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By The Signal Editorial Board If you’re familiar with the concept of states’ rights — the idea that powers not constitutionally delegated to the federal government are yielded to the

By The Signal Editorial Board Santa Clarita dropped a CEQA bomb on L.A. County’s plans to ship all of its violent youth offenders to Saugus — effectively buying the community

By The Signal Editorial Board Any illusions that Los Angeles County might consider community input before shoving a new detention facility for violent youth offenders into a Santa Clarita neighborhood

Editor’s note: The following is a reprint of a Signal editorial published July 4, 2020: By The Signal Editorial Board Today we celebrate our nation’s independence, our freedom and a

Prison or camp?​ Lockup or diversion programs? Those are big, serious, important and complex questions that need to be decided. They are questions that require careful consideration and collaborative solutions,

There’s a long and storied history of federal, state, county and Los Angeles city officials looking to the Santa Clarita Valley as a location for things they would rather not

We’ve been alarmed, in principle, about the approach L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón is taking to criminal justice. We’ve decried his policies as a criminal-friendly threat to public safety.

“Captain… is awake. Vitals are a little low. Engineer is going to be DOA.” That radio transmission came from Fire Station 81. Urgent, while remaining professional and purposeful. A man

Our courts are supposed to be public.  The reason for that is simple: Conducting the state’s legal business out in the light of day, rather than under a cloak of

It was a little confusing. Facing criticism from a couple of residents over the City of Santa Clarita Human Relations Roundtable after the group took a stance in favor of

George Gascón’s policies have come home to roost in the Santa Clarita Valley. We predicted that the new Los Angeles County district attorney and his policies aimed at “justice reform”

Santa Clarita is a great city. We love working and living here and being a vital part of this city. One of the essential qualities of a vibrant and growing

George Gascón is a menace. That’s not an outrageous statement. It’s the inescapable conclusion for any sane person who has been monitoring the L.A. County district attorney’s approach to criminal

District Attorney George Gascón is a cagey one, that’s for sure.  This week, there’s been a lot of media buzz about the potential that Gascón will dismantle or neuter the

2020’s most quiet disaster, as we stated in our editorial of Dec. 12, is becoming less and less quiet. “The least reported, most consequential election” of last November has become

What’s that we see at the end of the tunnel? Is it… light? Perhaps. And we like to think so. We need our businesses and schools and lives to regain

Question: When is $380 million not very much money? Answer: When it’s the only money allocated for COVID-19 relief out of a 591-page, $1.9-trillion COVID-19 relief bill. That’s right Less

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is at it again — picking winners and losers in the COVID-19 pandemic. Everyone is familiar with the punitive measures the county took

It’s time. Eleven months after the state closed our schools, and we are sneaking up on one entire year, lost.  We understand why the schools were closed; a deadly virus

File this one under, “If you won’t do your job, someone has to do it.” That, in essence, is the message L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva delivered this past week