Archive By Author - Signal Staff
Finicky fruits and cubby-holed bureaucrats
Drive out Highway 126 from Castaic Junction to the Pacific Ocean and take a good look at the orange and lemon groves, strawberry patches, flower factories, palm forests and avocado jungles that line the Santa Clara River. All told, that's a $700 million industry annually.
Your Community: Upcoming Events
Jazz & Blues Concert Series The Lexus of Valencia Jazz & Blues Concert Series on Town Center Drive at McBean Parkway adjacent to the Hyatt Valencia returns 7 p.m. Fridays through Aug. 28. Music, food and beverage and activities for kids. Admission is free. 24500 Town Center Dr., Valencia. U-pick cherries at Rhodes Orchard Fun for the entire family, U-pick sweet Bing and Rainier Cherries are now ready for picking, through the month of June, ...
Community scrapbook
Sophie Johnson Sophie Johnson, a sophomore in American University's School of International Service, majoring in International Studies, was named to the fall's 2008 Dean's List. Johnson is a resident of Castaic. To earn Dean's List at American University a student must obtain a 3.5 grade point average or better on their semester courses. McKenzie Carpenter Milliken University student McKenzie Carpenter of Valencia, was recently inducted into the Milliken chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi national ...
Engagement: Summers - Jacobs
Chuck and Lisa Summers of Castaic are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Rebecca Summers to Matt Jacobs of Anaheim.
Tyler Cordova is positive to a tee
The game of golf has its obstacle courses, but Tyler Cordova, 6, of Valencia, knows how to play his way through the course of life.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: June 21, 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:
Your Community: Dates to Watch
Wednesday A wine and hors d'oeuvres fundraiser at Salt Creek Grille, Town Center Drive, Valencia to benefit afterschool performing arts programs at the SCV Boys & Girls Club. 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. $35 plus tax and gratituty. Reservations required: (661) 222-9999. Saturday The Repertory East Playhouse will host its largest benefit of the year, Summer Evening with the REP: An Affair to Remember, on Saturday June 27, at the home of Jill Jackson, formerly ...
Reform health care now
I want to see health care for all Americans because I am one of 15 siblings. My father died of both brain and lung cancer when I was only 12 years old. This devastated my family leaving my mother to take care of the family. I also had a brother who passed away two years ago from heart disease. Lack of health care has hurt so many families and caused financial ruin. I find that ...
Bob Werner: Vakay’s Gitmo: Just some more right-wing fear-
Lynn Vakay's "It's all about Gitmo, stupid" opinion column (The Signal, June 18) calls for a direct response.
Not the way to go
I fail to comprehend our state legislators who feel that California's budgetary problems can be solved solely by cutbacks.
Oscar Dominguez: How new credit-card rules will affect everyone
Effective February 1, 2010, Santa Clarita Valley residents will be among the millions of credit-card users nationwide to experience extensive credit-card reforms featured in the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009, recently signed into law by President Barack Obama.
Customer service alive and well
In the last year, I have become more selective about the restaurants I frequent. I obviously want to get the most for my money. Yesterday, I chose our local Elephant Bar for a birthday lunch with friends. Unfortunately it didn't start out well and then just when we were thinking that we had wasted our hard-earned money, Christina (the assistant manager) and James (the general manager) saved the day. They truly went above and beyond ...
Leave the logo alone
I was very disappointed to read the article about the city logo and the addition of "In God We Trust" that will be forthcoming.
Church celebrates 118th birthday
More than 90 members of the First Presbyterian Church celebrated 118 years of worship and community last Sunday at William S. Hart Park in Newhall.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: June 20, 2009
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Articles By Author - Signal Staff
Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A car bomb exploded Thursday near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus, killing at least 53 people and scattering mangled bodies among the blazing wreckage in one of the bloodiest days in the capital since the uprising began almost two years ago.
Haiti's 'Baby Doc' summoned to court after no-show
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for human rights abuses committed during the nearly 15 years of his brutal regime.
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.
