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Who would you like to meet?
First place I would like to meet Martin Luther King Jr. because he changed the way people live. He helped black and white people get along. If he was still alive today, I would be very happy. But he is not alive today because he was shot in the head and was killed. I bet he would be dead anyway. But I am very happy he changed the way people live. I bet he was ...
Bruce McFarland: Say goodbye to the honeymoon
Two weeks ago, my wife and I woke up at 3:30 a.m. to get ready for a 45-minute train ride to Federal Triangle Station, Washington, D.C., - about five blocks from the Washington Monument and three blocks from where we would stand to watch Barack Obama be sworn into the presidency.
Santa Clarita Planning Commission update
The Santa Clarita Planning Commission will not meet Tuesday. There will be a joint study session regarding the 2009-2010 budget with the commission, the City Council and the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Century Room at City Hall. City Hall is located at 23920 Valencia Blvd.
Mountain View kindergarten kids get a visit from Zero the Hero during 100th day of school
Dylann Pinto's father was a real zero Monday. She loved it. Burke Pinto, father of kindergartner Dylann Pinto, dressed up as Zero the Hero and visited Mountain View Elementary School students during a parking lot assembly as part of the celebration of the 100th day of school. Dylann had no idea her father was playing the role of Zero, until he ran into the parking lot with the Space Jam song blasting behind him. He ...
Program provides alternative to layoffs
Evonne Feeder, an accountant at a Valencia civil engineering company, only works three days a week compared to the five she used to work. But she doesn't count the hours cut by her employer, Hunsaker & Associates in Valencia, a complete loss.
You've got (too much) mail
Rochelle Walter, a human resources and office administrator for a local business, was outraged when her company recently received 18 letters in the mail from the state's Employment Development Department.
Astrophysicist refutes evolution theories
There are big problems with the Big Bang theory, according to an astrophysicist who will explain next month at a conference at The Master's College.
Deputies get gadgets
The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station has adopted a new crime-fighting device that allows deputies to check the fingerprints of a detainee within two minutes.
Steve Lunetta: Where we are headed
In the summer of 1863, the Union Army was chasing Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces that had slipped into Pennsylvania. Lee intended to draw the Union into a final battle that would end the Civil War and divide the nation.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: Feb. 2, 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: First Word
Newhall to host health fair
The Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital hosts the quarterly Care for Your Heart Health Fair from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Feb. 13 at the Santa Clarita Community Center, 22421 Market Street in Newhall.
Deputies on lookout for missing senior citizen
A Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's helicopter searched around Via Delfina in Valencia for a missing 80-year-old man with dementia Saturday night, said Lt. Robert Lewis.
SCV sees spike in home sales
Dips in interest rates and plummeting home prices due to foreclosures contributed to a 10.1-percent increase in single-family home sales in the Santa Clarita Valley, when first-time buyers, "move-up" buyers and investors took advantage of the market.
Abortion isn't hope or change
So what is Buck's new big idea, give a tax credit so local car dealers can sell more cars that people can't afford to buy or keep, while criticizing the plan that President Obama is trying to put together that would give tax cuts to low- and middle-income families?
Buck's new big idea is foolish
So what is Buck's new big idea, give a tax credit so local car dealers can sell more cars that people can't afford to buy or keep, while criticizing the plan that President Obama is trying to put together that would give tax cuts to low- and middle-income families?
Articles By Author - Signal Staff
McKeon says Benghazi is not a political issue
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, said Thursday that a recent series of controversial topics, such as the inquiry into a terrorist attack on a U.S. embassy in Libya and the investigation into why the Internal Revenue Service applied additional scrutiny to conservative groups, are dominating the discussion on Capitol Hill.
Justice Dept. faulted over terrorist identities
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government allowed "a small but significant number" of terrorists into America's witness protection program and then failed to provide the names of some of them for a watch list that's used to keep dangerous people off airline flights, the Justice Department's inspector general says.
UPDATE: Traffic collision blocks I-5 lanes nearly 3 hours
Two lanes of southbound Interstate 5 near Hasley Canyon Road were closed for almost three hours Thursday afternoon after two big rigs collided, blocking traffic and scattering debris in the area, a California Highway Patrol official said.
Dying man's eye blinks lead to Ohio murder verdict
CINCINNATI (AP) - An Ohio man was found guilty Thursday of fatally shooting a man who authorities say identified his assailant by blinking his eyes while paralyzed and hooked up to a ventilator.
California fuels Powerball $550 million jackpot
SAN DIEGO (AP) - The numbers sum up the frenzy that has taken over the Golden State since it became the newest in the nation to join the madness over Powerball, which saw its jackpot soar Thursday to $550 million.
UPDATE: Fire burns 3,500 acres in Calif. national forest
FRAZIER PARK, Calif. (AP) - Cooler temperatures and lighter winds gave hundreds of firefighters a slight reprieve Thursday from a 3,500-acre wildfire that has blackened rugged terrain in the Los Padres National Forest.
Two Fox bills approved in Assembly
(SACRAMENTO) Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) today announced that Assembly Bills (AB) 588 and 631 were approved by the State Assembly with broad bipartisan support. The bills address protection of student athletes and enhance core education for children in juvenile court schools. Both measures passed by a margin of 70-0, and now advance to the Senate.
Texas tornado devastation includes Habitat homes
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Habitat for Humanity spent years in a North Texas suburb, helping build many of the 110 homes in the low-income area. But its work was largely undone during an outbreak of 12 tornadoes Wednesday night that killed six people and injured dozens.
Student detained in Calif college threats case
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A student was being questioned Thursday in connection with threatening phone calls that prompted the closure of two Los Angeles-area colleges.
Mountain lion stuck in Calif aqueduct tranquilized
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Police say a young mountain lion that was trapped in an aqueduct near downtown Santa Cruz has been tranquilized.
Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 10, 2013
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Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, May 16, 2013
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Police: 2nd suspect arrested in parade shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon.
Obama: Congress must 'fully fund' embassy security
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama called on Congress Thursday to "fully fund" his administration's budget request for embassy security. The request came as Obama seeks to get ahead of the controversy over his administration's response to the attack last September in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans.
Texas tornado claims at least 6 lives
GRANBURY, Texas (AP) - Officials say at least six people were killed when a spring tornado outbreak devastated parts of North Texas, destroying or damaging dozens of homes and injuring dozens of people.
