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Apply for Cal Grant through March 2
WHAT: Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, R-Santa Clarita, would like to remind high school students, recent graduates and parents about the 2009 Cal Grant Application Period.
New Escape team named
Michele E. Buttelman has been named the features and entertainment editor of The Signal. She is responsible for Lifestyle, Food, Family, Healthy Living, Zone for Kids, Home, About Town and Senior Living pages in The Signal. Jim Walker, editor of Escape, will report to Buttelman. Buttelman started with The Signal in 1999 and served as Escape editor from February 2000 to October 2007. She is an award-winning columnist and previously worked for The Los Angeles ...
Air Force Band of the Golden West Monday at Performing Arts Center
The United States Air Force Band of the Golden West will present a free concert at 7:30 pm on Monday, Feb. 23, at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons. The concert will focus on a variety of styles, from traditional band repertoire, patriotic music and marches.
College of the Canyons Institute of Teaching and Learning Receives Award
SANTA CLARITA - The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges has named College of the Canyons' Institute of Teaching and Learning (ITL) winner of the coveted 2008 Exemplary Program Award - for its excellence in providing both full-time and adjunct faculty members with an innovative on-campus professional development program.
Arrests; weapons and drugs confiscated
LOS ANGELES COUNTY - During the month of December, D.I.S.A.R.M officers confiscated 100 weapons - including 50 handguns and 20 rifles/shotguns, $245,000 in illegal drugs, and arrested 132 probationers during 2,046 unannounced searches of residences, persons, vehicles, and businesses, announced Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich.
Deputy Nabs Suspect Near Junior High School
A Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputy patrolling around Placerita Junior High, Newhall, arrested a Newhall man for bothering a student while she was walking to school Friday morning, Jan. 23.
PAC K-12 Arts Education Program brings L.A. Opera to Local Schools
As part of the College of the Canyons Performing Arts Center's (PAC) ongoing K-12 arts education outreach program, fourth- and fifth-grade students at Tesoro del Valle Elementary School were treated to a pair of educational assemblies featuring performances from members of the Los Angeles Opera during this past week.
Adorable adoptable dogs need homes
Abandoned at a house and left to die of starvation, Bill is just so happy to be safe and loved that all he wants is to stay in your arms and cuddle (though he likes car rides, too).
Untangling branches of the past
A mother orphaned at age 11. A grandfather murdered. A sensational past, its events shrouded in mystery, only became clear to City Councilman Bob Kellar after an idle conversation turned into a full-blown genealogical search that went back 10 generations. "I was mesmerized to learn that one of my relatives on my dad's side had participated in an Indian battle during the 1700s, he gave a statement about it in the 1800s," Kellar said. "There ...
Local briefs: Power outage hits 3,001 homes
Power outage hits 3,001 in Canyon Country A traffic collision Thursday evening knocked out power to 3,001 homes in Canyon Country, said Southern California Edison spokeswoman Anna Frutos-Sanchez. A single car hit a Southern California Edison pole near the intersection of Silver Saddle Circle and Sand Canyon Road just after 5 p.m., said Lt. Robert Lewis of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station. The collision caused minor injuries, Lewis said. Power was restored to some ...
COC hosts Health and Wellness
The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce will host its first Health and Wellness Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at College of the Canyons.
Julia McBride: Make your will the last word
It used to be, when a person died and the will was read, it was the last word. The kids could rave about how unfair it is, the spouse could be indignant that restrictions were put on his or her bequest and the lawyer could revel in the control he or she would have over the estate - not to mention the fees to be collected through the probate. But a testator could at least ...
A street is not supposed to be a freeway
I don't know how to get this into "Tell it to The Signal" but I would like for the community to know that the Sheriff's Department for the last few days have been doing a great job on Pamplico Drive catching speeders.
Fundraising not the key purpose for arts
In response to "Commission or no, arts need attention," Jan. 11: The editorial by The Signal questioning whether an arts commission would solve one of the many issues faced by arts-related nonprofits - which is fundraising - missed the mark.
John Boston: Don't hate me because I'm cheesy
"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."
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.
