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Kids and families enjoy the circus theme of the Family Literacy Festival outside the Old Town Newhall Library on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. Susan Monaghan/The Signal

City festival promotes community literacy 

Promoting children’s literacy is a goal that the Santa Clarita Public Library’s annual Family Literacy Festival has brought to the Santa Clarita Valley with flair for the past 18 years.  This year’s circus-themed literacy festival featured booths and entertainers encouraging kids

Placerita Canyon State Park doesn’t offer a New England fall color explosion, however you should still be able to enjoy some colors sprinkled among the evergreens. PHOTO COURTESY PLACERITA CANYON STATE PARK

Hiking Santa Clarita in Search of Fall Colors 

By Alicia Doyle  Sunday Signal Writer  While Santa Clarita is not widely known for dramatic fall changes, Placerita Canyon and other spots around town showcase noticeable cottonwoods and other deciduous

With campaigns that range from foster-youth gift drives to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Foundation’s Gift of Life campaign, local groups are offering residents simple, meaningful ways to transform holiday generosity into real support for neighbors in need. ©ADOBESTOCK

Giving to Others This Holiday Giving Season 

By Alicia Doyle  Sunday Signal Writer  From lighting candles for loved ones at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital to stacking toy donations in the sheriff’s station lobby, Santa Clarita’s nonprofits are

Local farms are transforming the chilly holiday season into hands-on adventures, welcoming families to pick their own Christmas trees, harvest winter vegetables, and get up-close with barnyard animals. ©ADOBESTOCK

Christmas Trees and Christmas Fun 

By Alicia Doyle  Sunday Signal Writer  Local farms are transforming the chilly holiday season into hands-on adventures, welcoming families to pick their own Christmas trees, harvest winter vegetables, and get

LASD seeks help finding missing 23-year-old 

Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit are asking for the public’s help locating at-risk missing person Harrison Herendeenhill, who was last seen on the 24400

Missing Person John L. Brown Dec. 5, 2025

LASD seeks help finding missing man, 68 

News release  Detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit are asking for the public’s help locating at-risk missing person John L Brown. He is a 68-year-old Black man who was last seen

DA charges suspect in fatal crash 

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office filed one felony count and a serious-felony special allegation in an alleged DUI crash that led to a 60-year-old man’s death last month.  Martin

Trailer carrying 6,900 gallons of fuel overturns in Sand Canyon  

A trailer carrying 6,900 gallons of fuel overturned near the northbound State Route 14 on-ramp at Sand Canyon Road, causing a hard closure in the area on Friday, according to a California Highway Patrol Newhall-area Office official.   The incident was first reported at approximately 9:26 a.m., said Carlos Burgos-Lopez, a spokesman for the CHP

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CHP officers seize drugs, gun after pursuit 

A California Highway Patrol investigation into speeding and unsafe lane changes on Highway 14 yielded drugs and a handgun after a man crashed and fled on foot in October, according

FILE PHOTO A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Bicyclist transported following collision  

At least one person was transported to the hospital in unknown condition following a traffic collision involving a bicyclist in Newhall on Thursday afternoon, according to officials.   The incident was reported as a collision involving a pedestrian and was reported on the

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies look for evidence after a shooting on the 22200 block of Park Street in Newhall, Calif., Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. Signal Staff/The Signal

LASD: Teen arrested with gun in Newhall 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies patrolling an apartment complex frequented by a “generational street gang” arrested a teen on suspicion of drug and gun charges, seizing several weapons from

Finding a voice through 3D printing 

It was the night of Thursday, Nov. 10, 1983. Anntionette Hull was in bed after working a long day, and her husband, Charles, known as “Chuck,” kept working on his