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Water officials to set agenda

Local water officials are slated to hold their first public meeting of the new year today. Members of the Castaic Lake Water Agency's Agenda Planning Committee are expected to discuss scheduling and other related issues at a meeting scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Rio Vista Water Treatment Plant on Bouquet Canyon Road overlooking Central Park. A full meeting of the agency's board of directors is slated to begin immediately following the agenda ...

January 05, 2009 | By Signal Staff | Santa Clarita Valley News


Farmer's Market: A fresh start

The Thompson family of Castaic goes grocery shopping every Sunday, but they don't clip coupons or push shopping carts.

January 05, 2009 | By Katherine Geyer For The Signal | Santa Clarita Valley News


The Signal.com's Daybreak: Jan. 5, 2008

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:

January 05, 2009 | By Signal Staff | Santa Clarita Valley News


Steve Lunetta: Depression revisited

In 1933, my grandparents were living in Sioux City, Iowa. The Depression that had started with the stock market crash in 1929 deepened in the intervening years, and made it impossible for Russ and Thelma to stay in the corn belt.

January 05, 2009 | Signal Staff | Columnists


UPDATED: SCV Senior Center receives donation

Medical products company Boston Scientific donated $7,500 to the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center, and presented a check to officials at the center's Newhall campus Thursday.

January 04, 2009 | By Katie Wallace For The Signal | Senior Living


Senior Calendar

Senior Lunch Menu Available Monday through Friday at the SCV Senior Center in Newhall, and at Bouquet Canyon Seniors. Also available Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at the Masonic Lodge in Friendly Valley (661) 299-4595. Monday - Beef taco Tuesday - Meatloaf with gravy Wednesday - Hawaiian chicken Thursday - Swiss steak Friday - Baked fish Note: Menu is subject to change. Activities The SCV Senior Center is located at 22900 Market St. in Newhall. For ...

January 04, 2009 | Signal Staff | Senior Living


Why is there so much hate in the SCV?

The other evening, I was leaving Vincenzo's Pizza with my son after the traditional Tuesday Hart Football Feedbag. As we were getting ready to turn right on Lyons out of the parking lot, I saw it.

January 04, 2009 | By Steve Lunetta Right Here Right Now | Columnists


We need to fight childhood obesity

My name is Janae. I'm 15 years old and I go to Valencia High School. For one of my English essays we were to write an essay about a letter to the editor. I actually really got into it.

January 04, 2009 | By Janae Tremaine Castaic | Read Letters to Editor


The city needs commitment to the arts

In a recent conversation with some friends a question arose as to how much commitment the city of Santa Clarita has to the arts. I was told there have been some things the city has done, but for the most part, with little or no input from the arts community.

January 04, 2009 | By Bill Arens Santa Clarita | Read Letters to Editor


Wal-Mart honors another teacher

Zach Ambrose, who teaches modern civilization and coaches volleyball at Saugus High School, is a local 2008 Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year.

January 04, 2009 | By Signal Staff | Santa Clarita Valley News


Running in the rain? No problem.

A few rays of sunlight poked through the heavy grey clouds as more than 3,000 runners dashed down McBean Parkway early Sunday morning for the Santa Clarita Marathon.

January 04, 2009 | By Katherine Geyer For The Signal | Santa Clarita Valley News


Change is in the air for probation camps

Officials for two local juvenile probation centers want to convert traditional on-site schools to charter schools.

January 04, 2009 | By Melissa Gasca and Brian Charles Signal staff writers | Santa Clarita Valley News


Reader Meter results, Oct. 23-Nov. 3, 2008

Here are the results of The-Signal.com's latest Reader Meter poll. Signal online visitors cast a total of 520 votes from late morning Thursday, Oct. 23 through late evening Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. Question: "What should be done to counter bullying in schools?" * More supervision (127 votes) * More tolerance (17 votes) * Greater awareness (88 votes) * Self-defense instruction (61 votes) * All of the above (227 votes) Click here to vote in The-Signal.com's ...

January 04, 2009 | By Signal Staff | Reader Polls


Dedicated poll worker takes off her hat

After 20 years of service at Santa Clarita polling places, Marion Terry of Canyon Country will say goodbye to her duties as inspector Tuesday.

January 04, 2009 | By Melissa Gasca Signal Staff Writer | Santa Clarita Valley News


Janitor rescues sick puppies from dumpster

A custodian discovered two sick pit bull puppies abandoned in a dumpster behind the Goodwill store in Saugus Wednesday.

January 04, 2009 | By Katie Wallace For The Signal | Santa Clarita Valley News


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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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | Source: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station | Crime Reports


Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, Feb. 22, 2013

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February 22, 2013 | Source: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department | Crime Reports


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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.

February 22, 2013 | By Associated Press | Signal AP


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").

February 22, 2013 | Brian Baker Saugus | Read Letters to Editor


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.

February 22, 2013 | Alice Khosravy Right Here, Right Now | Columnists


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