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City budget sees slight increase  

 Santa Clarita City Manager Ken Striplin started Tuesday’s study session for the city’s 2025-26 budget with a caution that reflected the latest financial forecasts.  Striplin leads several such talks each

Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares, R-Acton, speaks about the California insurance crisis to a room of people at College of the Canyons in Valencia, Friday, March 21, 2025. Michael Picarella/The Signal

Valladares bill on tips move forward 

Sen. Suzette Valladares, R-Acton, shared her personal connection to a bill she co-authored during its April 23 hearing in front of the Revenue and Taxation Committee in Sacramento.  When she

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LASD: Smash-and-grab investigation progressing 

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Major Crimes Bureau official said Wednesday there is little information that can yet be released on the April 10 burglaries in which 10 businesses

Photos: Take Back Day

Residents throughout the Santa Clarita Valley could donate used or unused prescription medications at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on Saturday to participate in the Drug Enforcement Administration’s National

Landfill bill heads to Appropriations Committee 

As the underground fire continues at Chiquita Canyon Landfill, a bill from Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, aimed specifically at preventing a similar situation somewhere else passed its first hearing Monday

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Canyon Country man pleads guilty to break-in 

A Santa Clarita Valley man charged with breaking into a Canyon Country home with the intent to commit a sexual assault pleaded no contest to first-degree burglary Monday, according to

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Dog fatally struck on McBean Parkway 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies were called to the scene where a dog was fatally struck by a vehicle on McBean Parkway Tuesday afternoon in Valencia, amid online reports

Mimi’s Café in Valencia, a longtime local fixture, is being torn down to make way for a new Yard House restaurant. Photo by Kelly Ingram (Nishimoto)/The Signal.

Mimi’s: the end of an era  

By Kelly Ingram (Nishimoto) Signal Staff Writer   Mimi’s Café in Valencia, a longtime local fixture, is being torn down to make way for a new Yard House restaurant.   Located

Congregation Beth Shalom member Herman Zayon lights a candle in remembrance of the 6 million Jewish people who were killed during the Holocaust on Sunday morning, April 27, 2025. Maya Morales/The Signal

Congregation Beth Shalom remembers the Holocaust 

In remembrance of the 6 million Jewish victims who were killed during the Holocaust, Congregation Beth Shalom’s Men’s Club hosted a film screening and memorial lighting ceremony on Sunday morning.