Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies escorted Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel to Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital on Thursday evening following reports of a baby found not breathing, according to Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesman for the SCV Sheriff’s Station.  Deputies were dispatched to the 24000 block of Lyons Avenue at approximately 7:27 p.m. on Thursday, Jensen said. They then helped escort the baby to the hospital, and the baby was doing well at that time, Jensen said.  Supervisor Michael Pittman with the Fire Department confirmed that one transport was made to ..read more

A single goal separated Hart Indians boys’ lacrosse from its first-ever Foothill League championship.  Midway through the fourth quarter, all tied up, Hart found its answer as senior Tate Fuller drove in hard and found junior Blake Osoria, who hit the quick-turnaround, league-clinching goal.  Hart’s Blake Osoria (13) runs with the ball during Wednesday’s game at West Ranch High School on April 24. Habeba Mostafa/ The Signal Hart held on to its one-goal lead until the close and secured the 8-7 win at West Ranch and a co-Foothill League championship on Wednesday.  The Indians’ def ..read more

Teachers within the Saugus Union School District demonstrated their desire for a salary increase at Tuesday’s governing board meeting ahead of the union’s contract expiring in June.  According to Saugus Teachers Association President Carleen Shute, the union has asked for salary increases of 7.5% in November before dropping that demand down to 3% in its latest proposal. The increases would be retroactive to the beginning of the school year.  “Our Saugus teachers deserve a cost-of-living adjustment so we can show up rested and focused on being the best teachers we can be,” Shute wrote ..read more

School cleanliness was the biggest issue that Sulphur Springs Union School District students cited in a survey sent out by the district to help create the 2024-25 local control and accountability plan.  The survey, conducted in March, saw 58 transitional kindergarten and first-grade classes submit responses as well as 3,590 individual responses from students in grades two through six.   Of those responses, 50% of the former group disagreed with the statement, “I feel my school is clean,” while 48.5% of the latter group disagreed with that statement.  Parents were presented ..read more

Recently unsealed court records offered a glimpse into the events surrounding a June 1 shooting and how investigators can try to piece together what happened with cell phone records when those involved aren’t cooperating.  The victim was a passenger in a black Chevrolet truck near an entrance to Mulberry Mobile Home Park in the 25000 block of Hawkbryn Avenue when two suspects “wearing ski masks, armed with semiautomatic pistols,” approached their car parked south of Wabuska Street.  The suspects fired into the truck, striking the victim twice in the torso, and then fled the area in a ..read more

After 51 years as a local school board member, Joan MacGregor announced at Wednesday’s Santa Clarita Community College District board of trustees meeting that she is planning to step down.  She said in a phone interview on Thursday that she will not carry out the final two and a half years of her term and will likely submit her resignation in July.  “It’s just time for me, personally,” MacGregor said, adding that she is very proud of her service. Previously a member of the Sulphur Springs Union School District governing board for 20 years before spending the past 31 years as a truste ..read more

News release  Two classic one-act comedies written by the late James McLure are coming to The Main in Old Town Newhall for a two-weekend run starting May 10.  The plays tell the story of a small 1970s Texas town from two very different perspectives.   In the first play, “Laundry and Bourbon,” Elizabeth, Hattie and Amy Lee share a daily tradition of sipping bourbon, folding laundry and swapping local gossip about the men in act two.  In the second play, “Lone Star,” the audience meets the men of the same town: Roy, his younger brother Ray, and Cletis. They are set up ou ..read more

A man was taken into custody on suspicion of assault with a firearm Thursday morning at the 31000 block of Castaic Road, according to Sgt. Keith Greene of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  According to Greene, deputies received a call at 9 a.m. reporting a man pointing a gun at a person. Although it was not a pursuit, California Highway Patrol officers conducted a traffic stop and arrested the suspect, according to Greene.  Neither CHP’s Newhall office nor CHP Traffic Management were available for comment.  There was no additional information regarding the suspect or ..read more

News release  The Acton Agua Dulce Arts Council is inviting entries for its upcoming art exhibition, “Creature Feature.”  The entry deadline is May 5 and the show is scheduled May 11 through June 30 at the TAADAA Art Gallery at Picasso’s Playmates, 33330 Santiago Road, Acton.   This is a juried art exhibition, with a theme of any living creature. The subject can be any creature, from insects to whales. It can be two-dimensional, with mediums such as oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, charcoal, ink, photography, or mixed media, or three-dimensional, such as sculpture, carving ..read more

News release   On May 2, California Institute of the Arts presents the annual CalArts Expo, an institute-wide event featuring interdisciplinary creative work from the CalArts community, ranging from current students to internationally renowned faculty and alumni creators.  Highlighting the creativity of the CalArts community for over a decade, the event has fostered an environment of immersive, personal, and communal spaces for exhibition and performance, according to a news release from the Valencia arts university.   Audiences will experience CalArts Expo 2024 throug ..read more