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The city of Santa Clarita is hosting its next Rain Barrel Purchase Program in February. Residents can pre-order up to two rain barrels per household for $40 each plus tax, at city.sc/RainBarrel. Courtesy photo.

Rain barrel program returns Feb. 22 

January 23, 2025

News release  The city of Santa Clarita is hosting its next Rain Barrel Purchase Program in February.   Residents can pre-order up to two rain barrels per household for $40

Frustrated evacuees push law enforcement officials to share when roads will be open on Thursday morning after evacuation orders for residents in Castaic took place the night before due to the Hughes Fire. Jan. 23, 2025. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Evacuation orders lifted, uncertainty persists  

January 23, 2025

By Maya Morales and Katherine Quezada  Signal Staff Writers  Most evacuation orders were downgraded or lifted Thursday morning as L.A. County and Angeles National Forest Service firefighters were mopping up

Evacuees were able to come to the American Red Cross' Disaster Relief site at College of the Canyons' gym Wednesday night to seek food and shelter on Jan. 22, 2025. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Hughes Fire evacuees take shelter at COC 

January 22, 2025

Castaic and Valencia residents evacuated to the American Red Cross shelter set up at the east gym on the Valencia campus of College of the Canyons as the Hughes Fire

MLK Day walk invokes spirit of unity 

January 20, 2025

The heavy Santa Clarita fog early Monday morning rose off the nearby soccer fields at Central Park in Saugus as singer Kenneth Page sang “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The

Singer-songwriter Judy Unger performs an original song called “Beside Me Always” during the 23rd Annual Candle Light Remembrance Program Sunday evening at Bethlehem SCV Church in Canyon Country. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

One woman’s grief to harmony 

January 18, 2025

Judy Unger was 15 years old the first time she picked up a guitar and wrote her first original song, titled “You’re Not the One” following a recent breakup. Years

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SCV Water announces 2025 gardening classes 

January 17, 2025

 News release   The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency has announced its 2025 gardening class schedule, featuring a series of workshops designed to inspire, educate and empower the community to

The front page of The Signal on Jan. 18, 1994.

31 years ago: Jan. 17, 1994 

January 17, 2025

Friday, Jan. 17, marks the 31st anniversary of the 1994 earthquake, commonly known as the Northridge Earthquake, that caused widespread destruction and isolated the Santa Clarita Valley as bridges and

Hart District to host art exhibition  

January 16, 2025

The William S. Hart Union High School District, in collaboration with Junior Artrepreneurs, is hosting a student art exhibition titled “Heroes of Color” at The Centre on Thursday, Jan. 23,

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Entry period open for Sister Cities showcase 

January 16, 2025

News release   The city of Santa Clarita, in partnership with Santa Clarita Sister Cities, is inviting local students to submit original artwork, poetry, essays/creative writing, photographs or music for