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About 17 years ago, for a period of about two years, I joined a group of Japanese women who informally set up play dates for their children in Santa Clarita.

About 17 years ago, for a period of about two years, I joined a group of Japanese women who informally set up play dates for their children in Santa Clarita.

An act of violence shook our whole community to the core. Yet, in the midst of this chaos and confusion, I still feel hopeful to see that our community is

I am a student at Hart High School. Although I do not attend Saugus High School, where the shooting Thursday occurred, I have several friends who attend there and witnessed

I’m thankful for many things during this season of giving, including the opportunities public school at home has given my family. For my son Cash, online learning at California Virtual

Editor’s note: Kaytie Holt, Saugus High School choir teacher and daughter of Signal Staff Writer Jim Holt, wrote the following one week after the Nov. 14 shooting at the school.

Watching the impeachment inquiry Nov. 19 on TV, I was never prouder of all the righteous career officials as witnesses in the impeachment inquiry. Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was

I felt pangs of disappointment when I read The Signal editorial on Friday, Nov. 15, the day following the shooting at Saugus High School. Yet again, the opinion that now

Both ends of California have had an unpleasant welcome to the holiday season. Northern California dealt with the wind-whipped Kincade Fire in Sonoma County while blowtorch-like winds in Southern California

I was very disappointed that Steve Knight decided to run again for the congressional seat he lost to Katie Hill. I supported Steve with donations and yard signs before when

Two days, two very different columns about the great state of California. On Tuesday (Nov. 5), we got Brian Baker’s screed on “Commie- fornia.” Ah, Brian Baker. What he totally

How many more school shootings is it going to take to reevaluate priorities in our educational system? It is, of course, commendable to focus on academic achievement, but doesn’t a

In the aftermath of a tragedy, like the one we experienced here at Saugus, come the questions. The vast majority of them contain one word, why. For each person, the

Subject: Commending the first responders at Saugus High School. I want to take this opportunity to commend ALL first responders who were at the Saugus High School shooting. The off-duty

If all of you vegans can’t control yourselves, please do NOT attend your non-believers (relatives) Thanksgiving dinners. One year I did have the unpleasant experience of doing so. I thought

While cheering on our niece at the Santa Clarita Marathon, my husband experienced chest pressure, shortness of breath, and left forearm squeezing. We went over to the emergency room at

Which story caused the most outrage with Democrats and members of the media? (Pardon the redundancy.) That President Trump criticized the job performance of a former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

Why is Rep. Kevin McCarthy promoting anyone other than Mike Garcia? If he’d spend two minutes with Garcia, McCarthy would see Garcia is the strongest person for the job. Consider

Re: Lois Eisenberg’s letters to the editor. After reading your letters to The Signal, I have come to the following conclusion: I don’t know how you can live with so

Philip Wasserman’s commentary of Nov. 7, “A messy Divorce Gets Messier with Release of Photos,” was an organized and well-structured summary of Katie’s Hill’s latest story, absent the references to

On Nov. 5 I renewed my driver’s license. The Department of Motor Vehicles is a beehive of activity, moving enormous numbers of people through procedures at a fast-moving pace. I’m