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Hundreds attend the 2025 Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center Celebrity Waiter dinner themed “Broadway Lights” on Saturday April 26, 2025 in Santa Clarita, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

SCV Senior Center celebrates ‘Broadway Lights’  

The Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center hosted its 2025 Celebrity Waiter dinner fundraiser at Bella Vida on Saturday night.   The theme of the night was “Broadway Lights” and attendees wore costumes from all different types of Broadway plays.   As guests walked through the lobby, they were greeted with the smell of coffee, jumbo pretzels with mustard and popcorn – almost

Press release

Dixon Center gets $50K grant for youth mental health 

News release  Samuel Dixon Family Health Center Inc. has received a $50,000 Community Health Improvement Grant from Dignity Health – Northridge Hospital to fund expanded mental health services for youth

Over 600 people participated in the annual Walk 4 MHF at Central Park in Saugus, Saturday morning, April 5, 2025. Michael Picarella/The Signal

Over 600 people attend 30th annual Walk 4 MHF

The Michael Hoefflin Foundation hosted its 30th annual Walk 4 MHF Saturday morning at Central Park in Saugus. According to Christian Lazore, member of the MHF board, the walk attracted

Shown above is a portion of the front page of The Signal on April 8, 1970, reporting on a shootout that killed four young California Highway Patrol officers from the CHP’s Newhall office. It became known as “The Newhall Incident” and resulted in new training methods and tools for high-risk law enforcement stops across the nation.  

55 Years Ago: The Newhall Incident 

On April 6, 1970, four young California Highway Patrol officers lost their lives in a four-and-a-half-minute gun battle that left four families without their husbands and fathers, and a mourning

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College briefs

College Briefs for April 3

2 local students named to Goshen College dean’s list    Goshen College, in Goshen, Indiana, recently recognized 160 undergraduate students for excellence in academics on the 2024-25 fall semester dean’s list,

Rancho Pico Junior High School Symphonic Band students perform during the Southern California School and Band Orchestra Festival hosted by West Ranch High School on March 25, 2025 in Stevenson Ranch, Calif. Katherine Quezada/The Signal

West Ranch hosts two-day music festival 

Music festival season is here, and to celebrate not just student musicians in the Santa Clarita Valley but also in neighboring cities, West Ranch High School hosted the 2025 Southern