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Voters cast ballots throughout Santa Clarita 

Throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, residents flocked to one of 20 voting locations Tuesday, marching into their local polling places in a near-constant stream.   This year, California’s primary ballot has several key seats in play, but perhaps none more so than the state’s governorship after Gov.

Local officials and the March family joined Mayor Laurene Weste on the baseball field for the Ribbon Cutting ceremony at David March Park on June 1, 2026. Sara McCarthy/ The Signal 

City celebrates expansion, enhancement of David March Park 

By Sara McCarthy For The Signal  During a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday at David March Park, members of the Santa Clarita City Council, commissioners and local residents and families gathered around the new baseball field to celebrate the new

Traffic delays on the northbound side of Interstate 5 following a collision on Tuesday morning Jan. 6, 2026. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Metro gives update on I-5 summer construction 

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority said construction may ramp up this summer on Interstate 5 along Santa Clarita as its interstate enhancements project eyes a March 2027 end date.   Metro’s virtual, open-to-the-public presentation Wednesday gave

Helicopters circle the area of the "Cactus Fire" in Castaic, Calif., Monday, June 1, 2026. Kamryn Martell/The Signal

Brush fire stopped at 4.2 acres 

The L.A. County Fire Department stopped forward progress Monday on a 4.2-acre brush fire called the Cactus Fire, west of the southbound lanes of Interstate 5, north of the Lake Hughes Road exit.  Keith Navarre, spokesman for the L.A County Fire Department, initially said the incident was moving

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Homicide releases details about shooting 

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau officials have released more details about the shooting that killed one man and sent another man to the hospital on Saturday evening outside The Centre, according to

National News

NASA, Blue Origin to rebuild after explosion 

By T.J. Muscaro Contributing Writer  When Blue Origin’s rocket exploded on its Florida launch pad last week, it brought the launch capabilities of a chosen workhorse for NASA’s Moon Base missions to

A SpaceX rocket carrying Starlink satellites into orbit was seen from the Santa Clarita Valley in a Valentine's Day launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base near Santa Barbara. The Falcon 9 rocket was launched at about 6 p.m.

US awards SpaceX $4.16B for Golden Dome satellites 

By Naveen Athrappully Contributing Writer  The U.S. Space Force has awarded SpaceX $4.16 billion to build a network of satellites that will form one of the layers of the Trump administration’s Golden Dome for America

Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel combat a small vehicle fire that spread to brush nearby on Interstate 5 near Calgrove Boulevard on Sunday afternoon, Sunday, May 31, 2026. Kamryn Martell/The Signal

Vehicle fire extends to brush off Calgrove 

A vehicle caught fire and the blaze extended to nearby brush on the side of the northbound Interstate 5 south of Calgrove Boulevard around 4:36 p.m. on Sunday, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. 

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2 shot, 1 dead in Sports Complex shooting 

A man was killed and another wounded in a shooting outside the Santa Clarita Sports Complex Saturday night, according to an alert from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.  The shooting was in front of the George A. Caravalho Santa

Canyon High students give high school a sincere send-off 

Canyon High School’s class of 2026 was never going to go out without making sure their mark was made.  Many of the nearly 490 students sitting on the College of the Canyons football field Friday night had spent high school preparing for after-graduation aspirations typical in

SCV Election Filler 2026

The Signal’s California Primary Preview: 

The 26th Congressional District  The 26th Congressional District race is a brand new election for the Santa Clarita Valley and one of two new districts that picked up a slice of the