By David Hegg Now that football has ended, we baseball fans can look forward to spring training, and the undiluted joys of another Major League Baseball season. Remember? Baseball is
The streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco are fouled with human waste. This is abhorrent. The so-called leadership of these two cities is clueless to effect change. Both cities
I saw two dead people Sunday night. It was late. I was headed home, driving through a deserted downtown Los Angeles. As I rounded the corner, the still-warm bodies were posed
On Jan. 21, the city Planning Commission approved a new construction project at the Westfield Valencia Town Center mall. In response, an organization called Santa Clarita Safe and Strong appealed
Homelessness. The pandemic issue that has infected our body politic and raising our collective temperatures to boiling. We’ve got a fever and it’s not subsiding until our local and state
By Tim Whyte Signal Editor The men started their days differently on Feb. 2. Nick Durghalli went to work at his small business. He didn’t plan on that day changing
By David Hegg In the academic arena, the study of philosophy is usually broken down into the areas of metaphysics, ethics and aesthetics. The last of these seeks to understand
Taxes hurt. Taxes hurt badly. Even Bernie Sanders doesn’t want to pay taxes. Bernie earned $1.1 million in 2016 and 2017, but when he was asked if he paid extra
Many years ago now, I strangled my baby brother. No need to send the police. It was a justifiable homicide. My youngest sibling-like substance, Hondo, is interesting. He’s never had
Los Angeles County is most populous county in the U.S. California is the largest economy among all the states in the U.S. California real estate of all types is in
There are big, big, changes coming to your voting booth this upcoming primary election. Almost everything we’ve come to accept as standard and routine for how we vote has now
By Tim Whyte Signal Editor As we approach the March 3 primary — really, the Feb. 22 through March 3 primary — it’s been a relatively calm campaign in the
By David Hegg By this time next week the vote centers in our valley will be open for business. From Feb. 22 to March 3 you and I will be
If you live in the south Santa Clarita Valley, you may have noticed an increase in noise from jet and propeller planes. It’s not your imagination. The FAA has instituted
So amidst all the madness of impeachment, Oscar bozos, the agonizing mystery of where Patriots QB and multimillionaire Tom Brady and his supermodel wife will dwell, living in an absolute
The English writer Martin Amis was profoundly wise when he wrote, “Probably human cruelty is fixed and eternal — only styles change.” His point — that wickedness is an essential
The city of Santa Clarita is undergoing rapid changes, booming economically and growing in population — signs of strength and promise to all. We want Santa Clarita to have a
Nobody wants to pay for something that mostly benefits others who are not paying their full measure for the service they receive. That is the underlying discontent with the Patient
The March 3 ballot contains only one statewide initiative — Proposition 13. No it’s not that Proposition 13 (the one that was passed in 1978). This Proposition 13 seeks voter
The landmark proposition passed by voters in 1978 called Proposition 13 has saved Californians billions of dollars in property tax assessments. This original Prop. 13 designates property tax rates are