Decoro editorial obnoxious

I missed the town meeting on Sept. 3 because my wife and I were on vacation. After we returned I checked your Web site and read the article about the results of the town meeting and some letters, plus The Signal's Sept. 5 editorial ("Bike lanes, open ears and the culture of entitlement").

Cents fall to another tough team

NEWBURY PARK - Just three games into the 2009 football season, it is easy to see where the Saugus Centurions attention is focused - the Foothill League season.

Life Academy takes on new life

First Presbyterian Church in Newhall is sponsoring free Life Academy courses running from Oct. 4 to Nov. 8, designed to allow the community to attend and learn.

Congregation Beth Shalom welcomes interim rabbi

Rabbi Howard Siegel is ready to renew a sense of culture and community at Congregation Beth Shalom.

Friends and Family Day at Santa Clarita Christian Fellowship

"Better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away." - Proverbs 27:10b Santa Clarita Christian Fellowship has become that neighbor nearby for many who left a faraway brother in Chicago, Los Angeles or other United States cities. Christian Fellowship extended an invitation on Sunday to friends and family of current members as a means of taking in spiritual orphans. Some may be hesitant to visit a predominantly African-American church because of an unspoken fear that ...

Want government option

I really am grateful that The Signal enables common folk the opportunity to voice opinions that some representatives of the government seem not to pay attention to.

More bike lanes

I am a bicyclist, attempting to reduce my carbon footprint by leaving the car home as much as possible. I support the Santa Clarita Bike Master Plan and the city's efforts to improve biking by installing a network of bike facilities, including the new bike lanes on Decoro.

Conservatives can't sit out

"These are as perilous times as those that spurred Paul Revere to warn colonial patriots that the enemy had landed; the difference being that we are fighting an enemy from within rather than one from without."

Scorpions air it out against Grizzlies

CAMARILLO - Golden Valley couldn't get anything going Friday in a 68-0 loss at Camarillo.

Plea for nature

I love Southern California and have made my home here. I think every place on this planet of ours is unique and worth keeping as natural as possible. Natural diversity is good. It has a richness, a novelty and gives us a sense of place.

Newhall School District hosts state of the district

Newhall School District will host the 2009 annual State of the District from 6 to 8:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 19 at Wiley Canyon Elementary School.

Community supports burglarized church

It's been a rough week for the New Life Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ in Val Verde. On Sunday, someone broke into the church and stole several instruments, amplifiers and cash offerings. The losses totaled an estimated $2,250 - a tremendous bill for a church with 45 low-income congregants, some of who work at fast-food restaurants in the area. But in the days since word of the crime spread, others have come forward with donation ...

’Cats pick up third victory

West Ranch head coach Sean O'Brien had several goals for his team this year, the most important one being a winning season.

Valdes a no-brainer

I read an op-ed piece by Steve Lunetta in The Signal ("Uncle Earl stumps for Joe Messina," Sept. 7). He gave his support to a candidate for the Hart High School District Board who strongly supports building a high school in Castaic.

McKeon, come clean

The Congressional progressive Democrats are correct when they say we need a robust public health care option.

Cyprus seeks to shield small depositors from raid

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - The Cypriot government sought Tuesday to shield small savers from a plan that is intended to raise €5.8 billion ($7.5 billion) toward a financial bailout by seizing money from bank accounts.

7 Marines killed in training accident

WASHINGTON (AP) - Seven Marines from a North Carolina unit were killed and several injured in a training accident at the Hawthorne Army Depot in western Nevada, the Marine Corps said Tuesday.

Ex-N. Calif. politician pleads guilty to felonies

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A longtime Northern California politician pleaded guilty Monday to a dozen charges that he used campaign donations and taxpayer funds to fuel what he described as a gambling addiction.

Wash. picks Mass. firm for pot consultant contract

SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state has tentatively chosen a Massachusetts-based firm led by a University of California, Los Angeles, professor to be its official marijuana consultant.

Signal Sales beat for March 19, 2013

KEN Last weekend West Ranch High School participated in the 10th annual Student Television Network Convention (STN), a broadcast and filmmaking competition, held at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown LA. Although met with harsh time constraints and the competition of over 150 other schools from across the nation, the West Ranch Television crew placed extremely well, taking home 5 awards. Congratulations to Christopher Konecnik, Sydney Malcolm, and Edan Morag for Second Place Commentary; Karina Corona ...

Student attends inauguration

As an American, no matter Republican or Democrat, a trip to the Presidential Inauguration is the thrill of a lifetime.

Anaheim Ducks sign Corey Perry to 8-year extension

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Corey Perry is following Ryan Getzlaf's lead yet again, sticking the Anaheim Ducks for the long term.

Kevin Buck: Jesus would be a liberal Democrat

Recently my wife unearthed some old Signal newspapers, one of which contained a letter to the editor I had written. The Signal printed that letter on May 17, 1996.

Tom Campbell: Drink it like it’s water? Only if it IS water

Maybe you remember when you were a kid and you poured a giant glass of orange juice, and your mother said something like this: "Take it easy! Orange juice is expensive, and you're drinking it like it's water!"

Taxes and the Left

Compulsion against peaceful citizens is immoral. Likewise, extracting taxes for activities that benefit some citizens, but not others, is also immoral.

Time to halt smoking on restaurant patios

White House tours

The tours of the White House have been canceled by the President. How dare he do such a thing?

Today in the SCV: Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Rock Club meeting

Calif. politician pleads guilty to misusing funds

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A longtime Northern California politician pleaded guilty Monday to a dozen charges that he used campaign donations and taxpayer funds to fuel what he described as a gambling addiction.