Politics/Govt

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, during a hearing Wednesday on the bill that would ban the usage of "derogatory" Native American terms as public school mascots. Screenshot.

Schiavo’s mascot bill hanging in ‘suspense’ 

The bill coauthored by Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, and Assemblyman James Ramos, D-Highland, that would ban the usage of “derogatory” Native American terms as mascots or nicknames for K-12 public

Former President Donald J. Trump speaks at the 2024 Road to Majority Conference in Washington on June 22, 2024. Photo by Madalina Vasiliu 

Trump says he knows who his running mate will be 

By Janice Hisle, Joseph Lord Contributing Writers  Former President Donald Trump says he knows who he’s likely to choose as his running mate.  During a campaign stop in Philadelphia on Saturday,

City cuts ribbon for new parkway in Newhall 

Celebrating a connection decades in the making by some counts, Santa Clarita officials loaded up on the city’s trolley and took the inaugural cruise up Needham Ranch Parkway after cutting

Politics and government

Garcia: Defense bill includes troop pay raise 

News release   Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, voted in favor of the FY2025 Defense Appropriations bill, which passed out of the House Committee on Appropriations and will now advance to the

Archie Alingran said he was “probably an unorthodox speaker” and read his prewritten comments that detailed his frustration with recommendations that were “throwing 799 commuters under the bus” in favor of local ridership. Perry Smith/The Signal

Commuters balk at transit proposals 

More than a dozen residents came together Tuesday to express their concerns about what they called the city’s attempt to expand weekday or weekend service at the expense of its