So the Saugus Speedway (swap meet) is closing. Since 1994 I’ve lived here off and on, mostly on. There has hardly been entertainment for us youth. Just the concerts in
A poker game, thrown tomato, a rotting corpse and a lazy-asterisks honorary mayor were ultimately responsible for the creation of our city. Long before Santa Clarita was founded in a special
For decades, birthright citizenship has vexed Republicans, Democrats, and constitutional scholars. President Donald Trump’s executive order described both birthright citizenship’s history and its purpose: “The 14th Amendment states: ‘All persons
It’s a truism that it is extremely difficult to govern with a tiny majority in the House of Representatives. When there are no vacancies, there are 435 members; if everybody
At the start of the year, we watched in horror as tragic fires devastated communities to the south of us. Not long after, our own valley was threatened by the
Rebuttal to Diane Zimmerman “An Apology Forthcoming?” regarding Donald Trump’s approval of Project 2025 (letters, Oct. 30). Just sayin’: I wish you had done more research. I support the truth,
If gravity is the most powerful force in the universe, the bond market might just be the runner-up. Towering over the stock market, the global bond market is estimated to
Former Santa Clarita resident Gerald Staack appears to be dismayed by what a “pathological society” we have become … a society afraid of itself” (letters, Jan. 12). Well, welcome
In 1936 Bing Crosby entertained the nation by crooning “Pennies From Heaven,” but in 2025 it seems that pennies are The Coin From Hell. It didn’t happen overnight, but inflation
One night a few weeks back, I made a left turn from McBean Parkway onto Orchard Village Road and was accosted the first time by those new gawd-awful giant white
I am a wildlife and nature photographer and docent naturalist at Placerita Canyon State Park. I am concerned about human-caused challenges like global warming, habitat loss, poaching, wildlife pet trade
On Jan. 29, a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with an American Airlines commuter jet while it was landing at Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Prior to the
In the SCV Seniors section of the Jan. 29 edition of The Signal, the “Savvy Senior” was asked for advice on how to obtain a reasonably priced cremation. The answer
January was a long, incredibly difficult month. To start, many of you have gone through so much stress, pain, and suffering during the firestorm that threatened our community, with evacuation
I am sure fellow Signal readers and denizens of L.A. County here in the nether regions of Santa Clarita were, like me, THRILLED to read L.A. Mayor Karen Bass took
A little more than 50 years ago, in 1975, I accepted a promotion with the airline, TWA, to move from St. Louis to Los Angeles to manage TWA’s regional reservations
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, a German philosopher, once said, “The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” I am currently reading a book called
“A crisis is a terrible thing to waste,” Stanford economist Paul Romer said at a venture capital seminar 21 years ago, referring to the increasing levels of education in other countries
By David Hegg Aristotle was the first philosopher to assert self-control as a virtue in any meaningful way. He put it this way: I count him braver who conquers his
COVID-19 accelerated medical communication as patients and doctors utilized technology to manage health care. Hospitals and doctors maintain online records that enable patients to access information. “Portals” allow users to
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