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Daybreak: Dec. 12, 2008
First Word "Deals are made all the time in politics. Our system couldn't operate without it." - Daniel Lowenstein, UCLA Law School professor Today in History Today is Friday, Dec. 12, the 347th day of 2008. There are 19 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 12, 2000, George W. Bush was transformed into the president-elect as a divided U.S. Supreme Court reversed a state court decision for recounts in Florida's ...
Why it's taken so long
Road work on Magic Mountain Parkway at Interstate 5 will finish four months ahead of schedule, city engineers said.
Family, friends recall late teacher
Linda Kim Miller left a six-month-old son, an adoring husband, a third-grade class and a Newhall School District staff full of friends when she died at age 35 of arteriosclerosis heart disease.
HOA asked to stop killing squirrels
How to get rid of a growing population of ground squirrels is dividing a manicured Canyon Country community.
West side menorah goes up while tempers cool down
Harris Birken wanted to help his community heal and move on. "I just wanted to get it done and put it behind us," Birken said as he assembled a menorah on the corner of Stevenson Ranch Parkway and Holmes Place on Thursday. Birken hoped erecting the menorah would quell a controversy that flared up Wednesday. Stevenson Ranch Homeowners Association president Greg Waugh declined to place a menorah on the same strip of land where a ...
City hosts ice show bus trip
The city of Santa Clarita invites residents to sign up to see "High School Musical: The Ice Tour" on Dec. 27 at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
Gazing at a geyser
Sheriff's Deputy Robert Tunnell walks around a Toyota Tundra on the corner of Bridgeview Lane and Newhall Ranch Road Wednesday afternoon.
Celebration in Bridgeport Saturday
Intertex Properties hosts a "Grand Opening Celebration" at Bridgeport Marketplace Shopping Center from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Housing project put on hold
Canyon Country residents expecting a school, a fire station and sheriff's sub-station - along with close to 500 new homes - in the proposed Spring Canyon development are going to have to wait.
Local expos feeling effects of weakening economy
The Home and Business Expo goes on as scheduled this weekend with organizers boasting a full tent despite the sluggish economy, which claimed a similar event earlier this year.
Like it or not, SCV population growing
Fourth story in The Signal's "The Big Picture" series: Cities are mandated to absorb their fair share of state's population growth. Click here for the rest of the stories.
UPDATED: Winds, low humidity to fuel fire danger
The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook and a red flag warning for central and southern California coastal valleys including the Santa Clarita Valley, extending through Wednesday.
Supes push grading system for nursing, convalesecent homes
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion directing the Department of Public Health to reexamine the feasibility of a grading system for nursing and convalescent homes. The motion, designed to improve oversight of the health and well-being of the county's senior population, directs the county's chief executive officer to prepare a five-signature letter to the Governor, the California Legislature, and the Director of the State Department of Public Health to support a facility ...
Six Flags scares up a Fright Fest
Six Flags Magic Mountain is transformed from a "theme park" to a haunted "scream park" for Fright Fest Presented by SNICKERS weekends through Oct. 31. The park offers terrifying haunted mazes, roaming zombies, frightening clowns, and ghostly shows.
Oak to be dedicated to Coach Tull at Hart Field
William S. Hart Pony Boys and Girls Baseball and the Santa Clarita Oaks Conservancy will dedicate a Valley Oak tree at the Valencia baseball complex at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 11, to the memory of Terry "Coach" Tull, who passed away May 15.
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'Read Across America' coming Friday
It's time to don the silly Dr. Seuss hat and break out your favorite copy of "The Cat in the Hat." Read Across America arrives on Friday, and dozens of activities are planned in schools around the Santa Clarita Valley as part of the celebration of reading.
High winds expected tonight
With breezy conditions expected to blow into town tonight, the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas.
At least one arrest made in parole compliance check
At least one man was arrested during a series of parole and probation compliance checks Friday morning, a sheriff's official said.
Group takes aim at McKeon on gun control
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, was placed firmly in the crosshairs of the nonprofit advocacy group Organizing for Action on Friday after the group rolled out an advertising campaign urging the congressman to support new gun-control measures.
