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The Santa Clarita Aquatic Center hosts the 21st Annual Dixon Duck Dash on Sunday afternoon at the facility on Centre Pointe Parkway. Maya Morales/The Signal

More than 300 attend Duck Dash 

News release  More than 300 guests attended the 21st Annual Dixon Duck Dash, a day filled with swimming, activity booths and a chance to help the nonprofit Samuel Dixon Family

Three World War II veterans were seated in the front row and honored during the Santa Clarita Veterans Day Ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

City to honor local veterans on Veterans Day 

News release  The city of Santa Clarita invites community members to join the Santa Clarita City Council for a special Veterans Day Ceremony to honor local veterans, currently serving military

Press release

COC to host Star Party on Friday 

News release  Jason Wright, an astronomy and astrophysics professor at Penn State, is scheduled Friday to present “Intelligent Ways to Search for Extraterrestrials” at the College of the Canyons Fall

Retirement Filler. Adobe Stock image.

Inside the trend of Americans retiring abroad 

By Autumn Spredemann Contributing Writer  As a record number of Americans turn 65 this year, retiring abroad is becoming an increasingly attractive option for many. Former U.S. residents — or “expats”

Dancers from a ballet folklorico youth group dance in front of attendees on Friday night during the 25th annual Halloween Fiesta event hosted by the city of Santa Clarita: Newhall Community Center on October 25, 2024. Trisha Anas/ The Signal.

City hosts annual Halloween Fiesta in Newhall

Ghouls, zombies and witches moved their way into the Newhall Community Center on Friday night for the 25th annual Halloween Fiesta celebration.  Families were able to play a variety of Halloween-themed

Health News

CDC: XEC COVID-19 variant circulating in the US 

By Jack Phillips Contributing Writer  Recent estimates published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the XEC COVID-19 variant is now circulating inside the United States.  According to

Frankie Durham,7, (left) and Wyatt Durham, 4, take a photo with a California Highway Patrol vehicle decorated for Halloween during the SCV Sheriff’s Station Haunted Jail House on Sunday. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

SCV sheriff’s deputies give a haunting experience  

Thousands of community members dressed in their spooky costumes poured into the Santa Clarita Valley’s Sheriff Station Sunday afternoon for the station’s 33rd annual Halloween Carnival and Haunted Jailhouse.  This