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Deanne Criswell, the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, speaks during a news conference at the White House on Aug. 30, 2023. Photo by Madalina Vasiliu.

DHS probe: FEMA withheld aid from Trump supporters 

By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer  The Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday that a wide-ranging internal investigation found the Federal Emergency Management Agency engaged in “textbook political discrimination” during the Biden administration by systematically

Athina Peidou

COC Star Party set for Friday 

News release  College of the Canyons is scheduled to host its Fall 2025 Star Party on Friday, featuring a keynote presentation by Athina Peidou, a geodesist and GRACE-FO Project Staff Scientist at NASA’s

National News

Widespread outage hits apps and websites using AWS  

By Tom Ozimek Contributing Writer  A widespread outage at Amazon Web Services early Monday caused major disruptions across dozens of popular platforms, apps and games — including Snapchat, Zoom, Coinbase and Fortnite — as one of the world’s most

The property lines of homes burned during the Palisades Fire still sit visible in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles on June 9, 2025. Photo by John Fredricks.

Grand jury indicts Palisades Fire suspect 

News release   A federal grand jury has indicted a former resident of the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles who is charged with starting in January 2025 what eventually became the Palisades

City approves 3-year plan for fiber-optic service 

The Santa Clarita City Council approved a potential 50-year, nonexclusive deal with Aspire Broadband expected to bring fiber-optic internet speeds to the Santa Clarita Valley over the next three years.  

2-vehicle crash results in fire, 2 transported 

Two people were transported to the hospital after a two-vehicle collision resulted in one vehicle catching fire and the other having significant damage on Camp Plenty Road and Soledad Canyon

Crime Filler

One arrested following attempted burglary  

A man was detained following an attempted burglary in Newhall in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.   Deputies responded to a 9-1-1

Guests engage in a Zumba class to support the Santa Clarita Sister Cities projects on Oct. 11 at The Centre. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

Sister Cities hosts Zumba fundraiser 

What better way to help a cause than to burn some calories?   The Santa Clarita Sister Cities held its annual Zumba marathon titled “Black and White Zumbathon for a Cause”

City reviewing 7-home lot split on Daisy Meadow  

Santa Clarita planners are reviewing an application for a seven-home subdivision in the northeastern border of the city, near Agua Dulce, according to records obtained by The Signal.  “This project