One of the wonderful and practical virtues of being a Time Ranger saddlepal (or saddlepal-ette or saddlepalito/ita) is that if you don’t particularly care for what’s going on in present day, you can climb aboard a fine steed and ride back to SCV climes more scenic, peaceful and, often, entertaining.
Hello dear saddlepals. How you holding up in these unfamiliar seasons of mayhem? I hope well. I remember A.B. Thatcher printing an editorial in The
Hate to say it, but this is the time of year I don’t particularly care for. June’s a few hours away and we seemed to
You know what the absolute nice thing is about taking a trail ride through SCV history in May? No face masks. Yup. That’s right. As
The Signal is creating a COVID-19 digital time capsule for the Santa Clarita Valley. All residents are encouraged to send in photos of your memories
Good thing Mother’s Day was last weekend. It’d be a shame to take our kindly dear moms on a trail ride this week that features
Well about that? The gods of time were kind today and scheduled Mother’s Day smack dab when we take our weekly ride through SCV history.
I am eternally grateful for the gift of time traveling. No need to be stuck in the confines of 21st-century humdrummia — a wonderful word
Editor’s note: John Boston’s Time Ranger usually appears on Sundays. Nature seems intent to ignore headlines and appearances. It rains and warms, turns things green
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss truly believes her life has been full of miracles, “which is one of the reasons why I’m still sitting here,” she
Exactly one year ago, on the anniversary of the 1928 St. Francis Dam disaster in San Francisquito Canyon, Congress passed the St. Francis Dam Disaster
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of concentration camps after the Holocaust, 10th-grade students at Valencia High were given the opportunity to hear from
After years of hearing about the Bataan Memorial Death March, Argel Cardoniga wanted to complete it. The Santa Clarita Valley resident, a Filipino-American fitness instructor and retired senior manager in federal law enforcement, wanted to honor the memories of those who had marched and died all those years ago — including his grandfather.
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss’ story mirrors that of Anne Frank. In fact, the two lived across the street from each other in Amsterdam during the
Back in the 1960s, there weren’t any special education programs in the Santa Clarita Valley. Instead, special needs children were considered “uneducable” and were only
At 103 years old, longtime Santa Clarita Valley resident David Gilbert said his secret to longevity is going for walks and eating chocolate. In his
Canyon Country residents John and Shelby Fischer met in the 10th grade at Oil City High School in Pennsylvania. “I was in class and he
The final in a series of 52 commemorating the 100-year anniversary of The Signal “The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
Ten days from now comes an anniversary I’m not so certain I yearn to acknowledge. At 12:01, Jan. 1, 2020, I will have worked, off
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