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Dancers take top honors
The Santa Clarita Stars Showteam received the highest honor of Top Scoring Overall Routine during the STARS West Regional Dance competition April 17 and 18 at Valencia High School.
Earth Day: Students meet the governor
Students in the second through fourth grades at Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School visited the Science Center in Los Angeles to celebrate Earth Day on Wednesday. During the field trip, the students had the opportunity to meet Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
One stop vaccination shop for pooches
The city of Santa Clarita and Los Angeles County will sponsor their annual Pet Vaccination Clinic from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2 at Central Park.
Children of illegal aliens cost county welfare $44 million in March
LOS ANGELES COUNTY - Figures from the Department of Public Social Services show that children of illegal aliens in Los Angeles County collected more than $21 million in welfare and more than $22 million in food stamps in March 2009 -- an increase of $1 million from the previous month, according to a news release from Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
Animal cruelty
I was brought to tears when I read the story about Gordon Allen Bates being acquitted on animal cruelty charges for beating a horse after he dragged it behind his truck in Pinal County, Arizona.
Adding 'God' to city seal
Was it not Mr. Kellar who said in an interview with Elite Magazine that the homeless shelter in Newhall should be removed because we are not that type of town?
The Signal.com's Daybreak: April 27, 2009
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:
UPDATED: Robert ‘Bobby’ Corrales succumbs to leukemia
Robert "Bobby" Corrales, a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who was stationed at Santa Clarita Superior Court, died Thursday, April 23 at his home in Valencia following a long battle with acute myloid leukemia. Corrales, of Valencia, was 57.
Volunteers honored at luncheon
On Monday, April 13, volunteers of Los Angeles County were honored at the 27th Volunteer of the Year Recognition Awards luncheon held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion as part of National Volunteer Week.
Our View: Taking a big step forward — together
What's in a name? Quite a bit, if you're crafting a marketing campaign that's intended to boost the local economy on both sides of Santa Clarita's municipal border. Pick the wrong name and you shoot yourself in the foot. The lesson came home Friday when city and community leaders heard from representatives of the unincorporated parts of our valley who weren't comfortable with the slogan "Think Santa Clarita." That's not the message the city or ...
Howard "Buck" McKeon: Let the tea parties continue
Would anybody like more tea? On "tax day" thousands of Californians took to the streets to protest high taxes and irresponsible government spending. Californians - as well as Americans from other states - are deeply concerned about the crushing weight of debt the government is putting on our children and grandchildren. For those of you who attended and spoke out at your local "tea party," I thank you and agree with you wholeheartedly. Californians are ...
A mom's take on the new skatepark
In a day and age when it's very easy to judge a book by its cover, (especially if that cover is canvassed in tattoos and piercings), I have to say that I think tweens and teens get a bad rap.
Church works to meet community needs
Nine-year-old Brevin Borrowman rolled a paintbrush drenched with bright red paint over a color-faded curb at Castaic Lake on Saturday.
Tim Myers: City Council and the wrath of God
You shall not make for yourself an idol. ... You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me.
Willy Gutman: Perhaps Obama can succeed where Clinton failed
On Jan. 31, 1996, I published an essay in The Wall Street Journal titled "A Magnificent Misfit." The article eulogized my father, a European physician who dedicated his life to his craft and died poor but debtless.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Today in the SCV: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
'Teen Scene Plugged-In' event
Joe Klocko: The conundrum: supply and demand, wages and the skills gap
Most people understand the basic economic principle of supply and demand and incorporate it into their daily decisions. They may not do it consciously, but economic decisions are made every day by each and every one of us.
