Law violates parental rights

Federal HIPAA law violates parental rights, i.e. requiring doctors or insurance companies to obtain the child's permission for the parents to access and discuss medical records.

Why reform health care?

Why do we need a new health care plan? What's wrong with expanding Medicare? Just start it from day one instead of 62 or 65. The business infrastructure is already there and a large percent of the population is already enrolled. They might have to expand the employee end of the business but that's just more stimulus. That is unless all the scare tactics we've been reading about are true.

The Signal.com's Daybreak: Aug. 20, 2009

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City needs to conserve water

A group of us walk at Central Park every morning and have been walking there for many years. Our normal route takes us twice around the ball fields in the front area of the park. Walking on the grass is a pleasure.

Concerts in the Park draws a crowd

The city's Concerts in the Park series has garnered heightened interest this summer. Journey tribute band Don't Stop Believing took the stage on Aug. 15, highlighting what has been a popular summer for the program. "The concert was as big as I have ever seen. I'd think there were about 9,000 people in attendance," said Mike Fleming, Santa Clarita's arts and events supervisor. "Three of the soccer fields were completely filled and normally only about ...

The Signal.com's Daybreak: Aug. 21, 2009

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Gina G. MacDonald: An executor has many responsibilities

Being the executor of an estate is not a task to be undertaken lightly. This person has the responsibility of managing the administration of a deceased individual's estate.

Reader Meter results, Aug. 14-20, 2009

Here are the results of The-Signal.com's latest Reader Meter poll. The-Signal.com visitors cast a total of 167 votes from late afternoon Friday, Aug. 14 to late afternoon Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.

Pot farm found in Angeles forest

Federal agents have seized more than 14,000 marijuana plants growing outdoors in a remote area of the Angeles National Forest, officials said.

COC looking for volunteer help with outreach program

Administrators with the College of the Canyons Mathematics, Sciences and Engineering Technologies division hope to establish partnerships with individuals interested in advancing technology-based education in the Santa Clarita Valley.

Domestic violence funding

It is the government's duty to protect citizens and to ensure their well-being. Schwarzenegger is not doing this. The funding priority for domestic-violence shelters should be the same as for prisons, since prisons keep the criminals in and shelters keep the good people in and the criminals out. During a recession and higher unemployment, government funding for shelters should be increased, not decreased or eliminated. The governor's illegal budget cuts, with the backing of the ...

Noltemeyer inaccurate

Cam Noltemeyer's commentary, "Of fish and lawsuits" (Opinion, Aug. 13) unfortunately contained several inaccuracies regarding the role and position of the Castaic Lake Water Agency in the litigation to overturn the National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) recently released biological opinion to protect migratory salmon and steelhead.

Summer’s officially over

Lynne Plambeck: The ethics of water ownership

In 2003, a Superior Court judge ruled for Newhall Land allowing the Newhall Ranch Specific Plan. He made this ruling based on the assertion that the developer had purchased water from elsewhere in the state to supply these housing units, and that this purchased water and the groundwater used for farming there would supply enough water to serve this 21,000-unit proposal.

NASA research reveals insight into evolution of life on earth

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif.-- Humans might not be walking on Earth today if not for the ancient fusing of two microscopic, single-celled organisms called prokaryotes, NASA-funded research has found.

LA City Council votes to ban plastic bags

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles City Council has given initial approval to an ordinance banning stores from providing customers single-use plastic bags.

Unattended campfire caused Calif. fire

MARIPOSA, Calif. (AP) - An unattended campfire near a main route into Yosemite National Park has grown into a blaze that has led to the evacuations of 800 homes and 1,500 people, officials said Tuesday.

San Jose sues MLB over A's proposed move

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Major League Baseball is dragging its feet on having team owners vote on the Oakland Athletics' proposed move to a new ballpark 40 miles south in San Jose, San Jose city officials said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Chrysler agrees to recall of Jeeps at risk of fire

DETROIT (AP) - Chrysler abruptly agreed to recall 2.7 million older model Jeeps Tuesday, reversing a defiant posture and avoiding a possible public relations nightmare over fuel tanks that can catch fire in a rear-end collision.

Santa Clarita DUI checkpoint scheduled for Thursday

Santa Clarita, CA – Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station/Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License checkpoint on June 20, 2013, at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Checkpoints are placed in locations that have the greatest opportunity for achieving drunk and drugged driving deterrence and provide the greatest safety for officers and the public.

Diving great Greg Louganis to marry in fall

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis plans to get married this fall.

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.