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‘Puffs’ comes to Rio Norte 

News release  “Puffs: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic” hits the stage at Rio Norte Junior High School at 7 p.m. on May 8 and 9.   The comedy by

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CalArts to host MAYhem Festival 

News release  California Institute of the Arts is scheduled May 2 and 3 to present MAYhem, an immersive festival of visual and performing arts featuring music, dance, art, theater and

Hundreds of families wait for city of Santa Clarita officials to begin the Eggstravaganza on April 19, 2025 at Central Park in Santa Clarita, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Central Park packed for Eggstravaganza 

Over 20,000 eggs were waiting for thousands of egg hunters Saturday morning at Central Park in Saugus.    The city of Santa Clarita invited the community to Eggstravaganza, a free event

Yeva (left), Brett and Daniel Syslo, 4, pose for the Super Mario-themed photo booth at the "Barcade" Senses block party on Main Street, April 17, 2025. Kamryn Martell/The Signal

Photos: “Barcade”Senses block party

The Senses block party was back again, this time with “Barcade.” The event had vintage arcade games, families enjoying themselves, and Tom Petty cover band, Heartbreak Over Petty.  The evening

Featured artist Georgetta Arison views her “Round him up Cowboy” art piece with other guests at the “Saddle Up Santa Clarita” art exhibition reception held at Santa Clarita City Hall on April 11, 2025 in Valenica, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Photos: ‘Saddle Up Santa Clarita’ art exhibition

The city held an art reception for it’s “Saddle Up Santa Clarita” juried exhibition that highlights Santa Clarita’s Western heritage through paintings, photographs and mixed-media works on Friday evening at

Over 600 people participated in the annual Walk 4 MHF at Central Park in Saugus, Saturday morning, April 5, 2025. Michael Picarella/The Signal

Over 600 people attend 30th annual Walk 4 MHF

The Michael Hoefflin Foundation hosted its 30th annual Walk 4 MHF Saturday morning at Central Park in Saugus. According to Christian Lazore, member of the MHF board, the walk attracted

Rancho Pico Junior High School Symphonic Band students perform during the Southern California School and Band Orchestra Festival hosted by West Ranch High School on March 25, 2025 in Stevenson Ranch, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

West Ranch hosts two-day music festival 

Music festival season is here, and to celebrate not just student musicians in the Santa Clarita Valley but also in neighboring cities, West Ranch High School hosted the 2025 Southern

Mycologist Bat Vardeh shows an attendee small mushrooms growing on a dead branch at Placerita Canyon Nature Center on Sunday afternoon, March 16, 2025 Maya Morales/The Signal

Looking for fun, guys: Head outside 

Nature center hosts mushroom foraging expedition  Karen Arechiga and her friends were among the large group of people who attended a mushroom foraging hike at the Placerita Canyon Nature Center