Archive By Author - Signal Staff
Child swine flu death toll hits 76
Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week - more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.
Bomb threat forces evacuation
A false bomb threat to a medical office in the Cinema Professional Center in Valencia left employees and customers standing outside Friday afternoon, authorities said.
Faith Calendar
Joy women's study Who: Grace Baptist Church What: Joy of Living Bible Study for women; an interdenominational, in-depth study of God's word in an informal, small group setting. Join in for a 28-week study of Genesis. Child care available for ages 0 through 5 years-old. When: 9:30 to 11:15 a.m. every Wednesday Where: Grace Baptist Church at 22833 Copper Hill Drive in Saugus Contact: Fran Padgett at (661) 254-1039. Every Road meeting Who: Every Road ...
No surprise Chicago lost
It's not a great surprise that Chicago didn't get the Olympics. According to Forbes, it is the third worst of the most miserable cities in the U.S., listed as such in part due to the high rate of corruption in state and local government.
Vote for Valdes
I would like to tell you why to vote for Linda Valdes for Hart School Board on Nov. 3. Ms. Valdes is active in our community and led an effort for $300 million for funding for Castaic High. That's a lot of money for students. She has been a teacher for 12 years now. I was in her class two years ago and she's awesome! We went on class trips and she taught us lots ...
Janice France-Pettit: Financing college: saving options for the future
In these tough economic times, saving for your child's college tuition might seem like a daunting task, but it's more important than ever.
Traffic control lane
Living in Placerita Canyon is wonderful. I have never in 15 years had a problem exiting the canyon over Sierra Highway to Highway 14. But in the last two months, don't try to do it on the weekend or late at night. You will sit there forever.
Boydston the right choice
Your vote is important! Do you know about "One Valley, One Vision," - the new General Plan for the Santa Clarita Valley? We will need leadership that will do their due diligence on the new General Plan and work to protect their constituents from the proposed increased density/developments in our valley. Higher density/development will mean even more traffic congestion on our already overburdened roads. Roads in general are not keeping pace with current growth and ...
Help all Americans
Please take a moment to look at all the people who have died as a result of not having insurance. I have good insurance, but my daughter passed because she didn't have Medicare until it was too late.
Festival disappointing
What a disappointment the Festival of the Arts was in Downtown Newhall Oct. 3-4. It's certainly not like the days when it was on Town Center Drive. As a group, we were looking forward to the event, but the caliber of artists and the staging of the event left much to be desired.
Noltemeyer owes an apology
I have just finished reading "What an 'uninformed and irresponsible' column" (The Signal, Oct. 5) written by P. Michael Freeman, Los Angeles County fire chief in response to Cam Noltemeyer's offending "Buyer beware in fire country" commentary (The Signal, Sept. 24).
Palin is paling
Perennial intellectual lightweight Sarah Palin's first brush with China did not make her many friends.
We need Messina
I read Tim Myers' "The preferred answer is not always the right one" Opinion column in The Signal, Oct. 4, and I must tell you, I'm left in stark wonder. What is this guy rambling on about?
Health care reform now
This is just a short letter to let you all know how important it is to have health/reform. I just came back from Scotland visiting my mom who had a stroke. I could not believe what great care she received from INS. I also have a nephew who has had Crohns disease since he was 15 years of age. He is now in his 30s and has had the best of care. They don't need ...
Hooray for Hollywood
If anyone is still unconvinced about the misdirection of Hollywood's "moral compass," the Roman Polanski situation should help you see the double standard for which they and their ilk are famous (or infamous).
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Kids' suspensions renew debate over zero tolerance
Waiting in line for the bus, a Pennsylvania kindergartener tells her pals she's going to shoot them with a Hello Kitty toy that makes soap bubbles. In Maryland, a 6-year-old boy pretends his fingers are a gun during a playground game of cops and robbers. In Massachusetts, a 5-year-old boy attending an after-school program makes a gun out of Legos and points it at other students while "simulating the sound of gunfire," as one school official put it.
Pistorius: Thought girlfriend was a robber
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Oscar Pistorius told a packed courtroom Tuesday that he shot his girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. The prosecutor called it premeditated murder.
'Argo,' 'Zero Dark Thirty' win at Writers Guild
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The CIA thrillers "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have won top screenplay honors from the Writers Guild of America.
Today in the SCV: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2013. There are 315 days left in the year.
Marriage and the meaning of the word
"Marriage" is shorthand for a specific legal arrangement between a man and a woman, just as "corporation" or "limited partnership" is a specific legal arrangement between shareholders, business partners, etc.
Kevin Buck: Straw men live in glass houses
Webster's dictionary has several different definitions for the word socialism. The one conservative fear and loathe the most is:
Tom Purcell: A nail in the coffin of Americans' rights
oy, do I feel sorry for smokers these days.
Wrong about The Signal
I was annoyed and saddened by a comment demeaning the Signal: "The Signal is biased, ignorant and often inept at reporting news."
HOA still recovering months after paint crime
Vandals who hopped a North Valencia HOA pool fence last summer and dumped seven gallons of paint into the pool and hot tub, causing more than $300,000 damage, are still at large.
Economic conference returns to Santa Clarita
The third annual Santa Clarita Economic and Real Estate Outlook conference is taking place Thursday, Feb. 21 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Hyatt Regency Valencia.
