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Weekend forecast: fun in the sun
Cool temperatures will make Santa Clarita hot for the holiday weekend. The National Weather Service forecasts pleasant skies for the Memorial Day Weekend. "Things are looking really nice, actually - Saturday, Sunday and Monday are looking mostly clear," said Meteorologist David Gomberg, of the National Weather Service. "It's about the right temperature for this time of year." Beautiful weekend weather will push many people to Castaic Lake. "We're looking at one of our busiest ...
The Signal.com's Daybreak: May 22, 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:
VIA hosts Industry Show June 10 and 11
The Valley Industrial Association is hosting the return of VIA's Business-to-Business Industry Show on June 10 and 11 in Santa Clarita.
Making a mark
More than 200 people placed their handprints on the Mitchell Elementary wall mural as part of a school fundraiser Wednesday.
D. Frank Norton: May 19 was a wake-up call for all Californians
I'm afraid that Sacramento needed this. Politicians there have had their heads in the sand for too long. Their spendthrift policies had to stop. The five measures rejected in Tuesday's vote - where spending would continue with tax raises being extended to future years - were defeated.
Cam Noltemeyer: It’s not just sanitation rates going up
Too bad no one wants to tell our community what is really going on. For the past 10 years, everyone has known that the effluent emitted by Santa Clarita's sanitation districts is too high in salt (chlorides).
Maria Gutzeit: The delta needs to be fixed
Nearly three years ago, I wrote an opinion piece in these pages about the lack of technical merit in the Regional Water Quality Control Board's (RWQCB) decision to set new lower chloride limits.
Hike prices, too
Why don't stores and businesses just raise their prices to turn things around? Stores will be kept open and people employed with health coverage. Don't people realize that? Our government is in the same boat, because taxes are merely the price of government. We are raising prices to turn things around. Obama will be the first leader in history to make this work. Don't people realize that?
Tax corporations
With the propositions' failure (except 1F), Gov. Schwarzenegger now declares he is going to further dismantle schools, social and health services because both the right and the left hated the props and didn't vote for them, I don't hear mention of revisiting the billions of dollars in permanent tax breaks being given to corporations in this budget deal.
Senior Center holds rummage sale June 2-3
The SCV Senior Center Rummage Sale sponsored by the Center's Advisory Council will take place on June 2 and 3.
Braille Mobile Solutions Van visits SCV Senior Center
The Mobile Solutions Van from the Braille Institute will be available for the visually impaired at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25.
Support grows for 'Veterans Educational Equity Act'
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-Calif.), along with Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), introduced the Veterans Educational Equity Act (H.R. 2474), which has since won overwhelming support from the California delegation.
Mario Lopez joins Boys & Girls Clubs' youth advocacy campaign
LOS ANGELES -- As part of Boys & Girls Clubs of America's (BGCA) new advocacy campaign - BE GREAT - longtime TV star and Boys & Girls Club alum Mario Lopez today unveiled a new billboard on Sunset Boulevard featuring his childhood picture and the aspirational message - BE A STAR.
Northbound I-5 off-ramp closure at Magic Mountain begins May 31
The northbound Interstate 5 off-ramp at Magic Mountain Parkway will be closed for construction of the ramp widening from Sunday, May 31 at 9 p.m. through Friday, June 19.
BioSolar's BioBacksheet slated to hit market late 2009
Valencia, Calif.-based BioSolar, Inc. (OTCBB: BSRC), developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic solar cells, said that its BioBacksheetTM-C will be the company's first commercially available product, and will hit the market during the second half of 2009.
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Cartel kingpin is Chicago's new Public Enemy No. 1
CHICAGO (AP) - A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago has been named the city's new Public Enemy No. 1 - the same notorious label assigned to Al Capone at the height of the Prohibition-era gang wars.
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, Feb. 15, 2013
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Disabled cruise ship finally docks
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - A cruise ship disabled for five nightmarish days in the Gulf of Mexico finally docked with some 4,200 people aboard late Thursday, passengers raucously cheering the end to an ocean odyssey they say was marked by overflowing toilets, food shortages and foul odors. About four hours later, the last of the passengers had gotten off the ship.
Valencia crime report: Pilferer pawns plunder, gets pinched
Valencia, Zone 5, Public Safety and Crime Prevention Information. Snapshot for 02/04/2013 through 02/10/2013.
Jesse Jackson Jr., wife agree to plead guilty
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said was a scheme to use $750,000 in campaign funds for lavish personal expenses, including a $43,000 gold watch and furs.
Amputee Olympic star Pistorius charged in slaying
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter dubbed the Blade Runner, was charged Thursday in the Valentine's Day slaying of his girlfriend at his upscale home in South Africa, a shocking twist to one of the feel-good stories of last summer's Olympics.
Eurozone recession deepens as Germany falters
BERLIN (AP) - It was only a matter of time. With many of its debt-ridden euro partners in recession, Germany could only swim against the tide for so long.
Senate GOP blocks Hagel vote for now
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked the nomination of former GOP senator Chuck Hagel as the nation's next defense secretary over unrelated questions about President Barack Obama's actions in the aftermath of the deadly raid on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. Obama accused Republicans of playing politics with national security during wartime, and Democrats vowed to revive the nomination after Congress' weeklong break.
US Airways lands $11 billion merger with American
DALLAS (AP) - US Airways CEO Doug Parker has landed the big merger he sought for years. Now the soon-to-be CEO of the new American Airlines has to make it work.
Railroad Cafe to stop selling TAP cards
Newhall's Railroad Cafe will stop selling transit-access passes for Santa Clarita's bus system on Wednesday, according to the city.
Hart district seeks community input on Castaic high school name
Anyone interested in weighing in on the name of the proposed Castaic-area high school can now do so online through a survey run by the William S. Hart Union High School District.
Danny Tyree: Voluntary retirement: Can you take a hint?
With an editorial titled "Pope Sets Example For Other Aging Leaders," USA Today tried laying a major guilt trip on the nation's authority figures.
Democratic Party is the mean one
If Mr.Gandelman ("Can the Republican Party rebrand itself?" Jan. 31) feels obligated to criticize the Republican Party, he should look at the behavior of the Democrat Party as well.
Rick Jensen: Gun law didn’t stop shooting in Delaware
Welcome to Delaware, reader. While "our own" Joe Biden was promoting government control of your gun accessories in the nearby major media market of Philadelphia, network, local and national press reporters wheeled into "DelaWhere?" to document the horrible carnage of a most violently dysfunctional custody and child support battle.
Today in the SCV: Friday Feb. 15, 2013
Today in the SCV
