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Acton/Agua Dulce art show results released

News release  The Acton Agua Dulce Arts Council held its annual Adult Fine Art Show at a new location this year, Picasso’s Playmates Art Studio in Acton, on Nov. 4-5. The

Hallea Pocrass, 17, left, Nyali Latz-Torres, 17, center, and Cayden Pocrass, 19, participated in the frst in-person 2023 California Advocacy Leadership Conference at the State Capitol on Nov. 5. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

CASA advocates for high school robotics program 

Through their robotics club, Hermit Social Club, 17-year-old Academy of the Canyons seniors Hallea Pocrass and Nyali Latz-Torres helped organize the first-ever in-person conference for the California Association for STEM

Allan Robert Petker, the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Santa Clarita Master Chorale, conducts the orchestra while peforming 'And the Gory of the Lord' during the 5th annual Community Messiah Singalong at Valencia United Methodist Church in Valencia, Calif., on Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Chris Torres/The Signal

Master Chorale announces holiday concerts

News release  The Santa Clarita Master Chorale, led by Artistic Director Allan Robert Petker, has announced its two-event concert series for the holiday season.   It is time to let

Mary Zimmerman eats cake passed out during her birthday celebration on Wednesday, Nov. 15. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Mary Zimmerman celebrates her 102nd birthday

Residents of Oakmont of Valencia and loved ones anxiously waited for Mary Zimmerman to arrive to surprise her with a happy birthday song, a tune she has presumably heard for

Photo of the Yamaha C3, courtesy of Daria Landress.

Friendly Valley celebrates new piano 

After months of organizing efforts, from January to June, to purchase a new piano, the Friendly Valley Country Club celebrated its new addition — a Yamaha C3 — with a

Valencia High School performed "Highway Hypnosis" as an exhibition during Ragnarok on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Ragnarök rocks Valencia High School  

What better way to have a battle of the bands on Viking territory than to call its 11th annual field tournament, “Ragnarök,” which, according to Britannica, is the end of

Nathan Shyam, 13, remade his 3D printer that he started building in the fourth grade. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Eighth grader creates second 3D printer 

Not many adults, let alone fourth graders, assemble 3D printers at home, but that’s exactly what Nathan Shyam did — not once, but twice.  Shyam, 13, who’s now an eighth