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Squeaky clean for the holiday season
Rocky, a poodle mix, smiles at the camera after Margie Hathaway, the owner of Dog Gone Fancy mobile pet grooming salon, finishes grooming him.
Mobile home residents storm City Hall
Dozens of local mobile home park residents packed City Hall Wednesday night to plea with the city's Manufactured Home Rental Adjustment Panel to accept their appeals against a proposed rent hike at two local mobile home parks.
Despite raising her profile, Kinney continues job search
Kelly Kinney hopes her two Thursday morning interviews are her last - at least for a while. Kinney is the job-hunting former marketing professional who wears her resume on her T-shirt to attract attention and, she hopes, a job. She is scheduled to interview for a job at the Valencia Swim Club at 9 a.m. Thursday. Immediately following her job interview, Kinney meets with CNN to talk about T-shirt resumes and job hunting, she said. ...
Local heroes tucked under tree
A handful of "health care heroes" were acknowledged by colleagues as they posed for a snapshot against the fully decked Christmas tree at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Wednesday afternoon.
UPDATED: Crossover Fire north of Castaic doused
UPDATED 1:20 p.m. Thursday The Crossover Fire is 100 percent contained as of 10 a.m. Fire crews remain on the scene monitoring the fire and mopping up hot spots, according to a Forest Service statement. The Crossover fire broke out about 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, said John Lane, Divisional Chief for the United States Forest Service. The fire burned 75 acres along the northbound edge of Interstate 5 just south of Templin Highway, and threatened several rural ...
Emergency landing made at grade school
McGrath Elementary School students plastered their little faces against the windows watching a sheriff's helicopter make an emergency landing behind the school Wednesday, a school employee said.
Waste panel meets 2 p.m. today
City staff will make a presentation on the proposed process Burrtec Waste Industries will go through in order to find a location for its materials recovery facility, also known as an MRF during the City Council Waste Diversion Subcommittee meeting at 2 p.m. today at City Hall.
New program exposes K-12 youth to arts
The Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons and Santa Clarita school districts launched a new kindergarten through 12th-grade arts education program designed to use the college's cultural and community resources to expose students to the visual and performing arts.
Cemex swap bill stalled in House committee
The Soledad Canyon Mine Act (H.R. 5887) remains stuck in committee without a hearing as the 110th Congress' second session comes to a close, and representatives are focused on the nation's financial crisis.
Deputies warn of secret shopper scam
Those looking for extra income should be wary. Scammers using classified advertisements are ripping off people in Santa Clarita Valley, a sheriff's official said. The second of two Santa Clarita Valley residents reported getting ripped off in a secret shopper scam Tuesday. The first victim told deputies the advertisement ran in the classified section of The Signal, said Sgt. James Anderson of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's station. Scammers duped the first victim July 20 ...
UPDATED: Teenager with gun removed from bus
UPDATED 10 p.m. Sheriff's deputies took a 17-year-old Saugus girl into custody Thursday after she boarded a Santa Clarita city bus armed with a loaded 45-caliber pistol. The teenager sent a text message to a friend at a local high school stating she had a gun and was going to kill herself, said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sgt. Darren Harris. Shortly after 10 a.m., deputies received a phone call from the friend who was worried ...
Not necessarily a rush of shoppers on Cyber Monday
Just two days after the dust from "Black Friday" settled in stores across the country, shoppers took part in "Cyber Monday," what is supposed to be the online shopping realm's take on the year's busiest shopping day.
She's a picture of victory
Sandy Fisher remembers two years ago when she took the photo she now calls "Tranquil Water Lily."
COC offers an alternative exit strategy
Students who reach the end of their high school years but can't pass the state exit exam now have an alternative to life without a diploma.
SCV a soft-water test zone
Just call the Santa Clarita Valley green and salt-free. By endorsing Measure S in November's election, the valley is the first community in California to ban salt-rendering water softeners. It is now the testing ground for the next generation of water softeners after pioneering a move to stop water-softener-rendered salt from ending up in the Santa Clara River. "Santa Clarita is in a very unique position compared to the rest of California," said Paul Martyn, ...
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CORRECTION: Meet the water board
During the three years the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District has wrestled with a less costly way to remove chloride from the Santa Clara River, the water quality board to which it answers has seen a shift in its makeup.
CORRECTION: Petition offers yet another chloride option
Santa Clarita Valley residents will have a chance to challenge a proposal to reduce salt in the Santa Clara River, even if such a plan is selected by local sanitation district officials and approved by regional water quality ones, The Signal has learned.
Longtime security firm owner dies
William Carl Corbett, 71, owner of Copper Eagle Patrol & Security in Santa Clarita, passed away on Wednesday, a family member reported Friday.
Einstein once again appeals to county for SCV charter
For the third time, the Einstein Academy for Letters, Arts and Sciences has appealed to the county to try and overturn a decision by the Saugus Union School District to deny its petition for an elementary charter school.
Flames fully extinguished for Powerhouse Fire
After destroying 30 houses and burning more than 30,000 acres north of the Santa Clarita Valley over the past week, firefighters have successfully put out all active flames from the Powerhouse Fire, a spokesman for the Angeles National Forest said Saturday.
City Council to discuss budget, compensation
Members of the public will have the chance to put their two cents in during a public hearing on the proposed city budget at Tuesday's meeting of the Santa Clarita City Council.
Teaching to keep heads above water
"Kids, this is just pretend," said Los Angeles County Fire Department Battalion Chief Mark Savage over a speakerphone.
Three arrests, two for DUI, at Friday checkpoint
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies made three arrests during an eight-hour checkpoint Friday night in Santa Clarita.
SCV residents invited to get outdoors today
Today is a "fee free" day in the Angeles National Forest, which means no National Forest Adventure Pass is required to enjoy nearby wild lands.
Local districts eye funding
Santa Clarita Valley school officials and state representatives say they fundamentally support proposed changes to the way the state doles out education dollars, but the devil is in the details.
Thirty homes destroyed in Powerhouse
As more and more homes are reported destroyed in the wake of the Powerhouse Fire, crews from Southern California Edison were working Friday to restore power to those that were spared.
Four to vie for the Arts Commission
Four people have put their names into the hat for the open seat on the Santa Clarita Arts Commission, according to a city official.
Spending act passes
Members of the House Armed Services Committee have voted 59-2 Thursday to give the go-ahead to a bill that dictates budget and spending guidelines for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Free day in the National Forest
Today is a "fee free" day in the Angeles National Forest, which means no National Forest Adventure Pass is required to enjoy nearby wild lands.
Military spending act moves forward, includes new regulations on sexual abuse
Members of the House Armed Services Committee have voted 59-2 Thursday to give the go-ahead to a bill that dictates budget and spending guidelines for the U.S. Department of Defense.
