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Volunteers get HandsOn at Carousel Ranch
More than 1,000 volunteers transformed parts of the valley for the better during HandsOn Santa Clarita's eighth annual Make a Difference Day on Saturday.
Keep track, keep safe
A body-shop owner, cameraman, pipe fitter, electronics firm owner and others gathered bright and early Saturday at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station.
Michael Green: Year-end planning strategies
As we approach year-end, there's still time to take action to lower your 2008 tax bill and add to your tax-advantaged retirement accounts. Listed below are a few ideas to get you started. This is by no means an exhaustive list.
Cooking up a wonderful celebration
Arleen Gold started eating potato pancakes (latkas) every Chanukah for as long as she can remember.
Faith calendar
Friendly Valley service Who: Stan Fix at the Friendly Valley Community Church. What: Fix will present the Sunday Morning message, "When the Angels Went Away" from Luke 2:8-20. When: 10 a.m. Sunday Where: Friendly Valley Community Church (United Methodist) at 19246 Avenue of the Oaks in Newhall. All are welcome. Enter at the Friendly Valley main gate off Sierra Highway on Friendly Valley Parkway. Contact: (661) 251-1311 Pre-inauguration prayer and worship Who: Santa Clarita Christian ...
Marching bands
The indomitable Mr. Boston had me laughing out loud at the breakfast table. He must feel the same way about walking music the same way I feel about soccer and still you ruin half a sport page filling it up with that junk.
Choir performance
I had the pleasure recently of attending the Saugus High School choir concert. It was the winter performance, and what a performance!
Your Home Improvements: Noise from sink drives her crazy
Robert, Whenever I run some water in the kitchen sink, I hear a whistling sound. I'm not completely sure, but it sounds like it's coming from the drain. I know it's not a big emergency question like you're used to answering, but it is annoying nonetheless. It started about one month ago and it's driving me crazy. I would just like to know what it is. We have lived here many years and I have ...
Cooking up a wonderful celebration
Arleen Gold started eating potato pancakes (latkas) every Chanukah for as long as she can remember.
SCV group sails to see Leno
Two dozen happy LETMESAIL members and chaperones shared an exciting afternoon recently when they traveled to Burbank's NBC Studios to watch a live taping of "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno.
Chamber hosts the first health and wellness fair
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a Health & Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 31 at College of the Canyons.
Bargain shoppers pack stores
Becky and Matt Christensen walked into Sports Chalet in Stevenson Ranch on Friday with a return; unexpectedly, they walked out with more than $300 worth of ski wear.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: Dec. 27, 2008
Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future. Let the adventure begin:
On dangerous liaisons, hatred and hope
There I was, perched atop my father's shoulders, from where I caught my one fleeting glimpse of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Hasley Canyon no place for a school
Though it read like an advertisement, Rebecca Cranert's three-quarter-page "Myths vs. facts, Hasley Canyon Private School" was in The Signal's Oct. 5 opinion pages, so I am moved to respond regarding the points raised by Mrs. Cranert.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 21, 2013
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AP photographer sees kids pulled from rubble
Editor's Note: Oklahoma City-based AP photographer Sue Ogrocki was at the elementary school destroyed by a tornado and saw rescuers pulling children out of the rubble. This is her account of what she witnessed.
Customs seizes elephant meat, dead primate in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Los Angeles have made some unusual seizures, including elephant meat, a dead primate and hundreds of handbags made from the skin of snakes, lizards and crocodiles.
Yahoo looks to regain its cool with Tumblr deal
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - After falling woefully out of fashion, Yahoo wants to be cool again while catering to the capitalistic demands of its shareholders. That goal led CEO Marissa Mayer to make a $1.1 billion bet on online blogging forum Tumblr in a risky acquisition that revolves around the vision and instincts of a 26-year-old entrepreneur who dropped out of high school to pursue his dream of bringing more beauty and creativity to the Internet.
UPDATE: Officials say 24 killed in Okla. tornado
MOORE, Okla. (AP) - Emergency crews combed the sticks and rubble remains of an Oklahoma City suburb Tuesday morning less than a day after a massive tornado slammed through the community, flattening homes and demolishing an elementary school. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
Report: NPS hantavirus response followed policy
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) - Federal investigators probing the hantavirus outbreak blamed for three deaths at Yosemite National Park recommended on Monday that design changes to tent cabins and other privately run lodging first be reviewed by National Park Service officials.
Oklahoma twister tracked path of 1999 tornado
NEW YORK (AP) - Monday's powerful tornado in suburban Oklahoma City loosely followed the path of a killer twister that slammed the region in May 1999.
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.
