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Photo Spotlight, Sept. 18-25, 2009: This week through our eyes
Here's The Signal's Photo Spotlight for the week of Sept. 18-25, 2009 featuring photos taken in the Santa Clarita Valley by Signal staff photographers.
The public option?
I admit, I, like the president, haven't read much of the so-called public option health reform bills. However, unlike the president, I don't need to read them to know they are bad.
Stars energized about raising funds at Playboy Mansion
LOS ANGELES (PRNewswire-USNewswire) -- The Entrepreneurs Organization - Los Angeles's Board of Directors embarks on an ambitious fundraising event to raise monetary support and awareness for the Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Organization (IREO).
CEO lampooned for stock fraud
PHILADELPHIA -- Daniel Laikin, 47, of Indianapolis and Los Angeles, the former CEO of National Lampoon, Inc. (National Lampoon), pleaded guilty today to his role in a conspiracy to manipulate the company's stock price from March through June 2008.
Celebrated artist Patrick Morrison featured at COC Art Gallery
Legendary U2 frontman Bono has described this artist's work as "brilliant...God's creations with the colour turned up." He is revered from his native Ireland all the way to the self-described "glossy barbarity of Los Angeles" that he now calls home.
NASA spacecraft sees ice on Mars
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed frozen water hiding just below the surface of mid-latitude Mars. The spacecraft's observations were obtained from orbit after meteorites excavated fresh craters on the Red Planet.
Smyth joins Home Depot to assist Station Fire victims
SAN FERNANDO - Assemblyman Smyth spoke at a press conference sponsored by Home Depot Thursday, Sept. 24.
Local salon hosts 'Cut-a-Thon' to benefit pancreatic cancer research
Capelli Salon on Main Street in Old Town Newhall invites members of the community to get clipped at a "Cut-a-Thon" Sunday, Oct. 4 to benefit pancreatic cancer research.
Rally in support of health care reform Saturday
Local Democratic organizers in association with Organizing for America plan a rally in support of President Obama's proposed health care reform at the Newhall Post Office Saturday, Sept. 26 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Leona Cox throws Harvest Festival Oct. 16
Leona Cox Elementary School is throwing their Harvest Festival on Oct. 16 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m to help earn money for the school.
COC does not endorse door-to-door magazine sales
College of the Canyons officials have received notice from some local residents that solicitors, representing themselves as COC students, have been going door-to-door in Santa Clarita Valley neighborhoods allegedly selling magazine subscriptions and claiming that sales will help them defray the high cost of college textbooks. The high-cost of textbooks has been at the center of a multi-year debate about the skyrocketing costs of going to college and has been the topic of numerous <a ...
UPDATED: Ventura fire 40 percent contained; cause under investigation
Thursday, Sept. 24 11 a.m. update: MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) -- A fleet of helicopters made water drops as bulldozers carved firebreaks Thursday to stop a 25-square-mile wildfire burning through an agricultural region of Southern California. High heat and very low humidity kept fire danger high even though meteorologists said the dry Santa Ana winds that spread the flames through rural Ventura County were weakening. The 16,400-acre blaze northwest of Los Angeles was 40 percent surrounded, ...
VIA announces endorsements
The Valley Industrial Association announced its endorsements for candidates vying for seats in three Nov. 3 elections.
Panel will discuss governance options
An open forum is scheduled Oct. 8 for local public officials to discuss three governance choices on the November ballot for Stevenson Ranch, Westridge, Castaic and Tesoro.
Randall D. Armour: How to title your property to your needs
When a married couple purchases a home or other real property, they will have to make a decision about how to hold title.
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Calif. politician pleads guilty to misusing funds
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A longtime Northern California politician pleaded guilty Monday to a dozen charges that he used campaign donations and taxpayer funds to fuel what he described as a gambling addiction.
