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Race for 38th Assembly District seat gets nasty

By Kevin Kenney Signal Staff Writer The race between Republican Dante Acosta and Democrat Christy Smith for the 38th Assembly District seat turned suddenly nasty on Tuesday – very suddenly.

Election Preview: California’s 36th Assembly

Going head-to-head at this year’s race for California’s 36th Assembly are Tom Lackey (R- Palmdale) and Steve Fox (D-Palmdale). Both candidates have both served terms as assemblymembers in California’s 36th

Ugandan girl’s life transformed by chess

A Ugandan girl who transformed her life through chess, and whose story was told in a Disney film screened in Valencia Sunday, had many local moms in tears, according to

County delays vote on shifting inmates to Castaic

County supervisors have postponed discussion of a plan to approve $5.6 million for improved mental health care in which some 320 mentally ill inmates housed in downtown Los Angeles would

San district ordered to pay legal fees

The Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District has been ordered to pay more than $725,000 in lawyer’s fees incurred by a local group that challenged the district’s environmental impact report in

Election Preview: 38th Assembly District

California’s 38th Assembly District encompasses the Santa Clarita and Simi valleys, along with parts of Soledad Canyon and the San Fernando Valley. But November’s race for the seat being vacated

Car into pole crash sends one to hospital

One person was injured in a single-vehicle crash on Bouquet Canyon Road Monday morning when their car struck a light pole, emergency response officials said. The unidentified patient was taken

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Hundreds attend ‘Evening Under the Stars’

Residents of the Santa Clarita Valley got the opportunity to listen to live music and eat dinner outside in a warm summer night, all while promoting a good cause on Saturday.

River Rally draws 1,500 to clean Santa Clara River

The city of Santa Clarita hosted the River Rally Clean-Up & Environmental Expo Saturday, bringing more than a thousand volunteers to Newhall to collect garbage. The cleanup efforts were focused

County may move mentally ill inmates to Castaic

County supervisors are poised to approve $5.6 million to provide improved mental health care for some 320 mentally ill inmates housed in downtown Los Angeles – and send them to

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The mystery behind Pixar’s hidden A113

A113—a mysterious collection of numbers and letters—can be found in almost all of Pixar’s films from “Toy Story” to “Inside Out.” It is known as one of Pixar’s greatest “Easter