anne Frank’s stepsister, visits the SCV
March 22, 2020
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss truly believes her life has been full of miracles, “which is one of the reasons why I’m still sitting here,” she said. Hundreds of Santa Clarita
St. Francis Dam disaster remembered
March 11, 2020
Exactly one year ago, on the anniversary of the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster in San Francisquito Canyon, Congress passed the St. Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act, agreeing to
Valencia High students remember the Holocaust
February 28, 2020
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps after the Holocaust, 10th-grade students at Valencia High were given the opportunity to hear from three survivors Tuesday. “What started