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By David Hegg As I write this, I’m on vacation and am forcing myself to slow down. I’ve even decided that I want to experience pure boredom, and then do

Quick quiz: Who said this? “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. Period.”  For young readers or those with short memories, it was President Barack Obama, trying

Former SClarita councilman and mayor Bob Kellar is one darn good friend. Adore the guy. Years ago, I was interviewing The Bobster on my old radio show and set up

Jan. 16, 2022, marked the 19th year since my mom passed. She died suddenly at 65. Back in my earlier years of having a column in The Signal, I would

From hard-earned personal freedom, I understand better than most the power of cult groupthink and peer indoctrination imposed on individuals. Normally level-headed, critical-thinking folk are convinced to put aside science,

Some of you may still be uncertain if there was a concerted effort by Donald Trump and his allies to ignore the last election results in order to stay in

By David Hegg If you’re like me, you’re absolutely exhausted keeping track of all the changes being dropped on us, proposed around us, and rejected by us. By my count,

Merriam Webster defines the word “emergency” as:  1: an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action; 2: an urgent need for assistance or relief. 

I have this Love/Hate thing going on with plastics. On the plus side, there’s those wonderful XL 256-ounce cups that fast food emporiums fill with my favorite Life’s Elixir — Coca-Cola

I had the most incredible teacher in the first grade. Her name was Mrs. Roth. I went to P.S. 40 in New York City and benefitted tremendously by having her guidance

Last week, self-marketed, “Fighter Pilot” Mike Garcia took to the congressional dais. Garcia’s remarks targeted the first year of President Joe Biden’s stewardship over our divided democracy – ironically coinciding

We entered December 2021 in a drought, with a new local plea for water conservation. Then we had rainfall in December that broke several Southern California records.  The announcement that

By David Hegg Recently I was involved in a conversation with some parents about teen sexual activity. Several said that, while we push kids into college, and travel, and getting

How is your new year of 2022 going? Are you and your America where you thought all would be at this point in time? For many, backward is forward, up

A few crumbs are left from the near-extinct language of the Tataviam, our Indian forbearers here in Santa Clarita. The last full-blooded Tataviam passed away in 1924 and with him, the

As we enter our fifth year of operations as Santa Clarita Valley’s regional water agency, we are better prepared than ever to navigate challenges of both the expected and unprecedented

Lately there has been so much in the news about how those in the biz were objectified and allegedly taken advantage of. I say allegedly not out of disrespect, but

I was a little surprised upon hearing such a roar and recoil over my innocuous “electric blowers and weed eaters” column two weeks ago…  Writing an opinion column, I obviously expect

My recent column, “Why Gen Z should exist no Longer,” was a smashing success. I received many responses from readers explaining why they too agreed that this new batch of

By David Hegg As I have watched, listened, and grieved the erosion of civility in society among those who make and report the news, the course we’ve taken has finally