Archive By Author - Signal Staff
Summer sliding: Newhall Park pool
Newhall pool will be open today and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Oscar Dominguez: Homeowners should be wary of foreclosures rescue scams
As many homeowners struggle to maintain their home mortgages in this challenging economy, scam artists have developed a number of schemes to con unsuspecting homeowners out of their money - and their homes.
More indoor soccer
I'm trying to get help and hope we can motivate the community together. My College of the Canyons classmates and I are trying to promote the idea of opening another indoor soccer field. There is only one in the entire Santa Clarita Valley, located next to the bowling alley.
No speeding in school zones please
On May 21, an incident occurred during the dismissal hour at Hart High School on Newhall Avenue.
Media coverage lacking
I was reading the June 2 edition of the paper and the "Landsource" article by Josh Premako. He wrote that CalPERS' investment of $970 million would be wiped out.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: June 13, 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:
UPDATED: ‘Western State Police & Fire Games' held June 13-20
The city of Santa Clarita and Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station proudly welcome more than 5,000 police, sheriff, and fire personnel from 417 emergency public service agencies to the Santa Clarita Valley June 13-20 for the 2009 "Western States Police and Fire Games" (WSPFG).
City unveils new eco-friendly maintenance truck
The city of Santa Clarita will unveil its new VACTOR maintenance truck on Thursday, June 18. The new vehicle will be used to maintain the city's extensive storm drain system, allowing staff to safely take on several more jobs to meet the growing needs of the city's storm drain maintenance program.
Senior Center offers artistic summer classes
Don't let summer school cutbacks cut back on your artistic expression. Join the SCV Senior Center's intergenerational classes in oil, watercolor, and mixed media to learn from the best! The following art classes are available: Mixed Media, Tuesdays 9 a.m.-noon, instructor Mary Lou Carraher; Thursdays 9 a.m.-noon by Peggy Patti; Oil Painting, Tuesdays 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. by Peggy Patti; Wednesdays 9 a.m.-noon by Olga Kaczmar, and Watercolor, Tuesday s 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. by Peggy Patti. ...
Newhall Pool opens with new slide June 12
The city of Santa Clarita's Newhall Pool will officially open to the public Friday, June 12 at 1 p.m. with a brand new 11 foot long, 9 foot tall yellow slide.
Senators Feinstein, Boxer vote to protect kids from tobacco
WASHINGTON -- The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applauds U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for voting this week to approve historic legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products, including the authority to crack down on tobacco marketing and sales to kids.
Reader Meter results, June 5-12, 2009
Here are the results of The-Signal.com's latest Reader Meter poll. The-Signal.com visitors cast a total of 189 votes from late afternoon Friday, June 5 to mid-afternoon Friday, June 12, 2009.
Republicans call for promised military benefits to be paid
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, and Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN), the Ranking Member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, called on Rep. John Spratt (D-SC) to utilize the "reserve funds" he embedded in the House Budget Resolution to pay for key benefits that were promised to and are so richly deserved by America's military personnel and their families, military retirees and veterans. During consideration of ...
Santa Clarita credit rating upgraded to AA+
The city of Santa Clarita's Standard & Poor's credit rating was upgraded this week from AA to AA+, characterizing the city as having "very strong wealth and income levels."
Door-to-door subscription solicitors not legit
Door-to-door sales people who describe themselves as high-school students reportedly are attempting to sell subscriptions to The Signal in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
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.
