Archive By Author - Signal Staff
McKeon named 'Legislator of the Year' by Associated Builders & Contractors
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier today, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) presented U.S. Congressman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Calif.) with its Free Enterprise Legislator of the Year award.
Sulphur Springs to adopt budget
Sulphur Springs School District board members will consider adopting the 2009-10 budget at 7:30 p.m. tonight. The board will meet at the district offices, 27000 Weyerhaeuser Way.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: June 24, 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:
Kenneth W. Keller: The mid-year company marketing review
The mid-point of the year is an appropriate time to review how the year is progressing in marketing.
Black widow watch ’09
With summer here, the threat from the eight-legged creatures is greater than ever. Click here for more information about how to treat a black widow spider bite.
Meeting on foster parenting
Bethlehem Lutheran Church hosts a meeting for potential foster parents from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday at 27265 Luther Drive in Canyon Country.
Phil Rizzo: Profit motive haunts healthy health care
When I was a kid waaaay back in the late 1920s and early '30s, when you were sick of all crazy things - you just went to your doctor.
Bush-inspired Iran election
One of former President George Bush's major goals was to bring American-style democracy to the Muslim world.
Serious fun
Three years ago we started a major transformation, improving service, security and attractions throughout Six Flags Magic Mountain. Our ongoing improvements means Six Flags Magic Mountain can continue to deliver the very best value in family entertainment - and more fun.
Local businesses, volunteers help homeowner meet code
On Saturday, June 20, Oaksprings Landscaping and volunteers from Grace Baptist Church helped out with a Canyon Country homeowner's city code violations free of charge.
UPDATED: COC intros fast-track paramedic-to-RN option
Beginning this summer paramedics looking to jump into the high demand field of nursing will be able to quickly make that transition through the new Paramedic-to-RN option at College of the Canyons.
Annual Piru Creek cleanup Sunday
The annual Piru Creek cleanup and picnic lunch/BBQ is Sunday, June 28 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., starting at Frenchman's Flat.
Thomas, Emmer join Single Mothers Outreach Board of Directors
Single Mothers Outreach proudly announces the addition of two prominent community members to its Board of Directors -- Jay Thomas, president of Six Flags Magic Mountain & Hurricane Harbor; and Marc Emmer, president of Optimize Inc., a management-consulting firm located in Valencia. "Of all the non-profits in Santa Clarita, I think Single Mothers Outreach has the most compelling mission," Emmer said. "At no fault of their own, many of the families we serve find themselves in severe ...
An alarming problem with local businesses
Deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station respond to nearly 5,000 false alarms each year. These alarms require deputies to respond quickly, often to learn once they arrive that the alarm was activated in error and there was an apparent malfunction.
CHP program cuts speed-related injuries and deaths
SACRAMENTO -- Speed-related collisions involving motorists in California resulting in injury or death are on the decline.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
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.
