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“Christmas is over. But it’s coming back again.” So used to say our lovely first son Jonathan, at the end of what used to be our wonderfully magical Christmas days

The American dream promotes that everyone has a shot at success and that everyone is equal under the law.  While opportunities for personal success appear to be more available in

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor Am I a bad person if I enjoyed Tuesday night’s Santa Clarita Tribal Council meeting? Oops. Check that. CITY Council. It was the City Council,

By David Hegg It’s here! While we’ve been treated to advertisements, store promotions, and an occasional seasonal song since before Halloween, there is no doubt that the Christmas season has

Only a few of us will be lucky enough to make it through the holidays without a trip to the airport. A couple weeks back, I took a certain family

In 1953, during confirmation hearings, President Eisenhower’s secretary of defense nominee, a former CEO of General Motors, said, “What was good for our country was good for General Motors, and

Our part of the country (as well as the world) has received some sobering news recently, in the form of two major climate reports — one from the United Nations’

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor So I spent a good portion of Monday night driving through residential neighborhoods, blasting music at concert-level volume via a pair of massive speakers mounted

By David Hegg In the days following Thanksgiving I read an insightful article on the irony of Black Friday sales. The author lamented that, just one day after reminding ourselves

Transparency is a vital necessity at every level of government. But in California, government transparency seems to be falling by the wayside as the state burdens its taxpayers with expensive

If the urban legend website Snopes.com were to write up the following two news stories (one false, one true), their page might look something like this: CLAIM No. 1: In

If you have any dealings in Agua Dulce, chances are you’ve run into some strong women in the process. Their synergy, not to mention talent, was evident last weekend at

Until two days ago, I had no idea professional cuddlers existed. Starting pay is $80 an hour. Less 15 percent that goes back to the internet clearing house that arranges

We were sitting in the surf off Waikiki recently, me on an old-style longboard and my bride Trish on a shorter new-fangled board favored by much younger people and pro

Last Saturday, I was driving back into Valencia along the scenic Highway 126. Just east of Piru, I witnessed a large band of Hispanic farm workers stealing our American jobs

California has a history of voting down school choice initiatives. Proposition 174 in 1993 and Prop. 38 in 2000 — both forms of school choice voucher programs — failed. But

Recently I got the chance to see “Poverty, Inc.” (povertyinc.org, available for streaming.) In the season of giving, it was quite eye-opening. A winner of over 60 film festival awards,

By Tim Whyte Signal Editor Part 2 of 2: The Girl Here’s everything you need to know about my 17-year-old daughter: Messing around on the computer recently, she stumbled across

By David Hegg Christmas season is upon us, with all of its joys and opportunities for happy times with friends and family. Somehow, Christmas brings out the best in all

I recently watched a fascinating TED talk on my iPad. There’s a lot to learn at TED.com (which stands for Technology, Engineering and Design), where their taped live presentations cover