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It’s been almost a year since California was put under a state-mandated lockdown by Gov. Gavin Newsom. What was supposed to be a short-term lockdown is turning into a year

For the past several months, Los Angeles County Metro has been providing public outreach and conducting informational meetings on their proposal to reduce traffic congestion using a method called “congestion

When we learn about the worst massacres in human history, we’re usually only given a very brief overview of these atrocities. Sadly, this incomplete education causes us to become apathetic

I’ve been working from home a lot, but have ventured out when critical to provide client services. At 8 a.m. yesterday I hopped in the car to participate in a

By David Hegg  By my count you, the faithful readers of the Signal, have put up with my column for almost 12 years. Through almost 600 columns, I have been

I’ve got a secret. Please don’t think less of me. But I have a guilty pleasure. I watch “The Bachelor.”  And “The Bachelorette.” And “Bachelors in Paradise.” The whole damn

Part 2 of 2 Joe Biden has been quite busy piling executive order on top of executive order. The purpose, he tells us, is to correct injustices and make life

In one aspect, I want to thank Dan Masnada for taking the time to respond to my (Feb. 12) column. I am always pleased to see people are reading what

Rejoice, friends! Things aren’t as bad as they’ve been — we’re leaving stormy times and we’re entering a calming period of gentle, steady progress. Progress over COVID (finally); progress in

We live right now in the worst of possible worlds: a dog-eat dog economy crafted by conservatives and a radical culture run by leftists.  It is a world where your

By David Hegg  It appears to me that the great American pastime is no longer baseball, or for that matter, anything even remotely related to sport. No, it is much

When I first heard the William S. Hart Union High School District was thinking about changing the mascot of the Hart High School Indians, my initial reaction was, “Cripes. Here

Part 1 of 2 Joe Biden has been quite busy piling executive order on top of executive order. The purpose, he says, is to correct injustices and make life better

There was a cold snap Christmas Eve, 1872 Chicago. The Windy City’s hosted more frigid events than you could count on one hand, had you still the fingers. The mercury

One of the most insidious provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) was the repeal of the deduction for state and local taxes (known as “SALT”). 

Schools, roads, medical resources, law enforcement, the court system, and even street lighting are all concerns we expect our local officials to effectively and efficiently provide. Long ago I believed

When I read Alan Ferdman’s commentary entitled “Drought Potential? Here We Go Again” (Feb. 12), I was reminded that no good deed goes unpunished.  The Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency

By David Hegg  Everywhere I turn there is another article or podcast or broadcast critiquing someone in a governmental leadership position. But what I don’t often hear is a simple

As of this writing, the first day of impeachment has painfully passed. The Democrat presentation was full of poignant emotion. As to the constitutionality of the trial, the arguments were

So a friend of a friend got kicked off Facebook. Nothing new. The Politically Correct, like rust, sleep never.  He belonged to a Facebook horticulture group and got yanked for