Archive By Author - Signal Staff
Revamped ramps open at last
The long work of revamping the Interstate 5/Magic Mountain Parkway interchange is nearing an end.
Humans at fault
First, I want to compliment Mr. Frank Ray on his description of the world as we know it today ("Question of trust," Letters, The Signal, June 14).
First-grader tops chess tournament
The Santa Clarita Valley's top elementary school chess players gathered May 30 at the California Youth Chess League Championships to determine which students and which elementary school were "kings" of the Santa Clarita Valley for 2009.
Equestrian team wins competition
Acton resident and longtime Blue Shadows rider Elaine MacPherson led her Junior Advanced team to its recent third consecutive California State Horseman's Association State Grand Championship.
Prop. 8 illegal
June 16 was the first anniversary of the day that same-sex couples could legally be married in California.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: June 23, 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:
Brush fire burns 5 acres
Local firefighters from Station 126 extinguished a brush fire at the Valencia Summit Park on Monday afternoon. The fire began about 3 p.m. in the 24500 block of Windsor Drive, near a dead end. The fire grew to about 5 acres before firefighters put it out about 3:30 p.m., said Los Angeles County Fire Inspector Frank Garrido. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Lutness' liberal reflexes
The June 6 Opinion column by Carole Lutness ("Corporations, super-wealthy must pay their fair share") is simply more of the usual liberal drivel bemoaning the failure of proposals to raise taxes.
Kids love 'Saddles and Spurs: Cowboy Life' at Hart Park
Jax Malcolm, 6, won the best-dressed cowboy and cowgirl contest wearing a cowboy vest he made from a paper bag at William S. Hart Park's "Saddles and Spurs: Cowboy Life" event held at the Ranch House Museum on Saturday.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: June 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:
Not true socialism
Gary Horton's June 3 commentary ("Just move along folks..") attempts to tell readers how truly perfect socialist societies are.
Saugus festival features fire, tears
A night sky, a cauldron for symbolic burning of student fears and presentations of original student work highlighted Saugus High School's 13th annual public reading and arts festival, hosted by the school's literary magazine class.
Canyon Year in Review: Growing Gains
What do you call a year like Canyon had in 2008-09? Up and down? A struggle? A growth year? It would definitely be a growth year if some of the youth grows up in a big way in 2009-10. There are candidates. In basketball, Brooke Lemar and Brandon Perry could lead their teams to brighter days. In track and field, a pair of sophomores-to-be in Tiffini Stone and Taylor Thomas, as well as some more ...
Carl Boyer: Avast, ye robber barons!
Brian Charles' story in Tuesday's Signal (June 16) mentioning a "revenue neutral" payment of perhaps $3 million annually, perhaps in perpetuity - in exchange for westside unincorporated communities being allowed to have some measure of local government - leaves me outraged.
Cameron Smyth: And the Democratic spending continues
Recently, the Legislature completed the traditional "House of Origin" deadline, during which literally hundreds of bills are voted on over a five-day period.
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Weeping Pistorius faces premeditated murder charge
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - In a courtroom, not an Olympic stadium, there was no click-click-click of Oscar Pistorius' prosthetic limbs. His only sound Friday was loud, uncontrollable sobs as prosecutors charged him with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his model girlfriend.
Marsha McLean: Live from City Hall
One of the comments I often hear from people who visit Santa Clarita for the first time is how beautiful our city looks.
Faith calendar: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013
Friendly Valley church
Daryl Cagle: That First Amendment can be soooooo annoying
I syndicate the cartoons of Rick McKee, the brilliant, conservative cartoonist from The Augusta Chronicle, to newspapers around the world.
Church volunteers in Nicaragua
A team of volunteers from the Valencia United Methodist Church traveled to Nicaragua the first week of March to offer assistance to poor families. The families live in shacks in and around an area known as la chureca, a large trash dump located in Central Nicaragua near the city of Managua.
Tim Myers: Competition is the spice of local life
Our youngest son, a senior at Valencia High School, ain't happy.
Saddened by the process
On Feb. 12, the president delivers his State of the Union address, and he is followed almost immediately by a GOP spokesman who says, "Oh, no, that's not the way it is.
Go get ‘em, deputies
Get the cars that have expired tags 30-180 days late. Get the drivers driving with headlights off when it is getting dark. Get those driving while talking on cell phones.
Today in the SCV: Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013
Valentine's heart-y walk
New gardeners have questions
People new to gardening ask the darndest questions: about how seeds work, about growing the perfect tomato, about waging war with insects (many of them beneficial).
How to fit new tile
Q: I need to replace some cracked and chipped tile in the bathroom. Some of it was shaped to fit around the base of the toilet. Is it difficult to shape replacement tiles in the same way? - Sarah S., Fort Worth, Texas
Prep boys hoops: Good memory
Two years ago, West Ranch boys basketball was eliminated from the postseason by eventual CIF division champion Ventura.
