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Canyon Country resident Gloria Palmieri points out the boundary of her property as she highlights her grandson’s efforts to clear brush and reduce the risk of wildfires on March 4, 2025. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

SCV residents sound off over insurance crisis 

In the wake of frequent wildfires in California, many Santa Clarita Valley residents say they’re losing their insurance or facing large price hikes.  Gloria Palmieri, a longtime Saugus resident off

College briefs

College Briefs for March 13

Local students earn dean’s list recognition from George Fox University  Local students were among those who earned dean’s list recognition at George Fox University for the fall 2024 semester. Traditional

The “Father of the Los Angeles Water System,” William Mulholland (left), chief engineer-general manager of the Los Angeles Bureau of Water Works and Supply, and his assistant H.A. Van Norman inspect remnants of the St. Francis Dam after its catastrophic collapse on March 12, 1928. Photo by George Watson/Courtesy Watson Family Photographic Archive

97th anniversary: St. Francis Dam disaster 

By Signal Staff  The failure of the St. Francis Dam at midnight, March 12, 1928, killed more than 400 people, leveled farms and homesteads, destroyed property and livestock and changed