Seniors

Seniors, beware of Medicare sales scams

News release from the California Department of Insurance: SACRAMENTO — The California Department of Insurance is alerting seniors and their advocates to be on their guard against improper sales practices during the

Seniors discuss politics at center

By Michelle Sathe For The Signal In November 2015, a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll found that 71 percent of seniors expressed extreme interest in the 2016 election. That enthusiasm certainly

Talking with his hands

The first time Allan Trautman put a puppet on his hand was at his first audition. “I was just looking for acting work,” he said. Trautman had just graduated from

Balancing act helps SCV seniors

It’s one of the very first moves that helps Bill Phillips of Stevenson Ranch the most. “It’s been sort of a godsend,” Phillips says. The move, a gentle rock from

SCV artist finds his style

It was a happy accident that created what came to be artist Bruce McFarland’s signature style. McFarland, 68, is a Santa Clarita resident, and photographer and fine artist. He became interested

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Just Plain Americans

Bert Noriega describes himself and his family as “Americans.” Not Latino Americans, not Mexican Americans – just plain Americans. Noriega, 82, of Newhall and his seven siblings grew up in

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The Art Show Goes On

Mary Gallant calls her art students at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center her “children.” “The students … they became sisters,” she said at the opening of the center’s second-ever

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Cabernet in the Canyon

Hardly a Sunday goes by that someone doesn’t pull over when they see Saugus resident Danny Mascari, 62, working in his vineyard. “Every Sunday I’m out here, somebody pulls in”