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A group of attendees laugh during comedian Steve Mazan's set on Friday night at the Canyon Theatre Guild during the first annual 'Laughs for a Cause' hosted by Soroptimist International of Valencia in Newhall, Calif., on Aug. 2, 2024. Trisha Anas/ The Signal.

Photos: First annual ‘Laughs for a Cause’

The Canyon Theatre Guild filled with bouts of laughter on Friday night to celebrate the Soroptimists International of Valencia’s 50th anniversary and for their first annual ‘Laughs for a Cause’

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COC to host Welcome Day on Friday 

College of the Canyons is scheduled to host Welcome Day on Friday to introduce the incoming class of freshman students, as well as prospective and continuing students, to the college

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Coroner IDs driver in fatal I-5 crash 

Medical examiners with the L.A. County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the driver who was killed in a crash on the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 on Monday afternoon. 

Volunteer Edson Karratti maneuvers a large paint roller while painting one of the walls of the Soledad Canyon Road overpass on Saturday morning during the city of Santa Clarita's third annual Graffiti Removal Day event on Aug. 3, 2024. Trisha Anas/ The Signal.

City hosts third annual Graffiti Removal Day 

Volunteers carried down buckets of paint and rollers underneath the Soledad Canyon Road overpass, near the intersection of Camp Plenty Road and Soledad Canyon Road on Saturday morning for Santa

High heat expected in SCV starting Sunday 

The Santa Clarita Valley is set to experience another period of high heat starting from Sunday to Wednesday, according to Kristan Lund, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.  Lund

Firefighters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a brush fire with 3 fully engulfed trailers near Tapia Canyon Road and Charlie Canyon Road in Castaic on Friday afternoon. 080224 Katherine Quezada/The Signal

3-acre fire handled in Castaic  

A 3-acre brush fire that broke out Friday afternoon between Tapia Canyon Road and Charlie Canyon Road that saw three trailers catch fire was handled, according to Los Angeles County

Garcia awarded ‘Hero of Main Street’ 

The National Retail Foundation honored Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, with the 2024 “Hero of Main Street” award for his support of local retailers, according to a news release from

Downed power lines prompts closure on I-5  

A power pole was hit by a crane operator on a construction site northbound Interstate 5 Freeway in the Newhall Pass at Calgrove Boulevard early Friday morning, prompting road closures

Members of Single Mothers Outreach and Spectrum gather for a photo with Mayor Cameron Smyth during the Back-to-School giveaway event at CrossPoint Church on Thursday, Aug. 1. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: Single Mothers Outreach Back-to-School event

Single Mothers Outreach welcomed parents and children to their Back-to-School event on Thursday at CrossPoint Church. While families received free supplies to welcome the new school year, Single Mothers Outreach

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies patrol a crash site Thursday night in Valencia. Oscar Sol/The Signal

Homicide detective from Saugus killed in crash 

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station officials are investigating a crash Thursday night that killed an off-duty sergeant for the Homicide Bureau of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department who lived