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Our View | A Reminder About 24-Hour Workdays

By The Signal Editorial Board When the Earth shook at 4:31 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1994, it started a 24-hour workday for many people. First responders, of course. Municipal service

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Our View | A Lesson in Humanity

When Alexia Cina, driving drunk, and too fast, crashed into Katie Evans on Golden Valley Road in October 2017, killing the mother of six, it was a heartbreaking tragedy that

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Our View: Capital Gazette: Admirable Resolve

Police say it was a grudge carried for seven years. On Thursday, a shotgun-wielding man blasted his way into the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and

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Our View: Tuesday’s takeaways

Tuesday’s election reminded us once again about the importance of becoming involved, and that elections are about the candidates. We can shout about what we want, and when we want

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Our View: Taking a toxic path

There seems little hesitation these days in the political arena to sling mud or attack to get ahead – even if the opposition is standing on the same side of

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Our View: Don’t overlook primary

The California Primary is 10 days away. This will be the first real test of the post-2016 electorate — a supposedly more energized group of people on both sides who

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Our View: All hands on deck

The signs of homelessness are obvious in and around Los Angeles. We see the tents. The shopping carts filled with clothing and other personal items. The makeshift underpass shelters. We

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Our View: A dark hour for discussion

Santa Clarita’s reputation as a great place to live—a neighborly city where people are friendly and we all help each other out—took a huge hit Tuesday night. Sadly, the blow

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Our View: Time to roll up our sleeves

The state of discussion in the American political arena – an apt term now more than ever – leads us to wonder aloud from time to time: “Are we still

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Our View: Taking out the trash talk

It seems that when good fences aren’t enough, good lawyers will have to do. The news of a pair of lawsuits by the operators of Chiquita Canyon caught us, and

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Our View: Preparing for primary election

The 2018 election season is starting to heat up as the June 5 primary gets closer. Up before voters locally are the major statewide offices including governor, US Senate for

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Our View: Helping out with city growth

We all understand that Santa Clarita is growing. Let’s understand this, too: That growth isn’t going to stop. In the first 18 years of this century alone, Santa Clarita gained