Learning from generous role models
September 16, 2017
We simply cannot allow another week to pass without joining our voices with another appreciative agency saying “thank you” to a couple of community benefactors who delight in quietly helping
Opinion
Opinion
Brian Baker: Political ‘purity’ demand deserves ‘blue wall’
September 14, 2017
In his Sept. 7 column “Heeding Robert E. Lee’s advice,” Jim de Bree told us of how, as a youth, he was “obsessed” – his word – with Civil War-era
Gary Curtis: Religious testing unconstitutional
September 14, 2017
Were you as shocked as I was to recently watch Democratic senators on the Judicial Committee question judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s religion as a modern litmus test for their
Nell Campbell: Carder has support of this Castaic resident
September 13, 2017
I write in total support of Lloyd Carder’s email challenge to Los Angeles County with regard to its boneheaded continuance of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill operation and its support for
Glenda Johnson: We don’t owe Dreamers anything
September 13, 2017
Am I possibly the only U.S. citizen who wearies of being told what U.S. citizens owe the “dreamers” simply because they were brought as children to our country by law-breaking
Jim De Bree: The people’s Democratic Republic of ‘Taxifornia’
September 13, 2017
About twenty-five years ago, one of my clients was going public. They were the first real estate investment trust to have operations solely in southern California that sought to go
Gary Morrison: Trump, meet thesaurus
September 13, 2017
It may be time for us all to help our linguistically challenged president by chipping in to buy him a thesaurus. He seems to have only two adjectives. The positive
Signal Editorial Board: Sync up the school calendars
September 13, 2017
If ever there was an argument made for “One valley, one school district,” it might have been heard Tuesday night when parents rallied to express their frustration with the Newhall
Maria Gutzeit and Bob DiPrimio: New water agency means new jobs for SCV
September 13, 2017
As we celebrate Labor Day this week, it gives our two water agencies great pride to unveil a new local jobs program that would benefit the Santa Clarita Valley. The
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September 9, 2017
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Betty Arenson: Dispelling the falsehoods
September 8, 2017
In the column “Truth about the new gas tax” written by Assemblyman Dante Acosta and published Sept. 2, Acosta set the record straight after a malevolent column, signed by multiple
James Farley: Another look at reclaiming SCV street safety
September 8, 2017
In her recent commentary Diane Trautman declares it is time to “reclaim” safety on our streets (“Let’s reclaim safety on our streets,” Aug. 26 in The Signal). I could not
David W. Hegg: ‘I never thought it would come to this’
September 8, 2017
“I never thought it would come to this.” I’ve heard those words too many times to consider it a coincidence. Too many times good people, devastated by the consequences of
Gil Mertz: A chance for Congress to act
September 8, 2017
This past week President Trump announced the suspension of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program created by executive order of his predecessor. A major part of Barack Obama’s
Jim de Bree: Heeding Robert E. Lee’s advice
September 7, 2017
When I was 8 years old in 1961, our nation began a five-year celebration of the Civil War centennial. For two years, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I
Jason Gibbs: More transparency needed in state legislation
September 6, 2017
In a recent opinion piece published in The Signal entitled “Acosta, Wilk: don’t claim credit for improvements,” a group of engaged and concerned citizens politically attacked our state Assembly member
Gerald Staack: When the deniers make the decisions …
September 6, 2017
With the grief and suffering caused by Texas storm Harvey, it’s time to remind everyone of an old parable: “Those who don’t listen must feel.” Those who refuse to listen
Max Morgan: Applause for rejection of Indigenous Peoples Day
September 6, 2017
Kudos to the Santa Clarita City Council for not caving in to the notion that indigenous people were somehow more noble and deserving of having a holiday named after them
Keith Smith: ‘Greatest Generation’ at fault for Millennial dilemma
September 6, 2017
Joshua Heath’s article “In defense of Millennial snowflakes” (The Signal Aug. 29) could not be more correct when he blames my generation, the so-called “Greatest Generation,” for being the cause
Gary Horton: Of ducklings, Bucklings and memories
September 6, 2017
Weeks back I wrote our story of the momma duck who nested in an ivy geranium bush above our pool, making said bush her protected fort for her and her