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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 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

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 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 Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer March 17 is celebrated not only in Ireland, but also throughout the world by Irish and non-Irish alike. St. Paddy’s Day is known

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer When we think of Ireland, we often conjure up images of shamrocks, St. Patrick’s Day and leprechauns. However, there’s more to Ireland than

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer On March 12 it will be 94 years since the night in 1928 when, at 30 seconds past 11:57 p.m., the mighty St.

By Jim Walker Signal Staff Writer What do you wish you knew before the pandemic began? Joanna White, director of special education with the William S. Hart Union High School

Natural disasters and extreme weather pose a significant threat. No one is invulnerable to such events, and even if the idea of evacuating your home seems unlikely, preparing for evacuation

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer Everyone wants to be an “insider.” Here’s four places where you can get the inside, behind-the-scenes low down with family-friendly pricing … and