SCV teen’s Girl Scout Gold Award project promotes children’s literacy
Nicole Augusta reads a children's book as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project for the Canyon Country Library. Courtesy

SCV teen’s Girl Scout Gold Award project promotes children’s literacy

When West Ranch High School senior Nicole Augusta was a young Girl Scout, she remembers dreaming about getting her Gold Award. The Gold Award, comparable to the Boy Scouts of…

SCV libraries begin offering curbside services, continue virtual programs
DeAnna Watters of the Los Angeles County Library in Stevenson Ranch, right, hands a library book to a patron picking up a title that she placed a hold on. June 08, 2020. Bobby Block / The Signal

SCV libraries begin offering curbside services, continue virtual programs

Libraries across the Santa Clarita Valley have begun to reopen, offering limited services to their cardholders for the first time in months. On Monday, some L.A. County libraries, including the…

Santa Clarita Public Library hosts Elf Balls for children
Akira Trexler smiles as he makes a pipe cleaner candy cane with his mom, Tamaki, at Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017. Nikolas Samuels/The Signal

Santa Clarita Public Library hosts Elf Balls for children

The Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library was transformed into a winter wonderland Wednesday, as children and parents participated in the library’s second Elf Ball. The event allowed children of…

Children spend afternoon reading to therapy dogs at the library
Melaine Yerga-Woolwine, 9, reads a book to Blondie, a therapy dog, at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. Christina Cox/The Signal

Children spend afternoon reading to therapy dogs at the library

As she quickly reads through each page of her book, Melaine Yerga-Woolwine softly pets Blondie, a Shetland sheepdog, who intently listens to her newfound friend’s words. The 9-year-old had a…

Canyon Country Library hosts Elf Ball for children
Angie Ashe, "Miss Angie," center, puts the finishing touches on elf hats as dozens of children and their parents participate at the holiday craft stations and games on hand at the City of Santa Clarita Elf Ball event held at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library in Canyon Country on Wednesday. Dan Watson/The Signal

Canyon Country Library hosts Elf Ball for children

The Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library turned into a Christmas Elf’s paradise Wednesday morning, full of games, crafts, treats and toys. More than 200 Santa Clarita children spent the…

A reading day with the dogs
FILE PHOTO: Saniya Travenia, 8, tries to dodge kisses from poodle Romeo as she reads a book to him at the Canyon Country Library's Read to Dogs program on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2016. Katharine Lotze/Signal.

A reading day with the dogs

Penny, a two-year-old golden retriever, rested her front paws against 10-year-old Athena Roldan’s shoe as Roldan read “BabyMouse Puppy Love” to the dog. Penny and four other dogs sat quietly,…

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