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The Santa Clarita Public Library has announced the release of a new early literacy program, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. Courtesy photo.

City library announces early literacy program

News release  The Santa Clarita Public Library has announced the release of a new early literacy program, 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten.   Created with the city’s littlest residents in mind,

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Schiavo, Wilk to host senior fair

By Selvin Ramirez For The Signal  Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, and state Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, are inviting seniors to attend a Senior Fair on from 9 a.m. to 2

Veterans Collaborative hosts inaugural job fair 

Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative hosted its inaugural free veterans’ job fair at College of the Canyons on Friday.   Attendees had the opportunity to connect with local companies looking to

Road Kings original member, Jim Miles, left and president Karen Arellano chat before the Road Kings Pancake Breakfast held at the Don Redding Museum in Newhall on Saturday, 093023. Dan Watson/The Signal

Road Kings flips pancakes and leadership 

Members of the Burbank Road Kings left behind their cars for pancakes on Saturday at the Don Redding Museum, an event spearheaded by their first female president Karen Arellano.   Pancake

Olesea Makarets holds up a shoebox from Operation Christmas Child. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

A life-changing shoebox 

Woman who grew up in a small Moldova village shares her experience with Operation Christmas Child  Olesea Makarets, who grew up in a small village in Moldova in the 1990s,

Eileen Mahoney, center, celebrates her100th birthday with her children from left, Kathy Morris, Jane Prager, Mary Ann DeFusco and Daniel Mahoney at the Backwoods Inn in Canyon Country on Saturday , 092323. Dan Watson/The Signal

Eileen Mahoney turns 100

Eileen Mahoney sat in her wheelchair at the Backwoods Inn surrounded by generations of the family she helped create on Saturday.  The special occasion? Her 100th birthday. Why the Backwoods