Family Fun

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

Photos: Salsa lesson fundraiser

Organized by salsa student Cristina Hernandez, attendees gathered for a salsa dance fundraiser on Saturday at Pointe Dance Studio to raise funds for an orphanage in Mexico.

From left: Oskar Strauss, 8, Teddy Strauss, 4, and Anna Strauss participate in a self-defense demonstration during a community hike hosted by the city on Feb. 8, 2025 at Central Park in Santa Clarita, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Photos: Community hike and self defense

The city of Santa Clarita hosted a community hike at Central Park on Saturday, and dozens of attendees were able to experience a self defense class from professionals with the