Politics/Govt

County orders bars to verify vaccines

Bars, wineries, breweries, night clubs and lounges will need to require vaccine verification from their customers and employees in the indoor portions of those businesses by Nov. 4, per a modified health officer order to be issued later

Californians reject recall of governor

By Emily Alvarenga and Kev Kurdoghlian Signal Staff Writers Gov. Gavin Newsom survived efforts aimed at removing him from office after a majority of Californians voted “no” in Tuesday’s recall

Early returns: California voters rejecting recall of Gov. Newsom

A majority of ballots counted as of Tuesday evening favored keeping the governor in office as county election officials across the state continued tallying ballots Tuesday night in the election to determine whether to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom.  

City Council to meet Tuesday

The Santa Clarita City Council has a light agenda for its regularly scheduled meeting at City Hall 6 p.m. Tuesday, the night of the California gubernatorial recall election.  Council members will hold a

Barger’s homelessness commission holds first meeting

The Los Angeles County Blue Ribbon Commission on Homelessness held its inaugural meeting Wednesday morning online.  The commission was established to prepare a report in six months’ time that analyzes homelessness governance reports, studies models

Deputy D.A. files defamation lawsuit against Gascón

A Santa Clarita Valley-based deputy district attorney announced Tuesday he has filed a defamation lawsuit against Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón, alleging his boss has called him derogatory names that negatively impacted

Garcia telephone townhall covers concerns foreign, domestic

Questions at the Santa Clarita Valley telephone townhall hosted by Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, Friday afternoon covered a variety of issues, including Afghanistan, COVID-19, elections, domestic terrorism, homelessness, domestic violence funding and rental assistance.  Garcia

Gubernatorial candidate stops in Castaic

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder attended a recall Gov. Gavin Newsom rally in Castaic Monday leading up to the Sept. 14 recall election. He shared with the crowd gathered at

Planning Commission meeting cancelled

The Santa Clarita Planning Commission cancelled its regular meeting scheduled for Tuesday at 6 p.m. at Santa Clarita City Hall.  “We forecast two meetings per month, but often only have one of

Pico Canyon development gets supervisors’ approval

A 37-home single-family residential development planned for Stevenson Ranch received its final approval Tuesday when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to deny an appeal that sought to overturn the project’s approval by the Regional Planning Commission in

Food For Fines returns in September

News Release  Residents can donate non-perishable food items and toiletries to any of the city of Santa Clarita’s three library branches during the month of September to waive existing library fees through the city’s Food For Fines