Our View: Get involved in issue of homelessness
January 19, 2018
It’s time to have an honest conversation about homelessness. For starters, the Santa Clarita Valley is not immune from the housing crisis. Rents continue to climb on what seems like
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A proposal that’s bad for business
January 12, 2018
Few will forget the dramatic impact that the Aliso Canyon gas leak had in the region. The clear skies above Porter Ranch became permeated and the nation’s second largest natural
Our View: Stay aware, help fight Cemex
January 6, 2018
It’s a new year, but a very old issue is still dogging us here in the Santa Clarita Valley. It’s the proposed Cemex mining operation. That company has been wanting
Our View: Thinking bigger far into the future
December 29, 2017
The city of Santa Clarita hit a milestone with its 30th birthday this past year. So it seems like a good time as we begin the new year of 2018
Our View: Paging Congressman Knight, net neutrality needs fixing
December 17, 2017
Every once in a while, our imperfect democracy gives us an opportunity to see why – though sometimes a flawed system, as Winston Churchill once noted – it’s still better
Our View: Ditch the mayoral advantage in City Council elections
December 8, 2017
The next election for Santa Clarita City Council is nearly a year away. But there is a routine matter set for Tuesday’s council agenda – the council’s last meeting of
We can do better in helping shelter
November 18, 2017
If there was ever any doubt that there is a long way to go before the Santa Clarita Valley has a homeless shelter offering full services and amenities, a tour
Our View: Rate hikes poor way to launch water agency
October 20, 2017
With little fanfare, California Gov. Jerry Brown last weekend changed the course of Santa Clarita Valley water history by signing Senate Bill 634, creating a single valleywide water district with
Our View: Fireworks crackdown long overdue
October 14, 2017
It’s grimly ironic that the Santa Clarita City Council voted Tuesday evening to put teeth into the city’s anti-fireworks ordinance. It was just one evening after a wildfire ran rampant
Our View: Newhall Ranch agreement a job well done
October 6, 2017
It was both a surprise and a forehead-slapping big “duh” when the owner of Newhall Ranch and a coalition of environmental groups announced a joint agreement allowing construction to move
Step in the right direction
September 29, 2017
We are pleased this weekend to pause and congratulate both the city of Santa Clarita and the nonprofit Bridge to Home for resolving a big gap in Santa Clarita Valley
Lila Littlejohn: The next 30 years in Santa Clarita
September 22, 2017
Certain recent events at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration remind those who have been in the Santa Clarita Valley long enough just how alienating things were before residents rose
Our View: City needs to tighten ethics rules
September 22, 2017
Santa Clarita City Councilman Bill Miranda did something recently as a public official that is truly mind-boggling. In the latest issue of a local magazine, an advertisement from a local
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
Our View: Water bill questions linger
August 12, 2017
A common saying among water leaders in the Santa Clarita Valley is that customers pay little or no attention to their water supply unless their taps run dry. One can
Our View: Think safety; it’s back-to-school time
August 5, 2017
With the streets of the Santa Clarita Valley about to be flooded with thousands of students heading back to school, the results of this week’s Sheriff’s Department “Pedestrian Safety Operation”
Our View: Year of bear encounters
July 28, 2017
One of the great things about living in the Santa Clarita Valley is that we have the best of both worlds – we live next to the second-largest city in
Newhall Ranch opportunities: Development of long-sought mini-city could mean widespread economic gain for SCV
July 21, 2017
Those who have lived long in the Santa Clarita Valley have seen the pendulum swing repeatedly between pro-growth and slow-growth sentiments in this region. That pendulum sketched another arc this
Our View: Veterans Day ceremony planned for monument
July 14, 2017
There could be little doubt that Santa Clarita Valley residents support a Fallen Warriors Monument in Veterans Historical Plaza. It’s been about two years now since Vietnam veteran Bill Reynolds
Our View: Taking control on speed issue
July 7, 2017
Earlier this week several local citizens wrote letters to the editor to opine on the careless way we drive here in Awesometown. In one of the letters a doctor used