Archive By Author - Signal Staff
Local club takes Fall Finish Tournament
Santa Clarita's U-9 Sidewinders Baseball Club. Front Row (Left to Right): Nicolas Valdez, Sean McHugh, David Fernandez, Justin Woolley and Brendan Henry. Middle Row (Left to Right): Brady Anderson, Chase Farrell, Sam Taylor, Braiden McClain and Tyler LeBlanc. Back Row (Left to Right): Manager Jason Farrell, Coach John McHugh, Coach Mickey Anderson and Coach Manny Fernandez. Win gives team s a birth in next summer's Triple Crown Sports World Series in Colorado.
UPDATED: Wildfire threat to SCV diminishes
UPDATED 10 pm. Tuesday: Fire officials are reporting the Sesnon Fire is 20 percent contained. Lighter northerly winds and an aggressive effort by L.A. County Fire water-dropping helicopters kept the fire's northern flank from heading downhill into the Santa Clarita Valley in the early evening. The Marek Fire 10 miles to the east is now 80 percent contained, officials report. +++++++++++++ UPDATED 6:19 p.m. Tuesday: The Sesnon fire has burned 13,285 acres in the San ...
Local girls take first place
The local Pikes competitive team posted outstanding scores and brought home a first-place Level 4 team award in the first-ever competitive meet hosted by Gymnastics Unlimited.
Winning Essays
First place If I could visit any country, I would go to Italy. There is lots of water and I would like to go on a gondola. My parents told me that there are a lot of beautiful museums and galleries with nice pictures. The pictures were made by one of the famous artist Michelangelo. Their food is delicious. They have the best pizza and pasta in the world. It's wonderful to go shopping because ...
Henry Mayo pros doing a good job
This is my view of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital master plan process and can thus be challenged, but I would ask those who know of me to consider my knowledge and credibility in comparison to those who dispute it.
Daybreak: Dec. 15, 2008
First word "The 65 and over crowd has grown by at least 7 percent since the year 2000." ­- Kathy Crone, Senior Center development director (click here for story) Today in History Today is Monday, Dec. 15, the 350th day of 2008. There are 16 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights went into effect following ratification by Virginia. One year ago: Celine ...
Celebrating Santa Lucia
The cold December sky had just faded to black Sunday night when Lucia, in a white gown and a crown of candles glided into the room.
Checkmate
Dozens of child chess players darted their hands into plastic buckets filled with ice water and fished around for the correct chess piece, while others played bughouse and blitz chess.
A glimmer of hope
As I survey the wreckage of the last election, I am reminded of other great disasters: Hurricane Katrina, local wildfires, the Northridge earthquake, or Gary Horton's most recent column reporting on last Thursday's meeting of the Friends of Fidel Coffee Klatch at Starbucks.
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 - Pork chops Tuesday - Hawaiian chicken Wednesday - Beef taco or Burrito 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. ...
Antonovich and education
As you move to rid the Juvenile Court Schools of their mission to teach the probation students, you need to actually come over to the camps and halls and see that education by qualified teachers is taking place.
Christmas: politically correct?
Reading the Dec. 12, 2008, Signal, I am recalling John Boston lamenting politically correct zealots who attack Thanksgiving and the mere mention of "Christmas" in a column he called "Claremont's Jews and Friendly Nazis."
Riding with the Rangers
The California Rangers, a nonprofit youth equestrian organization, hosted its annual regimental show at Don-e-brook farms on San Francisquito Road in Santa Clarita Dec. 7.
McKeon selected as Senior Republican for 111th Congress
Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA) was selected by his House Republican colleagues to serve as the Senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee in the 111th Congress, a post he's held since 2007.
Memorial service for Patricia Wells
A memorial service for popular Santa Clarita physician Patricia Lynn Wells will be held at 6 p.m. Monday in the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital cafeteria.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Kings lose to Sharks 2-1 in OT
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings are now the team bemoaning a late penalty while the San Jose Sharks celebrate a dramatic win.
TMC Insider: Athletes prepare for big week
We're down to two sports still competing for The Master's College.
Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - It's all about the odds.
Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) - Oxbow has won the Preakness, ruining Orb's bid to capture the Triple Crown.
50 injured as car drives into Va. parade
DAMASCUS, Va. (AP) - An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured after a car drove into a group of hikers at a parade in a small Virginia town.
SCV deputies to run in Memorial Torch Relay
Although we honor their memory and sacrifice every day, the month of May brings a special time each year when the law enforcement community comes together with family members, friends, dignitaries, community leaders , elected officials, and the community to recognize and remember our fallen heroes in special memorial ceremonies locally and throughout the Nation.
17 bodies removed from Modesto funeral home
MODESTO (AP) - Officials say 17 bodies have been removed from a Modesto funeral home after complaints the home was taking too long to cremate the bodies.
Police seek man who halted school bus
REDLANDS, Calif. (AP) - Redlands police are looking for a man who pulled over a school bus, flashed a badge and told the driver he was a police officer.
Official: 'Amazing' no one killed in train crash
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Officials described a devastating scene of shattered cars and other damage where two trains packed with rush-hour commuters collided in Connecticut, saying Saturday it's fortunate that no one was killed and that there weren't even more injuries.
Falling yen to make Japan's goods more affordable
Attention, bargain-hunters around the world: Japanese goods - from cars to televisions - are going on sale.
Will Boy Scouts accept gay youths?
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.
4.3 earthquake hits near Eureka
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - There are no reports of damage or injuries after a 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of Northern California.
Pa. coffee run leads to hatchet hitchhiker arrest
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) - Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.
$1 million in jewelry stolen near Cannes film fest
PARIS (AP) - Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins at the homes of Hollywood celebrities, French officials said Friday.
Brief panic as blanks fired during Cannes TV show
CANNES, France (AP) - A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover.
