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Deputies respond to afterschool dustup at Saugus 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies said there were no arrests and no indication of any weapons after a group of juveniles were seen fighting Friday afternoon outside Saugus High. 

The Santa Clarita Artists Association held its reception, "Eye Candy," at the SCAA Gallery in Old Town Newhall on Saturday, Aug. 3. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

City offering prep for grant applications  

Santa Clarita is getting ready to give away about $200,000 in community funding through its annual grant application process, according to city officials, who are offering eligible nonprofits help with

A spokeswoman with the county Parks and Recreation Department said in a statement Friday afternoon the HVAC system at the Castaic Regional Sports Complex “has been running nonstop the entire summer due to excessive heat.” Tyler Wainfeld/The Signal

Triple-digit heat to remain until next week 

Any hopes for a cooling off later this weekend have evaporated like any small amount of water left outside in this heat wave, according to weather officials, who have extended

Hearing scheduled for gang murder suspect 

A brazen late-morning double-murder that’s played a role in reigniting long-simmering local gang rivalries in Santa Clarita and put a community on edge is on the calendar for November, according

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

Charge filed in November fatal crash 

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed a vehicular manslaughter charge without gross negligence in a fatal crash that occurred in November on San Francisquito Canyon Road.  Manual Rosas

National News

Victims in Georgia school shooting identified 

By Zachary Stieber Contributing Writer  The four people killed in a school shooting in Georgia have been identified.  Two students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, were killed in the shooting at