It would be impossible to overstate the complexity of water supply management in California. Hundreds of federal, state and local agencies decree who or what is supplied with water, when
By David Hegg Since we live in a world enamored with vitamins and supplements, I’d like to suggest four “ethical vitamins” for a better societal life in 2025. As I
Jan. 20, 2025, the Laken Riley Act passed in the Senate by a shameful 64-35 votes. Senators had to overcome a filibuster in order to get it passed. Only 12,
Politics is like a religion for secular elites: It represents their fellowship of likeminded believers, their worthy place to serve and to tithe, and their meaning and purpose in life.
By The Signal Editorial Board Well, we dodged a bullet. Even as communities in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena are still reeling from the devastation of the Palisades and Eaton
It was a good thing Ronald Reagan didn’t win the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 1976. It’s also a good thing Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020. It’s
And so, the Trump administration begins. The newly inaugurated president has set an extraordinarily high bar for his second term, with executive orders to secure the border, increase fossil fuel
Old-timers love to wax nostalgic about the good old days, how beauty and poetry flew lazily across the Santa Clarita Valley, like butterflies and whippoorwills floating on gentle spring breezes.
The very people who touted — for years — Joe Biden’s promise not to pardon his son not only celebrated that pardon, they also demanded that Biden go on a
TORONTO This is a big country with only one thing on its mind: Donald Trump. South of the border, no one is taking seriously the notion that the president wants
President Donald Trump has thrown the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 Capitol riot prosecutions out the window. But a week before Trump became president, the Department essentially did the same to
As Donald Trump this week assumed the presidency for the second time, he rekindled his personal and political feud with California and its governor, Gavin Newsom, while also inflating Newsom’s
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” If you don’t believe in coincidences, perhaps you see a vast conspiracy in the fact that the Bob
Well, the dog finally caught the car. Now what? One thing is self-evident: Donald Trump is one tough dog. I’ll admit Trump has determination if nothing else. Also, pride. In
In re: Arthur Saginian, “Criminals in Eye of the Beholder?” letters, Jan. 11. As most of us already know, the U.S. criminal codes and each of the state criminal codes
In this world, people who happen to be very fortunate by having all the necessary resources they need and who ignore the problems in the rest of the world will
President Joe Biden issued a flurry of pardons as he left office, but I’m more interested in getting some long overdue and deeply justified pardons from another president, the new
In Santa Clarita, we all know that high winds and distant fires anywhere in the hillsides that surround our valley put our homes, businesses, and families in great peril. Our
A recent letter from Lois Eisenberg (Jan. 16, “Peace of Mind Thanks to Biden”) spoke glowingly about the reduction in out-of-pocket expenses for people on Medicare. The final sentence in
On Jan. 11 (letters, “Criminals in Eye of the Beholder?”), Arthur Saginian promoted a distinctly non-western attitude toward men and women who had clearly violated existing civil statutes against certain