Gil Mertz: Media hit new low
May 2, 2018
I didn’t waste a moment of my life watching the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner but seeing a clip of WHCAD President Margaret Talev refer to Hillary Clinton as
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VaNile Risser: Growth of the valley
May 1, 2018
As Mr. Gething claimed, he wasn’t disposed to reply to Brian Baker’s contribution (“We Are Seeing The Signs”), I have pondered whether or not to just skip Mr. Gething’s comments.
Roselva Ungar: Tired of name-calling
May 1, 2018
I am really tired of Mr. Baker commandeering whole columns of the Signal to blame leftists and Democrats for the ills of large cities which he claims are created by
Roger Gitlin: Remembering Deputy Dave March
May 1, 2018
April 29 marked the 16th anniversary of the murder of Santa Clarita native son and Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff, Dave March. As the drumbeat of the years slowly ebbs
David Hegg: Finding time for beauty
April 28, 2018
Have you even noticed that, with all the surprises and unpredictable intrusions life throws at us, what we find most tiring are the very predictable ways our days unfold. There
Jason Gibbs: SB-54 and the sanctuary state
April 28, 2018
Since my previous opinion piece regarding SB-54 and California’s overall intent to limit municipality interaction with the federal government regarding immigration enforcement, the City of Santa Clarita placed on the
Our View: Taking out the trash talk
April 28, 2018
It seems that when good fences aren’t enough, good lawyers will have to do. The news of a pair of lawsuits by the operators of Chiquita Canyon caught us, and
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April 28, 2018
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Martha Michael: Passing the mantle of the movement
April 27, 2018
Several things happened this week that made it royally cool to be female. The birth of another boy to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (Will & Kate) underscored a
Richard Myers: Not everything is political
April 27, 2018
I just read Brian Baker’s editorial, “We are seeing the signs” posted April 20th. I’m always glad to hear from Brian. In this piece he talks about noticing a billboard
Ken Dean: Keep your voices loud
April 26, 2018
Regarding the article, “Standing Together,” in the Saturday, April 21 issue of The Signal, I have this to say to our youth. Thinking back to the early 1960s and Martin
James De Bree: Mucking up the midterms
April 26, 2018
In late March, I attended a law and accounting conference sponsored by a major real estate trade association. The conference provided updates of legal accounting, tax and economic matters of
Thomas Oatway: Response to Baker
April 26, 2018
It is ironic and unfortunately very timely that Brian Baker’s commentary on the changes in the SCV since he moved here in 1984 was published on the 19th anniversary of
Gary Horton: Of waffle houses, racism and guns
April 25, 2018
It’s not often the oft-maligned, but generally savored Waffle House makes national news – and twice in one week. We don’t have Waffle Houses here in So. Cal. Kind of
Howard H. Gething: Sticking to your beliefs
April 25, 2018
At first I wasn’t going to reply to Brian Baker’s column – “We are seeing the Signs” (April 20) – but after wading through the excesses of verbiage several times
Gary Curtis: Dems want to ban Bible?
April 24, 2018
Earlier this month, the Democrat-controlled California State Assembly passed AB 2943. This unprecedented bill may actually — among other things — ban the sale of books expressing orthodox Christian beliefs
VaNile Risser: Hegg reader
April 24, 2018
I am not a member of Pastor Hegg’s church. As a matter of fact, I am LDS (Mormon) and we have our differences. However, I do not put my Saturday
Jonathan Kraut: It’s in our DNA
April 24, 2018
California Proposition 47 was passed by voters in 2014 and Proposition 57 in 2017 that essentially reclassified a number of serious felonies as misdemeanors and eliminated DNA collection from many
David Hegg: Some advice for graduates, and everybody else
April 21, 2018
As graduation season comes into view, I have some advice for those who are entering a new phase of life called adulthood. The advice is good for the rest of
Cheryl Gilmore: Earth Day good news
April 21, 2018
It would be easy to write about the latest climate-related disaster—such as the fiery infernos now burning up huge portions of drought-stricken Idaho and Colorado—and the actions needed to stop