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UPDATED: Senior Center throws Mardi Gras celebration Aug. 22
Mardi Gras is coming to the Santa Clarita Valley Aug. 22 as the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center Foundation hosts "A Hot August Night," the 18th annual benefit dinner and auction at the Mann Biomedical Park to raise funds for the Senior Center's Home Delivered Meals program.
Your view nailed it
In the Sunday, Aug. 2, Opinion, The Signal's "Our View" editorial on the state Legislature, "No one goes back to Sacramento," hit it right on the head. It was a perfect, great article on the reality of government as a whole.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: Aug. 17, 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:
14th annual Downed Officer Support Ride
The 14th annual Downed Officer Support Ride was held Sunday, starting at Westfield Valencia Town Center. Organizers estimated that 1,500 motorcycles took part in the 100-mile ride to benefit the Downed Officer Foundation.
Your Community
Today The Santa Clarita Homeless Shelter will host a "Comedy Night Fundraiser" today, at Christ Lutheran Church, 25816 Tournament Road, Valencia. Featured from the Disney Cruise Lines is Heath Hyche, and from The Tonight Show, Don McMillan. Show starts at 7 p.m., and barbecue begins at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the show, and $5 for the barbecue. Tickets call (661) 607-5418, or visit www.santaclaritashelter.com. Tuesday Second annual Wine Tasting for the ...
The Signal.com's Daybreak: Aug. 16, 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:
Childhood obesity: a growing problem
You don't have to go far to see the effects of the fast-food diet and stationary lifestyle many children live with every day.
'End of life' discussions are necessary
In life we celebrate our birthday once a year, strive for an education and career, find the love of our life and have a family, reluctantly pay our yearly taxes and set a time for our retirement to enjoy the "golden years."
Our View: One cut schools can't afford
Despite record high enrollment numbers overall, College of the Canyons has decided to throw in the towel on its journalism program.
COC students study abroad in Central America
Evan Wright, 19, studied two years of Spanish in high school but admits he didn't speak it too well.
Community Scrapbook: Samuel Ramirez
Samuel Ramirez, of Valencia, will began his Plebe Summer at the United States Naval Academy on July 1. He will be a member of the class of 2013.
Community Scrapbook: Caitlin Dortch
Caitlin Dortch, of Valencia, has been named to the Dean's Honor List at the University of California, Los Angeles for the Fall 2008 and Winter 2009 Quarters.
CHP responds to two fatal incidents
Two men were killed in two separate automotive crashes in the Santa Clarita Valley late Friday and early Saturday, California Highway Patrol officials said.
Health care rumors founded
The front page story in Sunday's Signal headlined "Health care rumors unfounded" (Aug. 9) is misleading.
The fear mongering has yet to leave
Your article in Sunday's paper "Health care rumors unfounded" (Aug. 9) shows that the fear-mongering demagoguery of the Bush-Cheney administration hasn't lost its following among the right-wing, especially in the quotes of Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon regarding claims of government-assisted suicide in the proposed health care reform measures.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
LA sanitation ends plans for dump near Joshua Tree
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A regional garbage collection agency has tossed out plans to build a mega-landfill for Los Angeles' trash less than two miles from Joshua Tree National Park in the remote Southern California desert.
No bail for parents in faith-healing death
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia man charged with murder after losing two sons to untreated pneumonia told police he believes in "divine healing," not medicine, to "break the devil's power."
Stocks barely budge; market ends week with loss
NEW YORK (AP) - Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.
NBC to air Blake Shelton's benefit for Oklahomans
NBC and sister networks will air Blake Shelton's concert to help his fellow Oklahomans affected by this week's storms in their home state.
Walmart to sell frozen Fatburger patties
NEW YORK (AP) - Fatburger, a chain with a devoted following on the West Coast, said Friday it will sell its branded frozen beef patties in Walmart stores nationwide.
Mom, boyfriend held after Palmdale boy, 8, beaten
PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) - A Palmdale couple has been arrested after the woman's 8-year-old son was beaten, burned and left in critical condition.
Rare Superman comic found in house insulation
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - It's considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring the debut of Superman. David Gonzales found one mixed in with old newspapers insulating the ceiling of a house he was renovating in a small town in Minnesota.
Arias foreman: Sentencing decision unfair to jury
PHOENIX (AP) - The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' trial says the panel just couldn't decide whether the killing of her boyfriend was enough to merit a death a sentence.
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 24, 2013
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Canyon Country West crime report: Arson reported on Golden Triangle Road
Canyon Country West, Zone 7, Public Safety and Crime Prevention Information. Snapshot for 05-13-2013 to 05-19-2013
Saugus crime report: Attempted theft from a vending machine
Saugus, Zone 4 Update, Public Safety & Crime Prevention Information Snapshot: 05/13/2013 - 05/19/2013
Canyon Country East crime report: Attempted scissor-stabbing reported
Canyon Country East, Zone 8, Public Safety and Crime Prevention Information. Snap Shot 05/13/2013 – 05/19/2013.
Newhall crime report: Thief smashes glass, grabs cash
Newhall, Zone 6, Public Safety and Crime Prevention Information Snapshot for 05/13/13 through 05/19/13.
Bob Khalsa: Rising Home Sales Boost Economy
With the return of traditional homebuyers in ever-greater numbers, the powerful impact of an improved housing market on the local, state, and national economies is, quite frankly, palpable.
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida.
