Learning from generous role models
September 16, 2017
We simply cannot allow another week to pass without joining our voices with another appreciative agency saying “thank you” to a couple of community benefactors who delight in quietly helping
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Signal Editorial Board: Sync up the school calendars
September 13, 2017
If ever there was an argument made for “One valley, one school district,” it might have been heard Tuesday night when parents rallied to express their frustration with the Newhall
Our View: City needs to focus on affordable housing
September 2, 2017
One theme that is running through any discussion on homelessness locally is the root cause of a lack of affordable housing in the Santa Clarita Valley. Even people with a
Memorial a triumph of SCV unity
August 25, 2017
We are pleased to pause as the summer of 2017 winds to a close to mark a community victory achieved through unity this week in the Santa Clarita Valley. On
Our View: Much to be learned about domestic violence
August 19, 2017
It was getting late on a warm February evening in 2015 when Lisa Marie Gastelum set out to photocopy divorce documents at a FedEx store in Stevenson Ranch. Her husband
Our View: Water bill questions linger
August 12, 2017
A common saying among water leaders in the Santa Clarita Valley is that customers pay little or no attention to their water supply unless their taps run dry. One can
Our View: Think safety; it’s back-to-school time
August 5, 2017
With the streets of the Santa Clarita Valley about to be flooded with thousands of students heading back to school, the results of this week’s Sheriff’s Department “Pedestrian Safety Operation”
Our View: Year of bear encounters
July 28, 2017
One of the great things about living in the Santa Clarita Valley is that we have the best of both worlds – we live next to the second-largest city in
Newhall Ranch opportunities: Development of long-sought mini-city could mean widespread economic gain for SCV
July 21, 2017
Those who have lived long in the Santa Clarita Valley have seen the pendulum swing repeatedly between pro-growth and slow-growth sentiments in this region. That pendulum sketched another arc this
Our View: Veterans Day ceremony planned for monument
July 14, 2017
There could be little doubt that Santa Clarita Valley residents support a Fallen Warriors Monument in Veterans Historical Plaza. It’s been about two years now since Vietnam veteran Bill Reynolds
Our View: Taking control on speed issue
July 7, 2017
Earlier this week several local citizens wrote letters to the editor to opine on the careless way we drive here in Awesometown. In one of the letters a doctor used
Our View: Celebrate our independence
July 3, 2017
On July 4 we celebrate a remarkable 241 years of a functioning democracy in this nation, of a people standing together and saying with one voice: “We can be smart
Our View: Second time around
June 23, 2017
The county Sheriff’s Department recently provided what The Signal has been asking from the Hart school district since April – confirmation that an investigation has been opened into allegations of
Our View: Down the rabbit hole
June 16, 2017
California’s supermajority of elected Democrat leaders must have deluded itself into believing it can print money. That seems to be the only thing that makes sense as legislators plan a
Our View: High expectations: Elected leaders should be held to higher standards
June 9, 2017
Santa Clarita Valley elected officials were recently reminded just how public their private lives have become during this age of social media and instant messaging. Describing on a political website
Our View: Keeping residents in homes
June 2, 2017
More than two months ago Signal columnist Gary Horton wrapped up a series of columns on homelessness and Measure H with a rousing call for leadership on the issue from
Our View: SCV to honor war dead Monday
May 26, 2017
“For families of the fallen, every day is Memorial Day. These heroes gave up all of their tomorrows for all of our todays.” Bill Reynolds, Vietnam War veteran, SCV 2016
Our View: City solutions beyond tap-dancing
May 19, 2017
“We’ll look at it.” In a nutshell, that was Santa Clarita’s answer for a handful of senior citizens who had one question for the City Council during a recent meeting:
Our View: Lesson learned on the wing
April 28, 2017
When did it become OK to disobey a lawful order by a sworn police officer? When did we as a society start concerning ourselves more with the treatment of an
Our View: Dynasty stifles engagement in SCV
April 21, 2017
During the past year or so The Signal’s Editorial Department has made two causes our primary goals: To battle negative campaigning and to promote civic engagement. Civic engagement means everyday