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Her name is Shani Louk. Early Saturday morning, Oct. 7, a headline at the top of The Drudge Report — in bold red letters — read “Naked woman paraded by

Her name is Shani Louk. Early Saturday morning, Oct. 7, a headline at the top of The Drudge Report — in bold red letters — read “Naked woman paraded by

Editor’s note: The following letter was written before Santa Clarita Transit drivers went on strike Monday morning. My name is Sherman Strickrott. I am one of 160 operators at MV

By David Hegg Earlier this week I was asked if writing a weekly column is becoming a chore. It went like this. “Do you ever get tired of facing a

This morning Israel woke up to a nightmare. Hundreds of Israelis were murdered in their homes and on their streets. An almost unimaginable attack, which in the United States would

By The Signal Editorial Board Let’s all ask ourselves a simple question: How’s this “let’s keep as many people out of jail as possible” philosophy working out for society at

This past week Los Angeles County reinstated a zero-cash bail policy for those arrested for most crimes. Practically what that means is that someone arrested for a smash-and-grab robbery, including

In the wake of the movie “Oppenheimer,” it’s worth assessing whether America’s atomic bombs should have been dropped in World War II. Those who say “no” often forget that, just

The other night, I was dining with friends and fellow members of The Worthless Sons & Daughters of the Wealthy Landowners, Santa Clarita-Velveeta Chapter. Among our cowboy hat crowd, the

How does one deal with a super majority in government with an unbending idealism with no room for compromise, consensus building or common sense? Hopefully we can figure it out

You couldn’t make this up if you tried! “There is presently an acute and immediate need to construct physical barriers and roads in the vicinity of the border of the

I read Pastor David Hegg’s Sept. 3 piece on truthfulness … twice! It is a subject that was troubling to him. It is to me also. Pastor Hegg asked whether

Gary Horton, Lois Eisenberg, Thomas Oatway and Jonathan Kraut are nothing, if not predictable. I’m sure they all watched with glee as Kevin McCarthy was removed as speaker of the

This column is the second part of my discussion of a Supreme Court (SCOTUS) case involving a seemingly mundane tax issue that could have significant ramifications to the federal budget

I am writing today to publicly express my concern that there is no way to bring important public issues to the whole L.A. County Board of Supervisors. Written comments are

Editor’s note: The following letter was received before the federal government shutdown was averted. I am a member of the American Federation of Government Employees, America’s largest federal employee union.

Two Friday nights ago, Carrie and I celebrated her 29th birthday with a surprise movie over at the Edwards followed by dinner at Larsons. A nice, easy, local birthday celebration.

The Signal recently published a report regarding changes on some of our street speed postings. Many people are not aware of our speed laws in California. There is a basic

I am always amused when my wife periodically takes everything out of our closets and then carefully and neatly puts everything back in. Moving from closet to closet and drawer

The most conservative president since Ronald Reagan was also — not coincidentally — the most successful in that span for America both domestically and internationally. That’s not opinion; it’s a

Having read Kimberly M. Zamlich’s (Aug. 31) letter criticizing our state’s three big investor-owned utilities as well as our governor and capitalism in general, I can say that I completely