An SCV resident’s ‘shot in the dark’ for a match
Santa Clarita Valley resident and Valencia High School grad Anika Mathur was diagnosed with aplastic anemia, and now, thanks to a blood stem cell transplant, is starting her studies at COC this fall. Courtesy

An SCV resident’s ‘shot in the dark’ for a match

Valencia High School grad Anika Mathur was happy and healthy — until she wasn’t.  Before she and her family knew it, the then junior’s tiredness became a diagnosis of aplastic…

SCV residents sign up to ‘Be The Match’
Participant, Claudia Chavelas, left, uses her phone to scan the registration form as Christine Mantilla, Be The Match Member Engagement, Enrollment for Southern California Region guides her through the process during a Be The Match drive-in event held in Valencia on Friday, August 14, 2020. Dan Watson/The Signal

SCV residents sign up to ‘Be The Match’

To become a potential match for someone who has a life-threatening blood disease and is in need of a stem cell transplant may sound a little complicated, but it was…

COC football team eats lemons for leukemia awareness
COC assistant football coach Matt Crater winces as he eats a lemon while holding 4-year-old Kailyn Anderson, who is diagnosed with high-risk leukemia. Courtesy photo

COC football team eats lemons for leukemia awareness

By Diego Marquez Signal Staff Writer When two friends started a social media campaign to raise awareness for the bone marrow-depleting disease, leukemia, they didn’t expect to get a quarter…

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