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I’ve been a little distracted lately from the usual political drama and diatribes. They just don’t seem so critical these last few days. Cancer. Who thought this was a good

The newspaper you’re holding in your hand is turning 100 years old. Writers for The Signal have seen one heck of a lot of things over this past century, and

As with all evolutions, the change sought by the #metoo movement to end sexual assault and harassment will be slower than we’d like. It’s a part of a culture of

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, before we all knew about the internet, and social media was just a twinkle in Mark Zuckerberg’s eye, there

By David Hegg I have noticed lots of bitterness floating around our society recently. People are bitter over wrongs suffered, and their bitterness fuels their anger. Too often this anger

Do you remember a time when you didn’t think about politics? When you could go to work, take care of the kids, enjoy popcorn and a movie, shop for clothes

DEAR DAVID TAYLOR: As CEO of Proctor & Gamble, the umbrella company over Gillette, I’ve been a big fan of your razors for many years. Love the Fusion 5. What

In the last few months I’ve found myself breathing in a rhythm with everyone else in the room – several times a week, in fact. It’s because I’m revisiting the

You know the story. Perhaps the streets outside your home appear a bit “alligatored” – with unsightly cracks and maybe even a touch of grass growing in the gaps. Maybe,

It has become a trend in government over the years to assign special assessments, i.e. taxes for a specific purpose, such as to allocate levies for precise government services and

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Back in the 1990s and into the early 2000s, there was a movement, particularly among conservatives, to enact legislation — even a constitutional amendment —

By David Hegg There is much confusion about this thing we know as fear. In the run-up to the 9/11 remembrance we heard many declare that we should not live

By Scott Wilk State Senator There is a lot to applaud in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget. On its face, it seems to be a cut-and-spend framework focused on paying down

With the November elections now behind us, locally and nationally elected Democrats have been flooding the airwaves with their prophesies of higher taxes, jaded interpretations of what “our fair share”

One year ago, I wrote a column for The Signal promising that the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCV Water) would “bring greater transparency, stronger water management, reduced costs and

DEAR PRESIDENT TRUMP, Read, recently, with disappointment, that Mrs. Pelosi is not letting you use Congress for your upcoming State of the Union speech next Tuesday. Terribly sorry, Mr. President. 

Last month, California Rep. Ted Lieu said, “I would love to be able to regulate the content of speech; the First Amendment prevents me from doing so.”  This remarkable statement

I am concerned that, in the next decade, we may witness the repeal of Proposition 13. I realize that this sounds sacrilegious to many, but please hear me out. In the

Mark my words: The president is going to fry. As the government shutdown goes into its second month, and 800,000 federal workers continue to feel the squeeze of functional unemployment,

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor  Sometimes, in “the moment,” you say and do things that, later on, strike you as funny or even a little embarrassing.  For example, this week