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Hundreds of attendees enjoy hot meals at the Thanksgiving Day Feast held at Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center on Thursday afternoon. Maya Morales/The Signal

SCV Senior Center hosts Thanksgiving Day lunch 

The Castaic/SCV Lions Club and the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center hosted a Thanksgiving Day lunch on Thursday afternoon.  Every year on Thanksgiving Day, the Castaic/SCV Lions Club partners with

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2 local students named to University of Tampa dean’s list   The University of Tampa has honored 2,221 students who were named to the dean’s list for the spring 2024 semester.

Stephanie English, senior field deputy for L.A. County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger's office, passes out meals to the seniors during Supervisor Barger's "Day of Giving" at Bella Vida on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: ‘Day of Giving’

Los Angeles County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger and her team distributed Thanksgiving meals to the seniors at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center’s Bella Vida on Wednesday. Through Supervisor

Dozens of families enjoy a Thanksgiving meal at the Newhall Community Center on Monday provided by the city of Santa Clarita. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

City hosts community Thanksgiving dinners 

Hundreds of residents lined up outside the Newhall Community Center Monday night and the Canyon Country Community Center Tuesday night to dive into a warm Thanksgiving meal with their family

Various items, including cereal, pasta, and even toothpaste, were accepted during the Santa Clarita Valley Corvette Club Food Drive at Sam's Club on Saturday, Nov. 23. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: SCV Corvette Club Food Drive

Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Corvette Club gathered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sam’s Club to raise items for the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry on Saturday.

California Highway Patrol officers Carlos Burgos-Lopez, left, and Craig Sykes encourage residents to donate to the "CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive" at Walmart Supercenter at Carl Boyer Drive on Saturday, Nov. 23. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive

The California Highway Patrol is beginning its annual “CHiPs for Kids Toy Drive,” where residents are encouraged to drop off unwrapped toys for families in need until Dec. 20. Drop

SCV Food Pantry Executive Director Joanne Ainsworth (right) provides instructions to clients at the Turkey giveaway just days ahead of Thanksgiving. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

SCV Food Pantry hosts turkey giveaway  

Local dignitaries and volunteers were all hands on deck Monday morning in a small lot right behind the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry ready to give away hundreds of turkeys

Mayor Cameron Smyth and councilmembers stand with Isabell Yaralian, L.A. County 5th District Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s field representative, during the Bouquet Canyon Trail ribbon-cutting ceremony at Central Park on Monday morning. Maya Morales/The Signal

City opens Bouquet Canyon Trailhead 

Members of the Santa Clarita Valley Bicycle coalition eagerly waited to be the first bicyclists on the newly opened Bouquet Canyon Trail at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Central Park on

Festival of Trees is back for its 22nd year 

A variety of trees of all sizes and themes encompassed the Canyon Country Community Center Friday night to kick off Festival of Trees, a weekend-long fundraiser where all proceeds go

The Valencia Town Center was visited by a Barbie Truck on Saturday, where customers could purchase merchandise ranging from jackets to jewelry. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Photos: Barbie Truck

The Valencia Town Center was visited by a truck fully decorated in Barbie theme last weekend. Passerbys could purchase clothes, and other kinds of merchandise Barbie themed.