Keeping up a regal homecoming tradition
October 20, 2019
Valerie Miranda never thought when she was running for homecoming queen her senior year at San Fernando High in 1974 that she was starting a tradition that would continue for
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Signal 100 | Columnists and cartoonists, Part 2
October 19, 2019
No. 42 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black
Signal 100 | Columnists and cartoonists, Part 1
October 12, 2019
No. 41 in a series of 52 commemorating 100-year anniversary of The Signal “Longevity, for a columnist, is a simple proposition: Once you start, you don’t stop. You do it
Signal 100 | When your neighbor might be famous
October 6, 2019
“People are strange, when you’re a stranger….” — Jim Morrison of The Doors It’s funny, if not completely strange, how often we know so little about our friends and neighbors.
Centurions’ first leader shares from life in education
October 5, 2019
Though Myron Sproul has now been retired longer than he worked, he still has many fond memories of his 30-year career as an educator here in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Signal 100 | A century of government coverage — Part 2
September 28, 2019
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” — Thomas Jefferson
Signal 100 | A century of government coverage — Part 1
September 21, 2019
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years, there’d be a shortage of sand.” — Milton Friedman Since the first issue of The
Signal 100 | Talking about the weather — Part 2
September 14, 2019
“For most of the history of our species, we were helpless to understand how nature works. We took every storm, drought, illness and comet personally. We created myths and spirits
Castaic Elementary remembers 9/11
September 11, 2019
Staff and students at Castaic Elementary School donned their most patriotic red, white and blue attire for a Cub Rally on Wednesday in honor of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The
Trinity places flags to honor 9/11 victims
September 11, 2019
Early in the morning, half an hour before school was set to begin, students, staff and parents gathered on Trinity Classical Academy’s front lawn on Wednesday to honor the victims
Signal 100 | Talking about the weather — Part 1
September 7, 2019
No. 36 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal By John Boston Special to The Signal You can endorse the wrong candidate. You can come
HandsOn Santa Clarita’s 9/11 Day of Service postponed
September 4, 2019
HandsOn Santa Clarita, a nonprofit volunteer center, typically hosts its annual 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance to both pay tribute to the victims and honor those who began their
Signal History | Part 2: The Mighty Signal and the animal story
August 31, 2019
In our 100 years of publishing a newspaper, some of our most popular features are stories on animals. My humble opinion, we’re all connected at some level to each other
Signal 100 | TMS and the animal story
August 24, 2019
Only the coldest and most acrimonious of hearts can resist reading a main staple of journalism: The Animal Story. And, we, The Signal, being a member of the heartstring-tugging emotionally
Signal 100 | Characters, secret lives and lost souls
August 17, 2019
No. 33 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal How many words has this paper printed in a century? Rough guess — it’s in the
Laughs, lessons and life at 100
August 11, 2019
When Santa Clarita resident Bernie Glass was told he would be a good standup comedian, he replied: “The toughest part of that would be to stand up.” Glass, who turned
Signal 100|Scott Newhall and The Editorial Divine
August 10, 2019
No. 32 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal Growing up here, and I still am, the Santa Clarita has provided me with a lovely
Signal | Editorials: Maybe you didn’t hear us
August 3, 2019
I used to, and still do, kid my friend and Signal Editor Tim Whyte. Many of us who have written editorials sometimes hit both a wall of inspiration and a
Signal 100|The Saga of ‘Big’ Bill Bonelli
July 29, 2019
No. 30 in a series of 52 commemorating 100-year anniversary of The Signal Just about everyone in the Santa Clarita Valley has driven past what used to be the Bonelli
Cicoil marks anniversary of ‘one small step’
July 20, 2019
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins launched from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center with the goal of being the first to walk on the moon.