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By The Signal Editorial Board The Democrat supermajority in Sacramento wants to help illegal immigrants buy houses — and stick taxpayers with the tab. That’s not an exaggeration. Here’s why.

By The Signal Editorial Board The leadership crisis continues at College of the Canyons.  On the morning of July 19, acting Chancellor David Andrus conducted a meeting with members of

By The Signal Editorial Board One of the greatest things about our nation is the freedom of speech we all enjoy, as established in the First Amendment of the U.S.

By The Signal Editorial Board A decades-long career in local public service is coming to an ignominious end at College of the Canyons.  And no, we’re not talking about the

By The Signal Editorial Board It’s a timely moment to extend congratulations to Dr. Dianne Van Hook, the chancellor of College of the Canyons. Last week, Van Hook celebrated her

By The Signal Editorial Board It feels like something has died.  It’s a loss. A loss of a significant piece of what made America that shining city on a hill

By The Signal Editorial Board “How to Blow Up a Pipeline,” coming next week to a community college near you — College of the Canyons — is a movie about

By The Signal Editorial Board “I don’t trust you.” — Rep. Mike Garcia, speaking to FBI Director Christopher Wray during a House Appropriations Committee hearing Well, that needed to be

By The Signal Editorial Board Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be … law enforcement officers. Yes, that is a take-off of an old song popularized by Willie

By The Signal Editorial Board In Saturday’s edition, we recapped our endorsements for the California primary election. Voting concludes today. For reference, here’s a list of our endorsements in today’s

By The Signal Editorial Board In case you haven’t heard — and if some preliminary voter turnout projections are accurate, one might wonder — there’s an election coming up on

By The Signal Editorial Board It’s a stinkin’ mess. Now that we have your attention — looking at you, every elected official who represents the Santa Clarita Valley — we

By The Signal Editorial Board Scott Wilk has had an excellent run as a legislator representing the Santa Clarita Valley, first in the state Assembly and, currently, as state senator. 

By The Signal Editorial Board Mike Garcia has never forgotten where he came from — in more than one sense. Garcia, seeking a third full term in the House of

By The Signal Editorial Board They say that one of the definitions of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result. We

By The Signal Editorial Board There’s a crowded field of candidates to replace L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón — and making sure Gascón loses his reelection bid just may

By The Signal Editorial Board Ever since L.A. County’s 5th District voters first sent Kathryn Barger to downtown Los Angeles as their representative in 2016, she has done an exemplary

By The Signal Editorial Board The Santa Clarita Valley was, not all that long ago, considered to be solid red. As in, the politics of its residents were solidly conservative.

By The Signal Editorial Board What consenting adults do is their own business.  The key word is “adults.”  Children — well, that’s another matter. They need adult guidance and supervision

By The Signal Editorial Board We learned something unsettling this week: That is, among us in Santa Clarita, there are at least a few people who find it perfectly acceptable