Sadly, most of us have someone in their lives who is a train wreck, that self-destructive, impossible-to-stop force that careens off the rails and crashes in spectacular fashion. There certainly
HNo. 14 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal The past two weeks, we’ve chronicled that magic elixir of journalism — When Love Goes Wrong.
No. 13 in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal “My best birth control now is to leave the lights on.” — Joan Rivers Years ago,
No. 12 in a series of 52 celebrating The Signal’s 100th anniversary “My best birth control now is to leave the lights on.” — Joan Rivers Ain’t love grand? Is
No. 11 in a series of 52 commemorating 100-year anniversary of The Signal Rose Mulholland answered the phone shortly after midnight, March 12, 1928. She told her father the St.
No. 10 in a series of 52 commemorating 100-year anniversary of The Signal “A nihilist, a socialist, and a neo-Marxist walk into a bar and order drinks. “The bartender says,
No. 9 in a series of 52 commemorating 100-year anniversary of The Signal Years ago, I used to help out at the local Cowboy Festival when it was properly held
No. 8 in a series of 52 commemorating 100-year anniversary of The Signal “I hate journalists. There is nothing in them but tittering jeering emptiness. They have all made what
Part 7 of 52 In the 19th century, Santa Clarita was a Wild West valley, as dangerous a place to live as any. We had one of America’s biggest range
Part 6 of 52 By John Boston Signal Staff Writer The great and lingering sin of Thornton Doelle is simple. He’s not famous. Actor. Forest ranger. Lawman. Poet. Romantic. Original
What a fascinating device, to have a time machine that actually works. I’d order the deluxe kit, one that comes with a universal translator and Shroud of Mental Fog so
By John Boston Signal Staff Writer Part 4 of 52 For years, I nagged anyone who wouldn’t listen about a mythological creature supposedly living right under our noses. This great
By John Boston Signal Staff Writer I had been crying, not a dignified thing for a satirist. Right before Halloween and upstaging Bill Clinton’s 1992 November election, Scott Newhall died.
Picture waking up at 4:31 a.m. to several seconds of violent jolts, buildings collapsing and fires erupting left and right. Confused and scared, you reach for your cellphone to call
On this day 25 years ago, a “big one” rattled Southern California. Billions of dollars in direct damage, thousands injured and dozens lost their lives as a result of the
Here’s a staggering fact: The Signal is older than the American woman’s right to vote. The Mighty Signal’s first issue came out on Friday, Feb. 7, 1919. The 19th Amendment,
Before television and radio transmission. Before talking movies. Before the Eskimo Pie, the hair dryer, traffic lights, the Band-Aid, convertible cars or the cheeseburger. Before the invention of the bulldozer,
I think I’ve been doing these trail rides into SCV history for almost 40 years now. What do you know. It’s Christmas, 2018. May you be surrounded by loved ones.
Dearest saddlepals? Is that you, still hugging the pillows and sleeping off the previous night’s debauchery? C’mon. It’s Santa Clarita history trail-riding time. I’ve several thousand well-humored ponies downstairs, each