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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

College briefs

College Briefs for Sept. 5

Worcester Polytechnic students complete intensive research projects   At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, all undergraduates are required to complete a research-driven, professional-level project that applies science and technology that addresses an important

DA drops case against vandalism suspect 

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to pursue a case against a man arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism on McBean Parkway, after victims identified him as the

A helicopter drops water over a brushfire on the hillside next to State Route 14U on Wednesday morning. Trisha Anas/ The Signal.

Three brush fires break out along SR-14   

Three brush fires broke out along the northbound side of State Route 14 Wednesday morning, according to Geovanni Sanchez, spokesman for the L.A. County Fire Department.  Firefighters initially responded to