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Residents are encouraged to vote at Canyon Country Park during the 2024 United States General Election on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Races remain close for SCV candidates 

By Perry Smith & Tyler Wainfeld Signal Staff Writers The latest update on the voting tally released Thursday evening by Los Angeles County didn’t clarify much speculation about the outcome for

Manual Rosas Aguilar, a 41-year-old Lancaster man, is being charged with a misdemeanor in the Nov. 27 collision that killed 31-year-old Cynthia Campana Contreras, a Valencia mother of two. Courtesy photo

Driver gets probation in fatal crash 

Family members of a mother who died in a crash shared their heartbreak this week after the man found responsible for the crash received probation.  Manuel Rosas Aguilar, 41, also

Winds pummel SCV during Red Flag Warning  

First responders had a busy Thursday thanks to constant wind gusts forecast by a Red Flag Warning that pummeled the Santa Clarita Valley with high-velocity winds, bringing down dozens of

Brush fire erupts near Frenchman’s Flat 

L.A. County firefighters stopped forward progress on a 50-acre blaze near Frenchman’s Flat, west of Interstate 5, at 2:27 p.m. Thursday, with the fire at 10% containment, according to Fire

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College Briefs for Nov. 7

Local student named to Abilene Christian University’s dean’s honor roll  Tyler Metro, of Santa Clarita, was named to the Abilene Christian University spring 2024 dean’s honor roll. Metro is a

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Hash-brown robber takes plea deal 

A man who stole a hash brown from a drive-thru window by threatening an employee with a BB gun took a plea deal on the eve of his trial, according

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City hosting study session Thursday for parks 

The Santa Clarita Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission is hosting a study session Thursday to consider new signage for a veterans memorial, the Tesoro Adobe Historic Park project and

Voters continued to file during the middle of the afternoon at the precinct located at Greater Galilee Baptist Church in Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 5, 2024. Photo by Jennifer Podis.

Garcia’s lead grows after updated tally 

The lead for Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, in his 27th Congressional District reelection race grew by a few thousand votes, based on the returns counted as of press time

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House control too close to call 

By Joseph Lord Contributing Writer  Both parties were holding their breath Wednesday as control of the U.S. House of Representatives remained too close to call while results continued to come in