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If someone were to head to the farthest visible galaxy, it would take 13.3 billion years traveling at the speed of light to get there. Obviously there is not yet

I love the idea of unity in America, the ending of the polarization and the attacks that so disturb us all. I just don’t see any evidence, when I look

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Rep. Katie Hill dropped by The Signal’s offices the other day, and it was an enjoyable conversation. She was forthcoming, engaging, frank and witty.  And,

By David Hegg I like to read biographies of those who have made significant contributions to the history of our world, and I’m certainly not alone in this. The draw

By Perry Smith Sunday Signal Editor  Welcome to the first edition of “Real Stories from the SCV’s First Responders,” where we take a break from our regular community news programming

Let’s be honest. Today’s Democrats want to take your guns away. Some of them say they support the Second Amendment, and that they simply want better “regulation.” But don’t we

As part of my many duties as Mr. Santa Clarita Valley, I also have final say on who gets into our Fourth of July Parade. Alas, lately I’ve been remiss

When asked about my biggest fear, the answer I typically respond with is “imprisonment.” Or worse – “false imprisonment.” It’s highly unlikely that I’ll ever have to face that fear,

As a child, my parents took me, my brother and our two sisters to the local county park on New York’s Long Island to see the annual fireworks show on

I recently went through a job change and those of you who have experienced such a thing know what a joy it is. Fortunately, we had about a year’s notice

Remember the Imperial Walkers from Star Wars? Those giant terrifying mechanical nightmares that looked a whole lot like those giant cargo cranes at the Port of Los Angeles – but

“Mom, Scooter pooped!” So said a kid who could be anyone’s kid, walking their dog at the KOA before loading up for another day on the road in their RV. 

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  I’ll never forget the day Randy Wicks died. It was 1996. My wife and I were on a camping trip to the Santa Barbara wine

By David Hegg This column is all about this premise: It is more ethical, and more beneficial, to seek the truth and tell the truth than to drift along with

Whether you like him or not, President Donald J. Trump, at the least, will be one of the “lesser of two evils” you must choose between in 2020, and if

One of my great regrets in life is not having won a lottery in excess of One Trillion Dollars. Take home. After taxes. Had I to do it all over

In my last column, I wrote about the current crisis that many diabetics face with respect to getting their medical insurance to pay for their insulin. This column discusses an

Americans are aware that the U.S. has some pretty nasty skeletons in our closet. Locking up our Japanese citizens during WWII. The slaughter of millions of Native Americans and forcing

I am possibly one of the few who welcome those conservatively dressed door-to-door volunteers who wish to promote a particular religious perspective or denomination.  I look forward to an academic

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Sitting in Central Park last Saturday, listening to live country music performed by some of the genre’s most current artists, I experienced an eerie reminder