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The year, 2020: Back when I was a kid in the early ’60s in elementary school, I couldn’t imagine living to the year 2000, let alone 2020! It seemed all

A great film or theatrical play, aside from providing entertainment, must have social commentary and make us think about the world we live in. Ideas expressed within the themes and

By David Hegg  I have several quirks that too often show up in conversations. One of them is that I am intrigued by the weird phrases and terms we throw

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  In a lot of ways, I kind of want to tell 2019 “see ya’ — and don’t let the door hit you in the keister

Even with all of the attention given to the impeachment debacle, many remain cognizant and deeply concerned with our own backyard: California. Yes, the state of the state.  A survey

Like a meandering skunk, the year 2020 is within smelling distance. It’s time to dust off my miserably failed 2019 New Year’s Resolutions and see if they transfer to 2020.

Plastic pollution is disrupting biological functions in animals and humans, clogging our waterways and oceans, contributing to the climate crisis, and impacting every species up and down the food chain

I was sitting in my office this week thinking of the Top 10 news stories of the year for 2019 — the stories are scheduled to run in a special

Christmas, 2019. We made it! Despite all the vitriol, all the polarization, all the seething, name-calling, tweet-spewing, gut-wrenching, fit-inducing politics of this year – still, we made it again to

The old saying goes, “Nothing is for certain but death and taxes.” I would like to modify this phrase by adding “rent.” Whether we are charging or paying, rent is

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  This is going to be a tough Christmas for a lot of people in the Santa Clarita Valley. And as much as I love this

By David Hegg  Perhaps nothing demonstrates the reality of a person’s integrity more than their willingness to keep a promise. As the great Alaskan poet Robert Service once wrote, “a

In the last few weeks our community has suffered some devastating losses, horrific shootings at Saugus High and fires of shocking magnitude. We have been hit from all sides in

This past week we saw the completely partisan House of Representatives Democrats issue their Articles of Impeachment for President Trump. The two articles are “abuse of power” and “obstruction of

I’m not so sure why we need to place a date on Christmas. When I’m at my best, this holy day is with me, no matter what the season. When

In recent elections, health care has been an important issue. For 2020, the Democratic presidential candidates have offered several proposals and the Republicans have regurgitated their proposal to repeal Obamacare

It seems to me, the greatest challenges of our time can all be rolled into one, giant over-arching concern:  That through recession recoil or internet onslaught burn-out or a recent

All this Ho-Ho-Ho is making me think about R-R-R. Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. True, that sounds pretty Grinchy. The holidays do seem like the epitome of consumerism, with $1.1 trillion in

By David Hegg  I think it was about my 40th year that I realized how much of my life had been spent living in the future.  So many of my

One of my favorite times of year is the resurgence of family traditions. The smells of Thanksgiving and holiday dinners transport us back to our childhoods, where relatives gathered to