It’s not often one attends a community meeting guarded by 20-25 peace officers. But this was exactly the setting at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill community input meeting this past Monday,
In re: David Hegg, “Foundations of Democracy,” commentary, Oct. 20. As I have pointed out here before, we do not live in a democracy and the founders of this country
Good ol’ Valerie Bradford, president of the Santa Clarita Valley Chapter of the NAACP (letters, Oct. 22), propagating lies of rampant racism here in the SCV without a shred of
Rebuttal re: Nancy Oliver’s letter, “What Becomes of Individual Freedom,” Oct. 22. Dear Nancy Oliver: I wish you had looked in to this a whole lot more before you made
Valerie Bradford’s letter (Oct. 22) made my blood boil. She claims that Santa Clarita is “deafeningly silent” when it comes to racism. In response, I ask: What racism? As usual,
Donald Trump and his MAGA (supporters) are lying about the hurricane victims not getting the FEMA relief that is needed. Nothing could be farther from the truth. One of the
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” — George Orwell, “1984.” “But if thought corrupts language, language can also
The woman whose administration built just eight electric vehicle charging stations in two and a half years, at a cost of $7.5 billion, is now promising to build 3 million
A hot-button issue for our local government, when thinking of the “homeless” crisis, and discussed by both primary presidential candidates, is the increasing cost of housing. Even after the November
Looking back on night four of the Democratic National Convention: The evening started with a platitude-rich speech by Gretchen Whitmer. At one point she called Kamala Harris a “badass.” Really?
Donald Trump is doubling down on tariffs as what he insists is a big tax paid by countries who export to the U.S. When asked a question on his child
Occasionally — perhaps once a generation — California experiences a sharp change in its political climate, upsetting whatever is considered the current norm. The most obvious example occurred in 1978,
By David Hegg In his 11-volume, “The Story of Civilization,” philosopher and historian Will Durant offered the simple yet profound observation that “nations are born stoic and die epicurean.”
Of the William S. Hart Union High School District, only 63% of the students were proficient in English, 47% in math, and 44% in science. Suppose 37% of The Signal’s
It’s not often when reading of current events that I have the pleasure of enjoying a story as much as I enjoyed that of the 100th birthday of Barbara Blakey
It’s fun watching folks compensate for their predicament with Joe Biden by ginning up apoplexy over the Bad Orange Man, as though the success of 2017-2020 and the failure of
By The Signal Editorial Board When major, nationally recognized media outlets, long known for their reliable, unflinching support for Democrat presidential candidates, both on their editorial pages and thinly camouflaged
Midweek I arrived early at my church for an evening activity. I noticed a minivan I did not recognize parked in the shade of a nearby tree. I approached the
The amateurs running the Kamala Harris campaign have finally hit bottom. They tried dealing the “Trump is Crazy” card, the “Trump is Exhausted” card and the “Trump is a Threat
So I’m thinking about creating a new high-tech start-up and already I’m faced with debilitating roadblocks. First, there’s the fact that when it comes to things science, I’m dumber than