A valiant battle with Mother Nature: United States search and rescue teams practice for natural disasters
Crews from Los Angeles County and Fairfax County Urban Search and Rescue remove a dummy from the rubble during a joint USAR training at Del Valle Regional Training Center Wednesday morning. Cory Rubin/The Signal

A valiant battle with Mother Nature: United States search and rescue teams practice for natural disasters

Our nation's international search and rescue teams united in Santa Clarita to brush up on their lifesaving skillsets. Austin Dave reports on the battle with natural disasters.

City to offer training that helps report local weather conditions to the National Weather Service
Signal file photo The first of three rainstorms headed to the SCV was expected to start late Wednesday. The second is forecast to hit late Friday, with a third expected to arrive Sunday. Here, a man wears a plastic poncho Jan. 5 as he walks on Lyons Avenue in Newhall.

City to offer training that helps report local weather conditions to the National Weather Service

From tornadoes to thunderstorms, the United States is struck by severe weather conditions year-round, including in the Santa Clarita Valley. To help the National Weather Service obtain critical information, the…

Full house at VIA’s active shooter training luncheon
Jenny Ketchepaw, vice president and training manager at Citizens Business Bank demonstrates a backpack that turns into a bullet proof vest during the VIA active shooter training luncheon on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2018. For September, the monthly luncheon will feature a City Council candidate forum. Tammy Murga/The Signal

Full house at VIA’s active shooter training luncheon

A sea of hands went up in a room filled with scores of individuals when asked if they knew someone or had heard from someone affected by the 2017 Las…

Puppies trained to become guide dogs practice public transit etiquette in Central Park
Pam English, a volunteer at Guide Dogs of America, helps train her five-month-old puppy, Zion, how to properly enter a bus for the first time at Central Park on Saturday, August 4, 2018. Tammy Murga/The Signal

Puppies trained to become guide dogs practice public transit etiquette in Central Park

By Tammy Murga Signal Staff Writer   Zion, a 5-month-old golden retriever puppy, boarded an empty bus for the first time on Saturday. Quietly, yet attentively, she made her way…

City’s lifeguard training makes a splash
Participants perform practice in-water rescues during the annual Summer Recruitment Training at the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center. Georgia Rios/The Signal

City’s lifeguard training makes a splash

The smell of sunscreen and sounds of whistles resonate on the pool deck during the Santa Clarita Aquatic Center’s twentieth annual Summer Recruitment Training for lifeguards.

Administrators go through Hart District’s first credential training program
Assistant Principal at Placerity Junior High School Marcus Garrett, left, and assistant principal of Hart High School Jennifer Huhn are working their way through the Hart District's Induction Program. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Administrators go through Hart District’s first credential training program

For the first time, the William S. Hart Union High School District led administrators through a standards-based training program that focused on personal growth, mentorship and hands-on learning. The Hart…

Valencia workers surprised at electrical training dummy hung from pole
A dummy body hangs from a telephone pole inside a Southern California Edison facility off of Rye Canyon Road in Valencia. Local business owners reported its presence to the Signal on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2017. Katharine Lotze/Signal

Valencia workers surprised at electrical training dummy hung from pole

The sight of a figure, clad in burlap and strung up on electrical wires, surprised employees of a Valencia firm when they showed up for work Thursday. “It was creepy…

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