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Baseball team hosts fund-raiser Saturday night
The Golden Valley High School Baseball Dugout Club is hosting a fund-raising Casino Night Saturday.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: Feb. 27, 2009
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Fundraiser for Golden Valley High Jazz Band tonight
The Golden Valley High School Jazz Band hosts "The Winter Blues" tonight, Feb. 26, starting at 7:00 p.m.
Golden Valley Baseball Dugout Club hosts Casino Night Saturday
The Golden Valley High School Baseball Dugout Club hosts a Casino Night Saturday, Feb. 28. Dinner will be served from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and gaming will run from 6:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The event benefits the GVHS Baseball Team and gives guests the chance to play several different casino games. For a $100 donation, guests can buy into the Texas Hold 'em Table, and receive $500 in chips along with dinner and ...
Traffic humps installed in Saugus
In a continuing effort to help address traffic issues in the Saugus neighborhood adjacent to Benz Road, the City of Santa Clarita has installed traffic humps along Alaminos and Benz Road.
Hart High holds first ever Parent Academy
Parents looking for assistance in raising their teens are invited to attend the first Hart Parent Academy, scheduled from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in the Hart Auditorium.
Hart district holds second meeting about drug testing program
Parents of students in the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District have another opportunity to learn about the voluntary drug testing program which will be initiated in a pilot program in all Hart District schools this spring.
COC Foundation hosts Wine Classic
The College of the Canyons Foundation will host its 2009 SCV Wine Classic at the California Institute of the Arts May 30. The event will benefit the Santa Clarita Student Orchestra and give guests the opportunity to buy wines and gourmet cuisine.
McKeon blasts Dems on spending, calls for freeze
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the omnibus spending bill for FY2009 and Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Santa Clarita) expressed serious concern with Democrats' continued federal spending spree and opposed the bloated $410 billion measure.
Rock memorabilia auctioned on e-Bay to aid deputy
Rock superstars have donated autographed musical memorabilia to a special e-Bay auction to benefit a sheriff's deputy stationed in Santa Clarita Superior Court, and battling leukemia.
High schools campaign to fight use of child soldiers
A community campaign is now uniting two William S. Hart Union High School District schools in order to stop the use of child soldiers. Valencia High School is now joining Canyon High School's Human Rights Watch Student Task Force by forming their own Human Rights Club. Both schools have been collecting Red Hands, which symbolize the fight against the use of child soldiers.
Library program helps students
La Mesa Junior High School is noticing an increase in the both student attendance and grades due to the success of the Library Homework Club. The club gives students the opportunity to be helped by teachers and parents after school in a variety of subjects.
Local schools earn recognition
Two schools in the William S. Hart Union High School District have been nominated for recognition as California Distinguished Schools for the 2009-10 year. The schools, Rancho Pico Junior High School and Academy of the Canyons, the Hart District's middle college high school, were selected among some 500 California Schools.
Getting it right on tax returns
An early IRS sampling of tax returns shows about 15 percent have errors involving the recovery rebate credit that is related to last year's economic stimulus payment. Taxpayers can eliminate errors and avoid delays in their federal income tax refund when claiming the recovery rebate credit. Facts about the stimulus Some individuals who did not get the economic stimulus payment, and a smaller number of those who did, may be eligible for the recovery rebate ...
Discovering new careers at COC
SCV School and Business Alliance and their title sponsor, Boston Scientific Neuromodulation host Discovering Careers 2009 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 25 at College of the Canyons.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Charlie Vignola: A scandal is only a scandal when it happens to Democrats
Imagine for a moment a President of the United States who ignored warnings about an imminent terrorist threat that resulted in an attack that killed American citizens, then argued that we didn't need an investigation to figure out what went wrong.
Signal Sales Beat for May 21, 2013
KEN "Beer It Forward" is just one of the unique ideas presented at a sneak preview and tour of Wolf Creek Brewery on Thursday, May 16, 2013. You can buy a friend a beer (even if they are not present) and they will have up to sixty days to redeem. Wolf Creek Brewery is owned by the same owners of Wolf Creek Restaurant and Brewery, however, in this facility the focus is on producing and ...
Tom Purcell: Advice from the master
ill Clinton, wearing a white toga and a crown of gold, sat in a garden while attractive women fed him grapes. President Obama, having just suffered the most devastating week of his presidency, sat nearby, seeking advice in the art of telling whoppers. Using the Socratic method of teaching, Clinton began to tutor his new student.
$6 million to fight the Frazier Park fire
FRAZIER PARK (AP) - A fire that broke last week near Frazier Park has closed a state park and already has cost more than $6 million to fight.
Kershaw pitches 3-hitter as Dodgers beat Brewers
MILWAUKEE (AP) - With speculation that Don Mattingly could be fired sometime this week, the Los Angeles Dodgers manager needed Clayton Kershaw to pitch well in the worst way.
‘A Knight Like No Other’ at Trinity
When Trinity was founded, it only had Kindergarten through second grade and planning a prom was many years down the road.
Frank Ferry: Live from City Hall
May is Building Safety Month and the ideal time to tackle all of those home-improvement projects on your "to do" list before summer is in full swing.
LAPD officer from Castaic arrested on molestation charge
A Los Angeles Police Department officer who lives in Castaic is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday on a child molestation charge, according to an LAPD spokesman and court documents.
UPDATE: Huge tornado hits near Oklahoma City
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200 mph, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.
Child required medical aid at Saugus pool
A child was rushed to Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital following an incident at a community pool today, officials said.
Chile miner happy to be played by Banderas in film
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Antonio Banderas will play the charismatic miner known as "Super Mario," who in 2010 became the public face of 33 Chilean miners trapped deep underground for 69 days.
Calif.: 5 church members killed in van crash
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A van carrying church members returning from a California gathering careened off of a southern Illinois freeway and overturned several times Monday, killing five people and sending six others to hospitals, authorities said.
Founding member of The Doors dies
Ray Manzarek, a founding member of The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complimented Jim Morrison's gloomy baritone and helped set the mood for some of rock's most enduring songs, has died. He was 74.
MacFarlane won't return to host Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014.
