Archive By Author - Jim Holt
Memorial Day: ‘You are not forgotten’
Boys sprinted up the hillside to their father, careful not to step on the grave markers of the veterans they came to honor.
Family fight ends in arrest
A 47-year-old unemployed transient was charged with robbery after allegedly taking a woman's truck keys by force during a family street brawl in Canyon Country this week.
Everything and the kitchen sink
It's a sad day in Santa Clarita when anyone is forced to phone in a police report about burglars who stole everything but the kitchen sink.
2010 Graduations: Valencia High's pride and preparation
In many ways, Valencia High School grads are like the Vikings emblazoned on their books and around their school.
Mom avoids prison in car death
The mother of a toddler who died after he was left in his car seat on a hot summer day pleaded guilty to having caused his death, The Signal has learned.
Mysterious jet noise is a cloudy issue
It's a bird. It's a plane. No, wait. That ear-splitting sound heard a couple of weeks ago could have been any of several possible aircraft. Aviation experts are looking into at least one formal complaint of a noisy aircraft heard screaming through the Santa Clarita Valley on May 4. And they said any one of several agencies could be responsible for the noisy jet. "We may never know precisely what aircraft it was at that ...
Agency’s hopes are sky high
If you build it, the sun will come. And in the process, it will underwrite much of our energy costs. That's the dream of water resource planners at the Castaic Lake Water Agency as they begin transforming part of the agency's back lot into a cost-saving field of solar panels. "The hope is to turn this area here into a field of solar panels," Edward Colley of the water resources committee told about a dozen ...
'Cruise Lyons Avenue' event revs up Newhall revitalization
Newhall residents got a nostalgic glimpse of cruising "American Graffiti"-style Wednesday night as scores of vintage cars rumbled through their community.
Short-list released for court architect
When the shovel goes into the ground to build Santa Clarita's new courthouse, the tool will belong to one of a half-dozen architectural firms shortlisted by state officials this week.
Kids recovering from patrol car collision, mom says
Two Saugus children reportedly injured when a sheriff's patrol car ran into the back of their Jeep earlier this month are undergoing physical therapy, their mother said Monday.
Country schools under siege
Private schools in rural settings are about to come under the same harsh scrutiny required of inner-city schools following an ordinance change handed down by the Board of Supervisors.
Water prices could rise for SCV residents
Santa Clarita Valley residents might have to pay more for water this summer, as the drought deepens and local water officials hammer out new deals for more water.
Well water debate deepens
Every time Kim Fahey takes a shower he says a small prayer for the water that costs so much and worked so hard to get to him.
Boydston says city should control growth
Former city councilman TimBen Boydston wants some straight answers from city planners about the population of Santa Clarita Valley, which is projected to double in 25 years.
Tight budget could affect state mental health services
Kathy Ward would be dead without the help she gets at the Santa Clarita Valley Mental Health Center.
Articles By Author - Jim Holt
Attempted murder defendant misses court appears for 3rd time
A man charged with attempted murder, who was confined to a wheelchair when arrested a year ago, missed the start of his trial Tuesday when he failed to appear in court for the third time, a court clerk said.
Convicted murderer pleads not guilty to rape charges
A convicted murderer living in a mobile home park in Acton has pleaded not guilty to four felony counts of rape at the Michael D. Antonovich Antelope Valley Court, a court official said.
Firefighters contain 10-acre brush fire north of Santa Clarita Valley
A boat-towing truck caught fire on Interstate 5 north of Castaic Sunday afternoon sparking a roadside brush fire, emergency response officials said.
Santa Clarita Sheriff's deputies make arrest at gunpoint
A man wanted for allegedly hitting a woman in Littlerock on Sunday was pulled over by local sheriff's deputies on Highway 14 and held at gunpoint near Newhall, according to deputies in both Santa Clarita and Palmdale.
CORRECTION: Meet the water board
During the three years the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District has wrestled with a less costly way to remove chloride from the Santa Clara River, the water quality board to which it answers has seen a shift in its makeup.
CORRECTION: Petition offers yet another chloride option
Santa Clarita Valley residents will have a chance to challenge a proposal to reduce salt in the Santa Clara River, even if such a plan is selected by local sanitation district officials and approved by regional water quality ones, The Signal has learned.
Newhall man pleads not guilty in Feb. Canyon Country condo attack
A Newhall man who allegedly attacked a woman in her garage in Canyon Country three months ago pleaded not guilty Thursday to four felony charges filed against him, a court official said.
UPDATE: Saugus man re-arrested in online dating scam
To more than half a dozen duped women he was a member of the Special Forces, a secret agent and a chef to celebrities.
Santa Clarita: No charges against dog owner who left Chihuahua in parked car for 6 hours
The owner of a dog that was left in a locked car parked in the Six Flags Magic Mountain Parking lot will not be charged, officials said.
Newhall man pleads not guilty in Canyon Country condo attack
A Newhall man who allegedly attacked a woman in her garage in Canyon Country three months ago pleaded not guilty today to four felony charges filed against him, a court official said.
UPDATE: Powerhouse Fire claimed 16 homes
Sixteen homes were burned to the ground in the Powerhouse Fire, officials said Wednesday, nothing that after six days of spreading and burning more than 32,000 acres the blaze seemed at last under control.
UPDATE: Man believed to have committed suicide near Gorman was 53-year-old Torrance resident
Investigators with the coroner's office have identified the body of a Torrance man found dead in a car near Gorman on Tuesday, a coroner's spokesman said Wednesday.
2 Powerhouse firefighters taken to hospital
Two of the more than 2,100 firefighters working to contain the Powerhouse Fire were airlifted to the hospital today afternoon where they will be treated for heat exhaustion, a fire official said.
Defendant pleads not guilty in 2011 Saugus murder
A Saugus man accused of strangling his girlfriend in 2011 pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a murder charge, a court official said.
Santa Clarita citizens voice concern about proposed chloride plans
Local sanitation officials held their fourth of six public hearings in Newhall Tuesday night in an effort to gauge which plan they should pursue in reducing the amount of chloride discharged into the Santa Clara River.
