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A young boy smiles while he rides the mechanical bull during the second day of the Cowboy Festival on Main Street in Old Town Newhall, Calif., on Sunday, April 23, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

City announces Cowboy Festival road closures, parking options

News release  The 28th Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival makes its anticipated return to William S. Hart Park this weekend and the city is encouraging residents to prepare for road closures around the event site and plan transportation accordingly for Saturday and Sunday.    The 2024 Cowboy Festival is expected to draw thousands of visitors to the area for an event that

Participants of the vision board activity quietly focused to intently create their vision board for 2024 at the Valencia Library on Saturday afternoon. Katherine Quezada/ The Signal

Visualizing Success 

Library’s ‘wellness vision board’ session helps participants to look ahead at 2024  The Valencia Library hosted a wellness vision board activity and participants creatively used

Children in the audience sat with their parents and stuffed animals as they laughed at Arty Loon and his magic show on Jan. 16. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: stuffed animal sleepover

Children, parents and stuffed animals gathered to watch magician Arty Loon and have a stuffed animal sleepover at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library

Lance O'Keefe leads a group into the 45 degree water during the Santa Clarita Polar Plunge held at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center on Saturday, 010523. Dan Watson/The Signal

Jumping into freezing waters 

“5..4..3..2..1!”   Santa Clarita Mayor Cameron Smyth yelled the countdown as waterworks suddenly activated from the water playground, splashing people. Children as young as 4 years

Faith Freund, Snow Queen, dances with the snow corps, concluding Act I of "The Nutcracker" at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 16. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal

Photos: The Nutcracker 2023

The Santa Clarita Ballet Company presents “The Nutcracker” — a beloved community performance for 29 years, which took place at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center

Dad, Travis Sinclair, left, and son, Daniel 3, pet Rico, the five-year-old pot-bellied pig during the holiday themed "Lighting Up the Barnyard" event held at William S. Hart Park in Newhall on Saturday, 120923. Dan Watson/The Signal

Hart Park hosts Barnyard Light Tour 

Cruella, Karma, Coco, Chanel and Clarise, Santa’s “reindeer” who were alpacas dressed in antlers, waited for residents to visit the third annual Barnyard Light Tour