By The Signal Editorial Board The Signal editorial board seldom gets involved in anything outside of Santa Clarita and certainly not Los Angeles city politics. But … For too long, the problems of Los Angeles have not stayed in Los Angeles. Crime, homelessness, retail thefts, street encampments, public drug use and failing leadership have slowly spilled beyond L.A. city limits
By The Signal Editorial Board There’s a disconnect between the Saugus Union School District and the community it is supposed to serve. That disconnect has manifested itself in a couple
By The Signal Editorial Board It’s David vs. Goliath. And we’re David. Santa Clarita against the state of California: The Judicial Council of California has decided it wants to drop
By The Signal Editorial Board “Democracy is on the ballot Nov. 4.” It sure is. But when that statement comes from proponents of Proposition 50, it drips with hypocrisy. Remember
By The Signal Editorial Board Editor’s note: This editorial has been updated to reflect the correct tally of the board’s vote to remove interim President David Andrus from his role,
By The Signal Editorial Board “He advocated stoning gays to death. Just sayin’.” Those false words were typed by the prolific novelist Stephen King on his official X account in
By The Signal Editorial Board At Tuesday’s Santa Clarita City Council meeting, Mayor Bill Miranda said he smells something rotten, and there is a stink to the way the downtown
By The Signal Editorial Board There’s been a lot of turmoil lately at Santa Clarita City Hall. Over the past few months, the City Council has had some eyebrow-raising discussions
By The Signal Editorial Board We should all celebrate America’s successes. And, as much as people with strong partisan political views will not only hate to admit it, but also
By The Signal Editorial Board It doesn’t happen often, but we admit it: The Signal Editorial Board must apologize. We were wrong. We have to say we are sorry to
By The Signal Editorial Board The liars and perverts in the state Assembly’s Democrat caucus almost got away with it. Faced with a bill that originally would have made it
By The Signal Editorial Board A week ago, we asked Mayor Pro Tem Laurene Weste to do the right thing, and recuse herself from the City Council’s discussion of a proposed
By The Signal Editorial Board It’s an opportunity to do the right thing. And Mayor Pro Tem Laurene Weste should take it. The controversial proposed five-story mixed-use apartment and commercial
When it comes to the proposed five-story mixed-use apartment and commercial building in Old Town Newhall, we don’t really have a dog in the fight. We generally favor the rights
By The Signal Editorial Board An open letter to the protesters: Just what, exactly, could you possibly be protesting? Or perhaps more pertinently, what, exactly, are you calling for?
By The Signal Editorial Board USAID, U.S. aid. Sounds good doesn’t it? And appropriate, right? With all the disasters we recently have had — the East Palestine train derailment a
By The Signal Editorial Board Well, we dodged a bullet. Even as communities in the Pacific Palisades and Altadena are still reeling from the devastation of the Palisades and Eaton
By The Signal Editorial Board As Election Month winds down and culminates in Election Day, we offer a recap of our endorsements in a variety of races in which we’ve
By The Signal Editorial Board As Election Month winds down and culminates in Election Day, we offer a recap of our endorsements in a variety of races in which we’ve