News Features

Making your stress more manageable

By Brennon Dixson Signal Staff Writer With school back in session and the ups and downs of the public health restrictions, parents, students and employees across the Santa Clarita Valley

The paths to enjoy nature in Santa Clarita

By Taylor Villanueva Signal Staff Writer Throughout the Santa Clarita Valley is a system of pedestrian paths that has grown over the years. These paths are the work of city

A best friend and the champion contender

Sharlena Sarmast’s true affinity for horses began to show through when she was a little girl. “It’s the funniest thing: I’d take her to those pony rides at the pumpkin

The origins of New Year’s Eve traditions

Traditions are the glue that hold many celebrations together. Individuals and families embrace many customs that serve as the script for commemorating year-end holidays.  Some celebrants may adhere to traditions

Family holiday traditions around the globe

By Michele E. Buttelman Signal Staff Writer Every family has special, and varied, holiday traditions. Some families open gifts on Christmas Eve. Other families have a strict “No Gifts Opened

Experts discuss beating the holiday blues

Everyone seems to be having a little tougher year this holiday season. Many who have loved ones considered at risk for COVID-19 were forced to scuttle last-minute plans to see

Holiday lights shine bright in Santa Clarita

No place celebrates the holiday season like the Santa Clarita Valley, whether it’s the recent Light Up Main Street event, or renowned Wakefield Winter Wonderland in Saugus, which is really

The most wonderful time for hot chocolate

Well, despite some of our best intentions and hard work, 2020 has proven itself on numerous occasions to not be the year we had hoped, thought or even planned for

Stepping up to support his brother

Saugus resident Wyatt Leiby, 19, and his family have known since the day he was born that one day, he’d need a kidney transplant.  “Once they (delivered) me, the cord

Grappling with a chance to make history

America once again has a chance to make history.  America Lopez, that is.  She entered her senior year this fall ranked No. 1 in the state of California for her

Marching to the beat of a different drum

Last October, Canyon High School’s Gold Star Brigade marching band and color guard were one of dozens of schools competing in the Wildcat Classic in front of thousands at College