Karen Fencil: Not at all presidential
February 9, 2017
Editor’s note: The following open letter to President Trump was submitted for publication in The Signal. Dear President Trump, So far, in your two weeks of presidency, you have signed
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Gwendolyn Sims: Out of touch with citizens
February 9, 2017
It’s never been more evident how spectacularly out of touch with everyday Californians the Democrats in Sacramento are these days. Case in point: the issue of “sanctuary cities.” Across the
Brian Baker: Build the wall
February 8, 2017
“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, American philosopher This week The Signal published a guest column by Analisa Astorga entitled “A
Steve Lunetta: Uncle Earl on Trump
February 8, 2017
Uncle Earl was over at my house last weekend helping me clean the pool. I am too cheap to hire a pool guy. I also worry about Pepino the Pool
Larry Blanton: State politician’s worry about cost of beach trips
February 7, 2017
California has many serious problems: roads and bridges that are crumbling, a state pension system that is underfunded by billions, and prisons so overcrowded that criminals are being released, just
Analisa Astorga: A door through the wall
February 7, 2017
If you watched Super Bowl LI then you must have seen the controversial 84 Lumber commercial in regard to illegal immigration and the border wall ordered built by President Donald
Dick Cesaroni: Anarchy and chaos
February 7, 2017
I have listened to about all of this BS in the newspapers and on TV that I can stand. It is time for all politicians to start doing what we
Irene Fujioka: Waiting on Knight
February 6, 2017
Our representative in Congress, Rep. Steve Knight, needs to improve his responses to the people he represents. I have been trying for several days to get a response that clearly
Mai Do: This is our America, take responsibility
February 6, 2017
I’ve recently seen plenty of my more left-leaning friends repeat protest phrases like “We’re better than this” and “This is not my America.” Not only is this counter-productive to addressing
Charles Vignola: Trumpland, Week Two
February 6, 2017
We’re now rolling into Week Three of living in Trumpland, but a year’s worth of news exploded out of the White House last week. So before we get lost in
Kristie Middleton: Santa Clarita diet: Go veggie
February 6, 2017
“You’re obsessed,” my husband told me. He was right. Ever since my neighbor introduced me to Scooter, a female squirrel who lives in our Oakland backyard, I’ve been looking out
Our View: Standing as a nation of laws
February 3, 2017
“We are a nation of laws and not of men.” – Widely credited to John Adams Some readers have asked recently where The Signal stands on issues of sanctuary cities
David Hegg: On winning and losing
February 3, 2017
This weekend we will get a bit of respite from the chaos and craziness each day’s headlines have been bringing for the past weeks. All the protests, flag-burning and revolutionary
Giovanni Saavedra: Honor war dead with full memorial
February 3, 2017
From the time of birth, our timeline is being built with every action and choice we make. Inevitably death awaits us all, but before that point some people’s stories end
Erick Werner: The Puritan work ethic
February 2, 2017
If you walked down Main Street in Newhall today, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who didn’t know the story of the Mayflower and the Pilgrims who came with
John Mahaffey: Hey, Signal, we are not all Muslim!
February 1, 2017
I take exception to your cartoon published Jan. 31. In Santa Clarita, we are Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Mormon, etc. This “community” newspaper has been leaning more and more leftist
Lois Eisenberg: Chaotic agenda
February 1, 2017
Take note, America: There is going to be major chaos in the government the way that Trump is setting it up. White men are going to dominate Washington again, which
Jim de Bree: Single-payer care stagnates
February 1, 2017
This column discusses another controversial national health care question: Whether a single-payer health care system makes sense. A single-payer system involves the government controlling and financing the delivery of health-care
Philip Germain: We are better than this
January 31, 2017
Last Friday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, remembering those who endured such tragedy and inhumane treatment so many years ago. President Trump remembered this day by signing an executive order