Archive By Author - Signal Staff
Mansfield makes a difference as counselor at Bowman High
Suzy Mansfield, a counselor at Bowman High School since 1992, has received the H.B. McDaniel Award for 2008-09, recognizing her excellence in the field of counseling and guidance.
Firefighters rescue duck family
I would like to thank the firefighters who came to our assistance (Easter Sunday) in Stevenson Ranch.
‘De-feeting’ cancer at annual walk
Hundreds of pink ribbons fluttered in the breeze Saturday as more than 750 breast-cancer survivors and supporters took steps to "de-feet" cancer at Circle of Hope's fifth annual Walk for Hope at Castaic Lake.
New officers installed at Santa Clarita Elks lodge
The Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, Santa Clarita Lodge No. 2379, has installed new officers.
Poker fundraiser for SISCV
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 6 and join the members of Soroptimist International of Santa Clarita Valley (SISCV) at the Fiesta Poker Tournament...an evening of poker, celebrities, prizes, festive food and beverages.
In the service
Brandon O. Bean Army Pvt. Brandon O. Bean has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning, Columbus, Ga. The training consists of Basic Infantry Training and Advanced Individual Training. During the nine weeks of basic combat training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons employment, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid skills, and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of ...
Your Community
Dates to Watch Today Assistance League 5K Run/Walk begins 6 a.m. Sunday, April 19 at Newhall Park. Corner of Newhall and Dalbey Avenue, Newhall. Run/walk from Newhall Park to South Fork Trail and back and includes a 1K Kids Fun Run. Run begins at 8 a.m. Info: (661) 253-3114. SCV Youth Project to host Fourth Annual 'Bowling For Youts' will be held 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19 at Valencia Lanes in Newhall. The SCV Youth ...
Special Olympics gets rhythmic
Special Olympics Santa Clarita Valley and Gymnastics Unlimited have joined forces to bring rhythmic and artistic gymnastics to the special needs athletes of the Santa Clarita Valley.
Our View: Time to put Sacramento on the wagon
California voters are fed up. And they should be. The quacks who occupy the chairs in the state Senate and Assembly have driven our state's financial train to a wreck, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger has broken the tax-cutting promises that transformed him into the Governator. Maybe we should have seen his tag line coming: "I'll be back - with a tax hike." Now these jokers are asking you, the voters and taxpayers of this once-fine ...
Roger Gitlin: Prop 1A will create more taxes
The official sample ballot for the state special election on the propositions just arrived in my mail. The Proposition 1A spending measure and five other propositions are up for vote May 19.
Matthew Diggory: Creativity in Hollywood makes exit
What was once an oasis of new and exciting ideas is now a desolate wasteland. No longer do Hollywood studios produce creative movies with innovating plots and dynamic characters. But why is this so? Is it simply the fact that every creative idea for a movie has been used? I do not believe so. The commissioner of the U.S. Patent Office, Charles H. Duell, stated, "Everything that can be invented has been invented." The irony ...
Tony Strickland: The only way out of the budget mess
As of April 1, California's sales tax increase went into effect, raising Santa Clarita from 8.25 percent to 9.25 percent.
SCV Blue Star Mothers host 'Casino Night' fundraiser tonight
The SCV Blue Star Mothers Chapter #91 hosts a "Casino Night" fundraiser at the Newhall American Legion Hall tonight from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
'Eve-olution' progresses at the REP on April 24
The "81 Series" returns to The Repertory East Playhouse on Friday, April 24, with the lighthearted comedy, "Eve-olution." The opening night wine reception begins at 7 p.m., with the curtain at 8 p.m.
Review: '17 Again' -- you've seen it all before
"17 Again" is one of those movies that requires you to suspend all disbelief and assume that someone who looks like Zac Efron could, in 20 years, turn into someone who looks like Matthew Perry.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Haiti's 'Baby Doc' summoned to court after no-show
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for human rights abuses committed during the nearly 15 years of his brutal regime.
Oscar guy MacFarlane aims to perk up stodgy awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) - You think the Academy Awards are boring? Try the nominations. They only last a few minutes, but it's generally a sleepy academy suit and a sleepy starlet droning a list of names at 5:30 in the morning.
Georgia plane aborted landing, hit utility pole
THOMSON, Ga. (AP) - A small private jet carrying a surgeon and members of his clinic staff aborted its landing at a Georgia airport before it hit a 60-foot utility pole and crashed in a flaming wreck, killing five people onboard and injuring two, federal authorities said Thursday.
Pistorius granted bail pending murder trial
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - In an agonizingly slow announcement, a magistrate allowed Oscar Pistorius to go free on bail Friday, nine days after the Paralympian was arrested in the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend.
Police: Hotel altercation sparked Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip.
4 stabbed outside downtown LA nightspot
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four young adults have been stabbed after a feud spilled out of a downtown Los Angeles nightspot.
More tests needed in LA hotel water tank death
LOS ANGELES (AP) - More testing must be done to determine the cause of death of a 21-year-old Canadian tourist whose body was found wedged in a water tank atop a downtown Los Angeles hotel, authorities said Thursday.
Letters: A socialist by any other name is... a socialist
Leftists of late have become very defensive about being called socialist in their ideology, as typified by Kevin Buck's column (Feb. 19, "Straw men live in glass houses").
Alice Khosravy: California is at bottom for business
Just a few short days ago the lanterns fell, bringing an end to Chinese New Year season for 2013.
