Archive By Author - Jim Holt
Meadows works out with the best of ’em
Having exercised with students almost every other day for a month, teachers at Meadows Elementary School will have little problem jumping for joy today when they learn their school is a finalist in a statewide challenge to keep kids fit.
Reliving Desarie’s final moments
SAN FERNANDO - Two Castaic women described in court Wednesday what happened the day a lifeless, naked young girl ended up on their quiet suburban street.
High cost of salt wars
The victor of a water war over chloride levels in the Santa Clara River, pitting upstream suburbanites against downstream farmers, could be determined with the flourish of a pen on two emerging fronts this summer, The Signal has learned following a month-long investigation.
Downstreamers’ plight
VENTURA COUNTY - As he makes his way through a furrow that cuts one strawberry mound from the next, his steps are slow and sure, one dusty boot in front of the other.
SCV pays to pass the salt
Snow melting atop mountains in Plumas County, some 480 miles from the Santa Clarita Valley, is as clean as state legislators demand in their Porter-Cologne Act of 1969, and it's as clean as the Feds demand in their Clean Water Act of 1972.
Of woolly mammoths and farming
As the glaciers melted about 10,000 years ago, torrents of freshly melted ice and snow were sent rushing down the Santa Clarita Valley.
Man charged with assault on woman
A woman is conscious but suffering serious head injuries today after a man allegedly hit her in the face, causing her to fall and strike her head on the pavement.
Lines drawn in salty river
You and three friends sit down for lunch at a Santa Clarita Valley restaurant, and each of you orders the soup of the day.
Jets, comets, mystery
It's been about one month since the heavens over Santa Clarita opened up with a roar and revealed - something. It's still not absolutely clear what caused such a commotion at about 8:30 p.m. May 4. Initial reports referred to a "jet doing doughnuts," according to a complaint filed with Edwards Air Force Base, and to "two jets" according to several e-mails to The Signal. After a month of probing, the skies over Santa Clarita ...
Medic: ‘I did all I could’ for fallen Pfc. Suter
A U.S. Navy medic assigned to the same U.S. Marine Corps division as the late Pfc. Jake William Suter says he did all he could to help the local hero the day he died.
NEW PHOTOS: Loved and lost: Community supports fallen Marine
While parents of a young soldier killed in Afghanistan wait to learn how he died, a community has provided them one irrefutable reminder - their son was loved.
CHP reports rise in arrests
California Highway Patrol officers arrested twice as many people in Santa Clarita for drunk driving this Memorial Day weekend compared to those arrested during last year's long weekend. In Santa Clarita, the CHP logged 28 alcohol-related arrests this past weekend as opposed to 17 the same time last year. "I think the best thing about these numbers is that it's bad there were more drunks on the road, however, we're getting them off the road," ...
UPDATED: Vigil set for fallen Marine
The outpouring of love for fallen United States Marine Corps Pfc. Jake William Suter is expected to spill out on to the Stevenson Ranch street he lived on tonight during a candlelight vigil in his honor.
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.
Articles By Author - Jim Holt
UPDATE: Second woman hurt in Saturday crash
A second young woman hurt in a three-vehicle traffic collision in Valencia late Saturday night suffered injuries more serious than first believed, said the traffic deputy investigating the crash.
UPDATE: Five hurt in Agua Dulce crash
Five people were injured near Agua Dulce Monday afternoon - two seriously, three moderately - when a truck towing a trailer flipped over onto its side on Highway 14 at Escondido Canyon Road, emergency response officials said. Shortly after 2:45 p.m., the truck - initially reported to be a big rig - southbound on the highway overturned just south of Escondido Canyon Road prompting responding paramedics to call for another ambulance and a rescue helicopter, ...
UPDATE: Val Verde brush fire extinguished
Firefighters from multiple agencies knocked down a brush fire near Val Verde which, at one point, threatened homes in the area, a fire officials said.
Five hurt in Agua Dulce highway crash
Five people were injured near Agua Dulce Monday afternoon - two seriously, three moderately - when a truck towing a trailer flipped over onto its side on Highway 14 at Escondido Canyon Road, emergency response officials said.
Woman injured in late Santa Clarita crash
A young woman was injured late Saturday night following a three-vehicle traffic collision in Valencia, an emergency response spokesman said.
Water-loaded helicopter douses Castaic brush fire
A brush fire that swelled up in Castaic was doused almost immediately by a water-loaded helicopter already involved in fighting a brush fire in Val Verde, a Fire Department official said.
Val Verde brush fire draws swift response
A three-acre brush fire in Val Verde prompted swift response from firefighters at three different agencies Monday, a fire official said.
Memorial Day observed in Santa Clarita Valley
Amid the rows of those honoring veterans, near the flags ceremonially placed by Girl Scouts near the stars and stripes held to half mast in honor of Memorial Day 2013, it was easy to overlook a slight man in a crisp olive-green outfit quietly listening to praise for people in uniforms like his own.
Salt levels still high in Santa Clara River
The amount of chloride ending up in the Santa Clara River is more than the legal limit set by state regulators, according to the latest figures released by the local sanitation district.
Infant nearly drowns in Valencia pool
A baby boy involved in a near drowning at a Valencia pool late Sunday afternoon was airlifted to a Los Angeles hospital, emergency response officials said.
Three injured in head-on crash of two motorcycles
A woman and two men were injured and taken to the hospital Sunday morning after two motorcycles collided head-on, emergency response officials said.
Man robs Newhall bank, suspect arrested in less than 15 minutes
An armed robber held up a Newhall bank this morning leading local sheriff's deputies on a chase to Sand Canyon where they arrested a suspect, a sheriff's official said.
Teacher who lives in Valencia pleads not guilty to possessing child porn
A Los Angeles Unified School District teacher, who lives in Valencia, has pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing child pornography, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said.
UPDATE: Canyon Country man charged with attempted murder in Tuesday stabbing
A 19-year-old man is in custody charged with attempted murder for the Tuesday night stabbing of another man in Canyon Country in what appears to be a gang-related incident, a local sheriff's spokesman said.
Preliminary hearing begins for Saugus man accused of killing his girlfriend
Karla Brada, whose boyfriend stands accused of killing her, was the victim of murder and died of asphyxiation, according to a medical examiner with the county coroner's office.
