Archive By Author - Signal Staff
Medicare cost increasing?
I received recently a letter that stated my Medicare was going to go up $9. I recently read in the paper it wasn't going up for some reason. I think our health premiums are high enough and shouldn't go up every year. It gets harder to keep up with the increases they want us to pay. I hope our new president can help to keep the increases down. I am a senior in my 80s ...
Campaign slogan fulfilled
So our new president is having problems filling his Cabinet posts with people who were expected to be honest and forthcoming in regards to what all Americans are expected to be honest and forthcoming about: Paying their taxes.
R.J. Kelly: CLWA prioritizes for 2009
As proud as we are of our successes in meeting a variety of challenges in 2008, we at the Castaic Lake Water Agency are equally determined and confident about 2009, despite a daunting set of continuing challenges and some new issues we'll need to confront.
Tim Myers: Everyone is willing to spend someone else's money
I believe I attended my last State of the City meeting in 2004. These luncheons constituted an opportunity for local elected officials to "speechify" concerning the many predictable accomplishments of the year, from new roads to shiny new recreation facilities.
John Boston: Obama and the beheading of Attila's ambassadors
"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion." - Edmund Burke It's the cold and flu and Obamamania season. Since November, I've contracted two of the three maladies. I've had a dry, hacking cough that won't go away, and drat if I haven't felt weaker than a kitten left in the dryer. But I've yet to catch Obamamania. I don't gurgle like Homer Simpson over a box of donuts when I hear ...
Why do teachers have to take pay cuts?
All school districts should adopt some policies from businesses such as Hertz. Hertz stated that all employees not directly related to customer service and direct contact with customers will be subject to a layoff. In turn, all districts need to first lay off people who do not directly work with children. Currently, many districts pay for many consultants, administrators and bureaucrats who also have many assistants. Districts also need to eliminate waste. When you donate ...
Read With Me program lights up life
Attention all SCV seniors: Do you want to feel needed, to feel loved and appreciated? Follow my example and join the Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation's Read With Me program. Your whole world will begin to light up from exposure to the hearts of these little ones. All this lovin' for a mere two or more hours per week volunteer service to the community. These are the people who will be taking our place on ...
'Card check' would stifle recovery
With so many businesses going bust, workers losing their jobs and families losing their homes, it's dumbfounding to think Congress would give so much as a passing glance at legislation that would shutter even more small businesses and kill even more American jobs.
Motor home burns, man found dead
A motor home burned in a Canyon Country parking lot and one man was killed Saturday.
Black History Month mixer
The Santa Clarita Valley Black Business Committee will host its third-annual Black History Month Celebration Networking Mixer 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26 at El Torito Mexican Grill at <span class="yshortcuts" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; background: transparent ...
25Score back in business after tough move
25Score is back in operation after experiencing technical difficulties through a tough move, Office Manager Jayne Patafio said.
Hunger Defense Fund merger
Hunger Defense Fund has merged into its parent charity, Help the Children.
Your Community: Dates to watch
Friday Be transported to a "Romantic Evening in Paris" at the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Sweetheart Gala from 6 p.m. to midnight in the Grand Ballroom of the Hyatt Valencia. The 2009 sweetheart couple is Dale and Tamara Donohoe. The evening includes dinner and dancing with "Crush" an eight-piece band. Sponsorships available, individual tickets $150 each. Info: Andrea Hilton, (661) 253-8082 or e-mail hiltonak@henrymayo.com. Feb. 21 The annual Celebrity Waiter Dinner date ...
Your Community: Upcoming Events
24 Hour Theatre returns to REP The Repertory East Playhouse will host 24 Hour Theatre at 8 p.m. today. 24 Hour Theatre is a show consisting of six 10-minute comedic plays. The theme will be "Love is ... " Tickets are $10 with an RSVP or $15 at the door. Advanced reservations recommended. The Repertory Easy Playhouse is located at 24266 Main Street in Newhall. Info: (661) 547-1173, www.24hourtheatre.com. Travel Club meets at ...
Saugus Cheer to host clinic
The Saugus High School Competition Cheer Team took second place in a USA Regional competition held Jan. 24 in Agoura Hills. The team's score qualified them for Nationals, which will be held in Anaheim at the end of March.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Maserati driver in Vegas shooting-crash was rapper
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Police searched Friday for a Range Rover with dark tinted windows and custom rims that set off a fiery crash on the Las Vegas Strip when someone in the luxury SUV opened fire on a Maserati driven by an aspiring rapper.
Valencia crime report: 10 residential burglaries reported last week
Valencia, Zone 5, Public Safety and Crime Prevention Information. Snapshot for 02/11/2013 through 02/17/2013.
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, Feb. 22, 2013
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Prosecutor questions woman in Arizona murder case
PHOENIX (AP) - A woman charged in the stabbing and shooting death of her Arizona lover traded barbs with a prosecutor under a withering cross-examination as she struggled to explain why she can recall precise details of her life from years earlier, yet can't remember crucial aspects of the murder case against her.
Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A car bomb exploded Thursday near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus, killing at least 53 people and scattering mangled bodies among the blazing wreckage in one of the bloodiest days in the capital since the uprising began almost two years ago.
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.
