Steve Lunetta: Do you really think that …
November 1, 2017
Sometimes I wonder if people can really believe the things that they do. I fully admit that I am wrong on occasion, but there are some gross misunderstandings that many
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Joshua Heath: What white people don’t know
October 31, 2017
I’m white – Irish Catholic, to be precise. I’ve spent my life around white people, been raised in white schools, and lived in Valencia, a rather white town. And through
Sally White: The high cost of climate change
October 31, 2017
We learned last week from the Government Accountability Office that the impacts of climate change have already cost taxpayers some $350 billion over the past decade. And that amount does
Brian Baker: Casting couch probably has not seen its last days
October 30, 2017
I have a few thoughts on the Harvey Weinstein affair which seems to dominate so much of the news cycle currently. Back in my acting days the casting couch was
Matthew Stone: Delivering clean water
October 27, 2017
Recently The Signal offered an opinion that unfortunately conflated our normal three-year retail rate setting process for Santa Clarita Water Division with the recent passage of legislation that will create
David Hegg: Seeking the highest good
October 27, 2017
We’ve all heard the saying “the ends justify the means.” Taken at face value, this pragmatic truth suggests that, if the end result is good, any and all of the
Thomas Oatway: Would we be better off with a Trump stand-in?
October 26, 2017
In a recent segment of the daily TV show “The View,” the ladies of the program pointed out that the attractive lady standing behind the president, Melania Trump, might have
Steve Lunetta: Hollywood corruption — quid pro quo
October 25, 2017
Quid Pro Quo (n): Something given or received for something else; also a deal arranging, a quid pro quo. Merriam-Webster Dictionary I approach this column with fear and trepidation. Within
Gary Horton: You matter more than ever in today’s America
October 25, 2017
And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. – John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, January
Scott Svonkin: California’s ballooning black market must be halted
October 24, 2017
In the wake of Donald Trump’s ongoing attacks on America’s undocumented community, the underground economy within California is growing exponentially, resulting in the further exploitation of California’s work force and
Joshua Heath: Travails of a struggling columnist
October 23, 2017
My title for this column was “My column sucks,” but that’s a lie. My columns don’t suck. They’re certainly not art or worthy of being published in a collection, but
Jeff Zimmerman: Retired firefighter, naturalist shares views of Northern California firestorm horrors
October 20, 2017
I would not have believed it if I had not seen it for myself: More than 40 people killed, some 7,700 structures destroyed, a dozen or so of them large
David W. Hegg: A better set of expectations
October 20, 2017
We live in a society where everyone has expectations of everyone around them. But maybe it’s time we all took a breath, hit the pause button on our fixation on
Jim de Bree: The politics of SALT in national tax reform
October 20, 2017
This column is not about reducing your sodium intake. Rather, it is about the deduction for state and local taxes, which tax practitioners affectionately refer to as “SALT.” One
Steve Lunetta: CTG’s ‘Addams Family’ a stellar production
October 19, 2017
I’m a late baby boomer. I grew up in the late 1960s watching “Batman,” “F-Troop,” “Star Trek,” “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (remember that one?), “Get Smart,” “The
Charles Vignola: Story sounding all too familiar
October 19, 2017
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a Hollywood power broker and celebrity in his own right is suddenly accused of sexual harassment and assault – and not just by
Gary Horton: In America, nothing matters anymore
October 18, 2017
There’s no use in me a-cryin’ I’ve done everything and now I’m sick of trying I’ve thrown away my nights and wasted all my days over you Now you go
Anthony Breznican: We need some common sense in gun regulations
October 13, 2017
The elementary school my child attends has a new addition this year: a big bulletproof interior wall and doorway blocking the lobby from the classrooms. I was sad to see
Jim de Bree: Middle class tax cuts are illusory for many
October 13, 2017
By Jim de Bree SCV Voices The GOP is heralding middle class tax cuts. For example, U.S. Rep. Steve Knight is running television advertisements promising a simpler tax system “so
Brian Baker: Freedom costly in American democracy
October 13, 2017
In the wake of the recent horrific Las Vegas massacre, the leftist anti-gun coven has kicked its hair-on-fire hysteria into overdrive. In the immortal words of former Obama chief of