Kevin Eliason: Beale’s Cut: A hidden historical trail
June 27, 2017
I recently saw a story on the old Huell Howser program about the history of Beale’s Cut. It’s located off Sierra Highway and the Highway 14 freeway and built in
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Jason Gibbs: Parks renters vs. owners: lose-lose debate
June 26, 2017
The June 13 Santa Clarita City Council meeting was expected to be long; lasting close to three hours, it did not disappoint. While only about 30 minutes were spent discussing
Tom Lackey: Need for a transparent state budget
June 26, 2017
California technology has changed how the entire world lives, works, travels and consumes information. Unfortunately, our state government is stuck in the 20th century. California passed a $125 billion budget
Cheryl Gilmore: The children lead on climate
June 23, 2017
It may be that the U.S. leaders currently charged with governing in the public interest have gone AWOL on climate change, but our children have taken note and stepped in
David Hegg: Reflections on the ethics of beauty
June 23, 2017
I am always fascinated by those for whom all reality can be reduced to physical parts and processes. For them, the data of hard science form the only building blocks
Curt Scott: In health care dreamland …
June 23, 2017
I had a hunch – make that a premonition – about the just-unveiled Republican health care bill, the American Health Care Act, that has been so widely criticized for being
Our View: Second time around
June 23, 2017
The county Sheriff’s Department recently provided what The Signal has been asking from the Hart school district since April – confirmation that an investigation has been opened into allegations of
Steve Lunetta: On Canadian health care
June 22, 2017
In 1984, Canada created a form of universal health care for its residents that is, essentially, free at point of use. However, it does not include prescriptions, home care, eye
Lynne Winner: Knight’s Financial Choice Act vote generates questions
June 22, 2017
Your June 9 article in The Signal on your new banking bill caught my attention. I remember how devastating the financial crash was in 2008 to many Americans. While many
Gordon Katz: Time to say ‘enough’ to government spending
June 21, 2017
It is time for the taxpayers of this state to rise up and say “enough.” Several times last year in comments to The Signal I warned that every measure coming
By Jonathan Kraut: Forecast for a more blue SCV
June 21, 2017
The massive residential development called Newhall Ranch celebrated a victory last week in one of what has been a long round of battles over building – or not building –
Sally White: Hometown hero “shakes up her world”
June 21, 2017
Mahatma Gandhi told us, “In a gentle way, you can shake the world.” That is just what Peggy Stabile did, starting 29 years ago when her son confided to her
Brian Baker: Socialized medicine: You’re for it or against it
June 21, 2017
On June 15 The Signal published a column by Steve Lunetta entitled “In search of elusive compromise” in which he tries to rationalize his support for government-run health care by
Dick Ramirez: Not in my back yard
June 20, 2017
What I read from Dr. Gene Dorio’s eloquent and well-researched article on water supplies to the Santa Clarita area were truths suggesting that our entire community be meticulously diligent in
Gary Horton: Fidget spinners show America’s future
June 20, 2017
Recently overlooked in the lame-stream media were the profound implications of a small plastic object pinched between Barron Trump’s thumb and index finger. As the First Family descended Air Force
Lois Eisenberg: Trump: Americans expect the truth
June 20, 2017
Wrote a Letter to the Editor not long ago about how disruptive and deceitful Trump has been in governing the U.S. I feel even more convicted of it now. Trump
Gene Dorio: Dialogue and debate or insults and defamation?
June 19, 2017
The Signal’s Letter to the Editor of June 13, “Scare tactics and water merger,” discussing my June 6 commentary “Avoid ‘Love Triangle’ of Support,” is a prime example in this
Thomas Oatway: Legislators must stand up against potential tax reform threats
June 19, 2017
The tax reform legislation which is being formulated in GOP-led Congress has serious implications for Californians, who pay some of the highest income and real estate taxes in the nation.
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June 17, 2017
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