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Local athletes recognized by CIF for academic success 

Winners of the 38th annual California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section – Ford Academic Awards program were announced on March 24, which included 12 student-athletes from six local Santa Clarita Valley high schools announced as “Student-Athlete

Students dashed through clouds of color during a Holi-inspired color run hosted by the College of the Canyons Intercultural Center on March 31. Courtesy photo.

Photos: COC holds Holi-inspired color run

Students dashed through clouds of color during a Holi-inspired color run hosted by the College of the Canyons Intercultural Center on March 31. Holi, a Hindu festival, celebrates the arrival of spring,

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CMS boosts 2027 Medicare Advantage payments 

By Bill Pan Contributing Writer   The federal government will increase payments to private Medicare insurers by 2.48% in 2027, far more than it initially proposed.  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

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Whitesides announces Congressional Art Competition  

News release  Rep. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, announced his office is accepting applications for the 2026 Congressional Art Competition.   Each year, high school students from across the country have the opportunity

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FDA warns company over cancer drug claims 

By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer  A company called ImmunityBio misled the public by creating an impression that its cancer drug can cure all cancers, the Food and Drug Administration said in a warning released

Shown above is a portion of the front page of The Signal on April 8, 1970, reporting on a shootout that killed four young California Highway Patrol officers from the CHP’s Newhall office. It became known as “The Newhall Incident” and resulted in new training methods and tools for high-risk law enforcement stops across the nation.  

56 Years Ago: The Newhall Incident 

By Signal Staff   On April 6, 1970, four young California Highway Patrol officers lost their lives in a four-and-a-half-minute gun battle that left four families without their husbands and fathers,

Photos: The ONE TaeKwonDo’s annual Break-A- Thon

The ONE TaeKwonDo held its 8th annual Break-A-Thon last Saturday in Castaic where students gave a live demonstration to board breaking while simultaneously raising funds for the Michael Hoefflin Foundation

SCVi hosts inaugural Touch-A-Truck and Career Festival 

The Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School held its inaugural Touch-a-Truck and Career Festival, open to the public on Saturday.   Hosted by SCVi’s Parent, Teacher and Student Association, also known as PTSA, the event aimed at not only bringing the

Snowpack at second-lowest level on record for April 

The Department of Water Resources conducted what will likely be its last measurement of the California snowpack for the year Wednesday, finding no measurable snow at Phillips Station.  Phillips Station, just south of Lake Tahoe, is one of hundreds of snow courses

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Aquatic Center to host Splash N’ Dash Easter egg hunt 

News release  The city invites the community to a splash-filled celebration at the 15th Annual Splash N’ Dash at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center (20850 Centre Pointe Parkway). The event will take place on Saturday, April 4, at 10 a.m. in