Sunday Signal

The SCV’s best picnic spots

Summer may be synonymous with picnics, but I think fall is a much better time of year to dine al fresco — especially in the Santa Clarita Valley, where summer

Keeping Fido fit

Just like with people, American pets are struggling with a preventable epidemic: About 60 percent of cats and 56 of dogs qualify as overweight to obese, according to the Association

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Health in the midst of flu season

If you hope to avoid getting sick this flu season, then get a flu shot, said Dr. Tracy “Bud” Lawrence. “Everybody always asks, ‘if I should get a shot or

More Halloween fun outside of SCV

Want to shoot zombies from a train? View sitting on a rooftop? How about watching a classic silent horror film in the comfort of the Walt Disney Concert Hall? We

Community drawn together

You’ve seen many of their creative pieces around town — the black-and-white, oversized photographs of children on a building on Railroad Avenue; the mosaic that adorns the trail system running

This week’s calendar

Ongoing Santa Clarita City Council Meetings second and fourth Tuesday of every month 6 p.m. Council meetings are also broadcast live on SCV TV channel 20 and on the city’s

Have pets, will travel

Road trip are two of my favorite words on the planet. For me, it’s exciting to hit the open road, armed with a sense of adventure, great music and preferably,

Check before charity

With charitable giving at an all-time high, American individuals are donating more every year, according to the Giving USA 2018 report. Yet, with numerous awareness campaigns, intricate cause-related marketing and

Visiting SCV alum playing Saturday, part II

The college football ranks are filled with Santa Clarita Valley products. Former SCV players are making a name for themselves across the country. Here’s a list of players who have

Shelter Hope connects people and pets

By Marina Anderson Signal Contributing Writer “We got a runner!” And the chase is on at the Shelter Hope Pet Shop, with rescue workers and visitors scrambling after Marley, an

Councilman shares recipe through generations

Santa Clarita City Councilman Cameron Smyth said his family’s connection to the Ranger Cookies recipe goes back decades — his mother, Sue Smyth, picked it up from the L.A. Unified

Beyond the bell

By Todd Wilson Signal Contributing Writer Well, if you ask the Harris Poll, which recently named Taco Bell as “America’s Favorite Mexican Restaurant,” they’d probably agree. “The Bell” surpassed Chipotle