Castaic Sports Complex Aquatic Center offers free swimming for seniors
SIGNAL FILE PHOTO: Parents and kids play in the pools at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center in the midday heat. August 9, 2018. Cory Rubin/ The Signal

Castaic Sports Complex Aquatic Center offers free swimming for seniors

Janet Shigekawa, 70, was an avid user of the Santa Clarita Aquatics Center pool as a way to exercise in her senior age. The Santa Clarita Aquatics Center is currently…

A new family
Castaic Lions Club President Lee Shapiro serves coffee to attendees during the Castaic Lions Club Thanksgiving Day Feast held at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, Bella Vida on Thursday, 112422. Dan Watson/The Signal

A new family

SCV Senior Center hosts a family Thanksgiving   On a holiday focused on spending time with family, many can feel lonely. At the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center at Bella Vida,…

Home Instead organizes secret Santa for seniors
Santa Clarita residents will be able to help seniors in need this holiday season by picking up a paper ornament from a tree like this at businesses across town. Matt Fernandez/The Signal

Home Instead organizes secret Santa for seniors

Home Instead is running its “Be a Santa to a Senior” program for the 15th year. Partnering with businesses in Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley, Home Instead has set up trees filled with with paper ornaments with the names of seniors and items that they need or would like to receive for Christmas.

‘Ask a Nurse’ program begins at Bella Vida
Georgina Paredes, gets her blood pressure checked by Katherine Chavez, RN at the "Ask A Nurse" program, hosted by Henry Mayo Newhall Hospitals monthly visit at Bella Vida where seniors can ask a nurse health questions and get wellness checks. Gilbert Bernal\The Signal

‘Ask a Nurse’ program begins at Bella Vida

By Raychel Stewart Bella Vida senior center began a new service for its clients Tuesday, providing free wellness checks and one-on-one conversations with nurses from Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital from…

Friendly Valley’s Little Theater dances and sings to timeless songs
Performers dance a hula routine to Don Ho's "Tiny Bubbles" at the Friendly Valley's "A Good Time Musical Extravaganza." Matt Fernandez/The Signal

Friendly Valley’s Little Theater dances and sings to timeless songs

The Friendly Valley Country Club’s Little Theater became a musical time machine on Sunday as seniors danced and sang along to some of their favorite songs from past decades.

SCV Senior Center hosting Touch-a-Truck’s return on Oct. 13
Lincoln Clunich, 2, hangs onto a ladder on the side of a garbage truck at Touch-A-Truck in Central Park on Saturday. Samie Gebers/The Signal

SCV Senior Center hosting Touch-a-Truck’s return on Oct. 13

As a hand reaches from one generation to another, the SCV Senior Center will bring its Touch-a-Truck event back for families far and wide at Central Park on Oct. 13.

Woman detained in Castaic standoff accused of attempted murder
One of several deputies dispatched to the scene of a woman barricaded inside a building where shots were fired. Signal photo by Austin Dave

Woman detained in Castaic standoff accused of attempted murder

A  woman detained following a seven-hour standoff with sheriff’s deputies in Castaic Friday, after deputies reportedly heard shots fired at the woman’s home, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder,…

Keeping peace in mind
Sally White, Roselva Ungar and Patty Carmody stand together advocating for peace around the world. Ryan Mancini/ The Signal

Keeping peace in mind

Under trees at the corner of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway, the SCV Grandmothers for Peace waved and stood holding signs Sunday afternoon.

‘Ma’am Talks’ videos use humor to embrace getting older
From left to right, Kathy Gorlick, Ana Dwork and Jan Lynch sit in Dwork’s home in Valencia on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018. The trio formed their YouTube channel “Ma’am Talks!” in December 2017 to embrace getting older through humor and friendship. Christina Cox/The Signal

‘Ma’am Talks’ videos use humor to embrace getting older

When Ana Dwork, Kathy Gorlick and Jan Lynch worked together at La Mesa Junior High School, the trio would spend time after work talking and laughing together. “We used to…

Tree-cutting plan to be extended one year
Oak trees on a currently undeveloped piece of land off of the Old Road and Sagecrest Circle will be removed to make way for a development. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Tree-cutting plan to be extended one year

  Developers planning to cut down 162 oak trees for a senior condo complex near Towsley Canyon on The Old Road are expected to see their plan extended for at…

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