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Top ATF Special Agent cautions travelers headed to Mexico
SAN DIEGO, March 2, 2009 (PRNewswire-USNewswire) -- John A. Torres, special agent in charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Los Angeles Field Division, issued a statement today cautioning college students planning on traveling to Mexico for spring break.
Volunteers needed to track climate change
Volunteers in the Santa Clarita Valley and across the nation are being recruited to get outdoors and help track the effects of climate on seasonal changes in plant and animal behavior.
Award-winning film ‘Who Does She Think She is?’ screens in SCV
Local arts organizations host a screening of the new award-winning film "Who Does She Think She is?" on Saturday, March 28 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Emanuel Healing Arts, home of Goddess Fitness, located at 26635 Valley Center Dr., Suites 102 and 103, Santa Clarita 91351.
Grandmothers protest Iraq war
Wearing a black T-shirt that read, "No War!" Patty Carmody, 77, stands on a Valencia street corner thinking about her granddaughter.
James Dean: Last meal of a legend
It was sometime around noon on a Friday when 24-year-old James Dean hopped in his new Porsche 550 Spyder and headed north on the four-lane highway through the Santa Clarita Valley.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: March 2, 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:
Flyers to face Phoenix
Since their first season in 2001-2002, the Western States Hockey League franchise in Valencia has not advanced past the first round of the Western Division playoffs.
Rock auction to benefit ill deputy
Some live to rock. Now rock can help someone live. Many rock legends donated unique items to auction off on e-Bay to raise money for a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy stricken with a deadly form of leukemia. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Robert "Bobby" Corrales, who is stationed at Santa Clarita Valley Superior Court, was recently stricken with acute myloid leukemia. To show their support, Corrales' friend and former colleague Deputy Mike Ascolesce along ...
Our View: One valley, one vision for sorting trash
The Santa Clarita City Council got an earful Tuesday from neighbors of the two nearby landfills, in Val Verde and Granada Hills.
All they want to do is dance
Saugus High School hosted a sold-out show Saturday, as parents and friends packed bleachers to watch dance teams perform hip-hop, jazz and lyrical routines.
Stimulus package is a Trojan horse?
Trojan horse: A trick that causes a target to invite a foe into a securely protected place with the result being harm to the target. Sounds suspiciously like the "stimulus package" ruse.
No viewpoint censorship
Liberals in Congress are again threatening to reintroduce the so-called Fairness Doctrine to FCC requirements.
Hooray for helping hands
Watching the Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, I found the real winner was the Hyundai Motor Co., one of the sponsors of the event.
Add a sports feature
The Signal Sports section does a great job of covering local sports. I love your features on young athletic standouts. But I beg you to add a feature: a listing of all local sporting events coming up in the next few days.
In the service: Matthew Kobel
Navy Reserve Seaman Matthew B. Kobel, son of Lela F. and Micheal J. Kobel of Valencia, recently completed U.S.
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Woman convicted in LA train platform death
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A homeless woman has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of an 84-year-old woman who was pushed off a Los Angeles train platform.
Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
BERLIN (AP) - Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."
Fire near Banning 80 percent contained
BANNING, Calif. (AP) - An 11-day-old wildfire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest north of Banning is now 80 percent contained.
Man shot by deputy at Calif. burger joint ID'd
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A man suspected of trying to rob an Oakland burger restaurant at gunpoint before being shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy has been identified as a 32-year-old Oakland resident.
OC Fannie Mae worker charged with fraud
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - An Orange County employee of mortgage giant Fannie Mae has pleaded not guilty to charges that he demanded kickbacks to provide listings of repossessed homes to a real estate broker.
Red flag warning issued in mountains around SCV
A red flag warning for high fire danger was issued today for the mountains in Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said.
Neighbors: Colo. couple killed waiting for order to leave
DENVER (AP) - Bob and Barbara Schmidt dashed to their home on a dirt road in a heavily wooded area northeast of Colorado Springs as smoke from what would become the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history filled the air.
US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police.
Men's Wearhouse fires founder George Zimmer
NEW YORK (AP) - Men's Wearhouse Inc. has dismissed its founder and executive chairman George Zimmer.
18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
NEW YORK (AP) - The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks.
US war games send signal to Assad
ZARQA, Jordan (AP) - Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across this dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria.
Gene Lyons: Pryor owes Bloomberg
On the unlikely event that Mark Pryor wins re-election as Arkansas' senior U.S. senator in 2014, he should send New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg a thank-you gift. Something like a sugary 44-ounce Big Gulp or a case of Dr. Pepper.
Gary Horton: Guantanamo tarnishes U.S. reputation
On June 6, Fox News reported Buck McKeon's Armed Services Committed had passed another $650 billion "defense" budget.
Jim Mullen: Pssst! Wanna know a secret?
"I can't believe the government is invading my privacy! We might as well be living in Russia!" said the guy in aisle 3 into his cellphone.
