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Wedding: Sickles - McNicoll
Jennifer Dawn Sickles and Christopher Francis McNicoll were married on Oct. 4 at Saint Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica.
SCV Births
Dec. 18, 2007 Caden Michael Cantu, 7 lbs., 4 oz., 20-inch son of Michael Cantu and Sarah Swearingen of Saugus. Grandparents are Pat and Dan Swearingen of Saugus and Caren and Berny Pimentel of Valencia. Great-grandparents are Harry and Susan Bertram of Saugus, Carol and Don Swearingen of Arizona, Linda Hickman of Arizona and Margaret Diaz. Great-great grandmother is Peggy Smith of Kansas. Oct. 11, 2008 Triplets Shawna Kay Riley, 4 lbs., 12 oz.; Moriah ...
McGrath overcomes poverty
McGrath Elementary School was named a Title I-achieving school by State Superintendent of Instruction Jack O'Connell.
The-Signal.com's Daybreak: Dec. 21, 2008
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:
Snowbound: Escaping the SCV
When my teenage daughter, Brandie, called Wednesday and told me our car had a "snow 'fro" from snow piling up on its rooftop, I didn't believe her. Like most Southern Californians, my husband Vince and I commute to work. We knew when we left our high desert home in Pinon Hills Wednesday morning we'd likely get trapped in sunny Santa Clarita. But our much-appreciated jobs at The Signal awaited and we enjoyed an exciting serendipity ...
Be careful out there
It was probably as close to a white Christmas as we'll get in the Santa Clarita Valley this year.
Tim Myers: On missing menorahs and upside-down flags
Chris Dickerson changed my outlook. The unapologetic liberal and Baltimore transplant who served in the capacity of Signal city editor during the late 1990s, at one of our several lunches at the Way Station, opened my eyes to an epiphany.
Willy Gutman: An open letter to the people of Palestine
This letter should have been written years ago, when the incident that prompts its belated publication took place.
John Boston: The SCV's December War, Part II
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin Delano Roosevelt To say that current times are not foreboding would be disingenuous. For most of us, these first few years into the 21st century are unchartered waters. Many of us ask: "Will we have a house?" "Will I still have a job?" "How will we pay for medicine?" Sixty-seven years ago, this valley was in a war nothing short of Good vs. ...
Small quake rumbles the SCV
A 3.0-magnitude earthquake hit areas surrounding Santa Clarita at 9:17 a.m. Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey's Web site.
Disaster centers closed through Jan. 12
PASADENA - Federal Small Business Administration Disaster Loan Outreach Centers in Anaheim and Santa Barbara and the federal-state Disaster Recovery Center in Sylmar closed Friday and will reopen at 1 p.m. Jan. 12 as outreach centers, disaster recovery officials said.
Who should be our nation’s next president?
A local Democratic activist confided to me several months ago that his own dear mother told him, "America is not ready for a black president."
Free up taxpayers’ credit with new deduction
Perhaps a bit late, but I would like to suggest that Congress allow taxpayers to deduct up to $1,000 of credit card interest on their tax returns. Buck (McKeon), can you make that happen?
Keep yourself informed during major emergencies
In the digital world, people's need to access real-time information transcends simply 24-hour national and world news sources and must include local happenings.
Our positions on Nov. 4’s propositions
Proposition 1: High Speed Rail Bonds - The first $10 billion of an eventual $45 billion or more for bullet trains - in this economy? We tried to get a stop in the Santa Clarita Valley but the bullet train people said "no." Turnabout is fair play. We say no.
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Today in the SCV: Thursday, Feb. 21
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