Everyone’s a little bit Celtic at Senses

Senses on Main Street is a themed block party that features bands, food trucks, drinks, and activities on the third Thursday of every month. The Senses event on Thursday night featured a St. Patrick's Day theme, complete with Celtic rock by Ken O'Malley and the Twilight Lords, gourmet food trucks, Irish cocktails and an Irish whiskey tasting bar.

Hart teacher honored

Brewing up some imagination

SCV celebrates Ash Wednesday

Pastor Russ Klehn, right, places a cross of ash on the forehead of Haeven Cayette, 2, as Rodginald Cayette, of Valencia, holds her during an Ash Wednesday service at NorthPark Community Church in Valencia on Wednesday. About 300 people gathered at the church to mark the beginning of the Lenten season, the weeks leading up to Easter. "It's a traditional service throughout the church. We don't do a lot of traditional things, but this ...

Construction crew tears down paseo bridge

A construction crew tears down the paseo bridge over Alta Madera Drive near Paseo Lauro Court in Valencia on Monday.

The time for cheer is here

Jonathan Pobre/The Signal (Above) (Left) Jacob Tomascewski, 11, of Saugus, reacts as he is pelted by a snowball at Ice Station Valencia's "Family Snow Day." (Below) Shoppers are seen on the escalators at Westfield Valencia Town Center on Saturday. (Bottom) Tina Hansen, left, and Nathan Hansen, of Lancaster, spend a moment in the snow. See A4 for more pictures. Jonathan Pobre/The Signal (Above) Shoppers walk underneath a holiday wreath in The Shops at ...

Benz ablaze off Newhall Ranch Road

A firefighter knocks down flames engulfing a Mercedes-Benz sedan on Santa Clarita Parkway south of Newhall Ranch Road in Santa Clarita on Wednesday. The car's driver pulled onto the road after noticing smoke under the hood and escaped without injury.

A farewell to a school board member

Sweet rewards for reading

Parent volunteer Lacey O'Connell helps kindergartner Kennedy Thompson, 5, spray whipped cream over teacher Hayley Perez as students help create human sundaes at Leona Cox Community School in Canyon Country on Friday. The school raised $460 for library books in its "One for the Books" challenge, surpassing its $250 goal. Two staff members were originally slated to be turned into human sundaes, but due to the enthusiastic response, one staff member was later added for ...

Small fire at manufacturing facility prompts evacuations

Two employees were taken to a local hospital for serious burn injuries after a flash fire erupted from a Santa Clarita manufacturing facility, officials said Wednesday.

Solo vehicle crash in Valencia

Firefighters, sheriff's deputies and California Highway Patrol officers responded to a solo vehicle that crashed into a flower bed at the northeast corner of McBean and Magic Mountain parkways in Valencia at about 3:10 p.m. on Wednesday. The two elderly occupants of the Cadillac were "shaken" but uninjured, said Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Tony Clift. The cause was being investigated by authorities on the scene.

Buck visits Einstein Academy

Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, visits Bethany Ergican's Spanish class at the Albert Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences in Valencia on Monday.

SCV gives thanks

Locals enjoy dinner and cake at the community Thanksgiving dinner held at the Santa Clarita Community Center in Newhall on Monday.

Citizens rock the vote

Glenn Karrasch, 64, of Sunset Pointe, casts a ballot in the clubhouse in Fountain Glen at Stevenson Ranch Apartments on Tuesday.

A mixer to change things up

Mars rover piques preschoolers' curiosity

Dennis Young, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, brought a minature rover as part of JPL's education and public outreach program to Christ Lutheran Preschool in Valencia on Tuesday. The presentation, organized by preschool director Chris Porrazzo, included a life-size model of the rover Curiosity and a three-dimensional look at the Mars landscape.

SCV runners run for marathon bombing victims

About 50 people took part in a three-mile run/walk for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing on Thursday.

Dump truck catches fire in Newhall

The tire of a dump truck caught fire on the northbound Highway 14 on-ramp at Newhall Avenue on Tuesday, prompting firefighters to respond and douse the blaze.

Striking the right chord

An event called the "Instrument Petting Zoo" was held at Wiley Canyon Elementary School in Newhall on Tuesday. Students were introduced to a variety of instruments in an effort to recruit them to the school's orchestra.