
Regional Festivals & Fun
By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer Despite the cancellation of the 2022 California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard, a favorite destination of many Santa Clarita Valley families, there are other

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer Despite the cancellation of the 2022 California Strawberry Festival in Oxnard, a favorite destination of many Santa Clarita Valley families, there are other

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer On July 22, 2016, the Santa Clarita Community Hiking Club took an inaugural hike on the newly completed Dagger Flat Trail — previously

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer I love Easter brunch. It’s a great time to exercise a variety of baking and cooking skill while creating a bountiful and special
By Rabbi Mark Blazer Signal Contributing Writer Spring is in the air, and the celebration of Passover (Pesach), which begins the evening of April 15, celebrates the Exodus of the

By Jim Walker Signal Staff Writer If you’re like me, you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with stressful news lately, and I, for one, was really hoping we’d have a super-wet

By Jim Walker Signal Staff Writer Though spring is a seasonal change, it’s not really about the weather, which, locally, has been kind of erratic, swinging from rain to wind

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer After two years of pandemic “staycations” in the Santa Clarita Valley, now is the time to venture out and experience some unique family

By Tammy Murga Signal Staff Writer Doña Uhrig Sunday Signal Editor “Out of Tragedy Comes Inspiration” In 2011, Tom Stevens’ mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Her journey through the disease

By Jim Walker Signal Staff Writer The whole idea of “spring cleaning” is to do things more comprehensively than you do the rest of the year. It’s all about a

The Canyon Country Community Center hosted one of its first community events since its opening five months ago and drew a crowd of an estimated 600 on Friday. The event,

By Sarah Sikandar Signal Staff Writer In “Seabiscuit: An American Legend,” Laura Hillenbrand calls a thoroughbred racehorse, “one of God’s most impressive engines … His mind is impressed with a

By Jim Walker Signal Staff Writer Just in time for those suffering from social isolation and depressing world news overload, comes the 94th Academy Awards (2022), honoring movies released in

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer With the first pick in the 2022 Draft, the National Football League selects … Las Vegas. Two years ago, the world shut down

By Jane Gates Signal Staff Writer Landscaping has sometimes been seen as a garnish to cover space around the house. But now, our frazzled lives need our yards to become

More than half of Americans take an over-thecounter vitamin or dietary supplement, but many may not realize that the quality of these products can vary greatly. Because supplements are not

By Sarah Sikandar Signal Staff Writer Dr. Larry Kidd’s 14-year relationship with Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital is coming to an end, as he moves on to pursue other professional and

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer For decades the narrative on quality barbecue restaurants in the United States was mostly limited to establishments in Texas and St. Louis. Then

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer Sunset Boulevard stretches from the Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades east to Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles. The entire length of

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer For decades, fourth-grade students in California traditionally made models of a California mission to fulfill the California history curriculum requirement mandated by the

By Mary Petersen Signal Staff Writer It’s Spring! When nature revives after the cold winter months. Trees blossom, daffodils shoot up to surprise us and birds chirp as they prepare