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UPDATED: Chances to give
Church of Hope food pantry, Hope for a Find thrift store: What: The Church of Hope in Canyon Country maintains a thrift store and food pantry to help those in need. Where: 18364 Soledad Canyon Road, Canyon Country When: The pantry is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. Closed Christmas Day. Need: Volunteers, non-perishable food items, clothing and small household goods. Contact: Kathi Spears at ...
West Ranch prepares for Media Day
The West Ranch High School Video Production Department is reaching out to film and television professionals with invitations to participate in the school's second annual High School Media Day, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 30, in the West Ranch Theater.
Two suspected robbers still at large in Canyon Country
Deputies searched for but could not find two men who allegedly tried to rob another man at knifepoint in Canyon Country on Monday afternoon, officials said.
Getting into the holiday groove
Seniors from across the Santa Clarita Valley danced and sang songs to get into the holiday spirit with assistance from the Senior Choir and Orchestra group at the Santa Clarita Valley Senior Center on Monday.
I'm a believer
On The O'Reilly Factor, I heard one of Bill O'Reilly's corespondents say: "The USA is a pluralistic nation." I would assert that although well-intentioned, she is mistaken. Our republic is a monotheistic society. Where did our inalienable rights come from? One nation under which God?
Kevin Buck: Mid mid-term political musings
Election years are the highlight for those of us who follow politics for our own edification and amusement.
Say what you will, my pit bull is my hero
My life took a terrifying turn Nov. 28. My husband and I had just returned home from visiting family for the Thanksgiving holiday. I was seven months pregnant, feeling tired and wanted to rest when we got home. I had begun to have swelling in my legs and feet and felt as if I sat with my feet up it would get better. My husband and I had been invited to a friend's birthday party ...
What holiday traditions do you celebrate?
First Place Christmas time is the time for peace and love, for Jesus and family. I celebrate Christmas by putting up a Christmas tree with my family and decorating it with ornaments. One of the traditional ornaments my family and I put up is a "pickle." A "pickle" is a glass ornament that we put up every year and on the night of Christmas, Santa comes and hides it on the tree. When we wake ...
The Signal.com's Daybreak: Dec. 15, 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: Today is Tuesday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2009. There are 16 days left in the year.
Plum Canyon hosts Reflections contest
The Plum Canyon Elementary School PTA hosted the Reflections art contest in November with 28 winners out of 203 entries. The school had winners in five of the six categories, as there were no entries in musical composition.
SMO seeks contributions for Technology and Career Development Center
Single Mothers Outreach is currently looking for contributions to assist in their effort to establish a Technology and Career Development Center.
Santa Clarita wins 'project of the year' award
The city of Santa Clarita was recognized at a special luncheon hosted last week by the Southern California Chapter of the American Public Works Association for its Magic Mountain/Interstate 5 Expansion Project, naming it the 'project of the year.'
NASA's WISE eye begins all-sky survey mission
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifted off over the Pacific Ocean this morning on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light.
Profit dwarfed by fraud
I hear some folks decry "greedy" health insurance companies, whose profit lines average 6 percent (which, by the way, is less than farm and construction machinery, Tupperware, the railroads, Hershey sweets, Yum food brands, most other forms of insurance and Yahoo, just to name a few).
Childish boys in the comment room
Thank you "Letters to the Editor" at The Signal for publishing my letter "Look at the change" (Nov. 28).
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Ed Koch's tombstone engraved with wrong birth date
NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch meticulously planned his own funeral, but his tombstone has the wrong birth date.
House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans on Tuesday make their most concerted effort of the year to change federal abortion law with legislation that would ban almost all abortions after a fetus reaches the age of 20 weeks.
Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall
DETROIT (AP) - In one of the biggest-ever showdowns between an automaker and the government, Chrysler on Tuesday is expected to file papers explaining its refusal to recall 2.7 million older Jeep SUVs that are at risk of catching fire in rear-end collisions.
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, June 18, 2013
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Military leaders plan for women in combat
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines.
LA council to vote on banning plastic bags
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles may be joining the battle against the bag.
Port of LA unveils plan for marine research center
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles port officials on Monday unveiled plans to create a $500 million marine research center called AltaSea.
Bieber's car hits photographer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Video shows Justin Bieber running into a photographer with his white Ferrari in Hollywood, but police say there was no crime and the injuries aren't life-threatening.
Serial murder suspect delivers opening remarks
SAN RAFAEL (AP) - Serial murder suspect Joseph Naso delivered an hours-long personal history Monday replete with childhood photos, as he launched his defense, denied the decades-old slayings of four women and claimed he is not the "monster" prosecutors have made him out to be.
Obama: NSA secret data gathering 'transparent'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview Monday, and called them transparent - even though they are authorized in secret.
N. Calif. wildfire brings evacuation of 150 homes
MARIPOSA (AP) - A wind-whipped wildfire near the main route into Yosemite National Park in the Sierra foothills forced the evacuation of at least 150 houses Monday and was threatening more, state fire officials said.
Will Durst: Your ever-vigilant friends at the NSA
Dear U.S. Citizen,
Charlie Vignola: Giving up freedom and privacy for security
Two weeks have gone by since Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old computer tech working as an NSA contractor, leaked information about classified government information to the press, effectively exposing top secret programs designed to combat terrorism and save American lives.
John Rosemond: Living with Children
If my parents told me once, they told me at least one hundred times, "Don't talk to anyone about their religious or political beliefs." They meant, of course, that those topics are likely to generate tension and angry conflict. As such, they were not the stuff of polite social conversation. Notwithstanding the fact that I find religion and politics to be the two most interesting of all conversational topics, a third caution should be added ...
4 Saugus board members’ behavior professional during censure meeting
