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By David Hegg I love July 4 and all it stands for. I remember lying on my back in a massive park in Boise, Idaho, watching the magnificent fireworks...
Imagine sitting down to plan the family budget for the year. You set aside money for rent, food, transportation, health care and fun activities. ...
Let’s be honest — this wasn’t an easy budget cycle. Uncertainty from the federal level, looming cuts and divisive rhetoric cast a long shadow....
By David Hegg The great American pastime is no longer baseball, or for that matter, anything even remotely related to sport. No, it is much more...
The final scene in Stanley Kubrick’s dark classic, “Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” ends with Slim...
A criticism of the communist system includes that modern communist regimes are all about diminishing freedoms and squelching any opposition in order...
Every June, as caps fly and diplomas are handed out, our community takes a moment to reflect on the accomplishments of its students and the journeys...
By David Hegg I rarely use this column to advance purely religious or theological ideals. And while this one may look religious, it is really all...
In a dusty western California town, beneath a punishing 120-degree sun, a woman walks alone. Her car ran out of gas blocks ago. She clutches an empty...
As a prosecutor, I really have zero ability to affect, change or control immigration policies. That is controlled by Congress, and because we are a...
On Wednesday, June 11, I attended a not-for-profit board meeting downtown in a building on Alameda Street near Union. This is near where the Waymo...
Happy Post-Father’s Day. One thing’s true: we all have fathers — good, bad, absent, or trying their best. We didn’t get to pick ours....
By David Hegg I recently watched the systematic dissolution of several married couples. All of them were good people and there was no infidelity on...
Let’s start off by saying: In no world is arson, taking over freeways, assaulting law enforcement, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at police...
The recent actions by the federal government for immigration enforcement in Los Angeles have provoked an appalling reaction from hardline criminal...
By David Hegg The straightforward assertions of Thomas Nagel, a tenured university professor of philosophy and law at New York University, in his book...
California is quickly becoming a place where only the wealthy can afford to live. And in Southern California, we feel it every single day. Between...
This past Thursday, College of the Canyons held its annual Scholarship Awards Celebration. The entry lobby of the Dr. Dianne Van Hook University...
I find myself staring at a blank page, wrestling with an unusual case of writer’s block. Perhaps it’s the relentless chaos of this administration,...
By David Hegg Except for those striving to live “off the grid” in the backwoods, we all live in community with at least hundreds of other humans....
We’re wrapping up National Bike Month. What’s been in the news here in Santa Clarita? Heated debate about the plastic-paddle protected bike lane...
Over the past few months, I have concluded that the IRS is clearly imploding. Since biblical times, tax collectors have been hated, so that built-in...
As a survivor myself, and someone who has made protecting victims of crime a focus of my legislation and work in the Assembly, it has been...
By David Hegg On this Memorial Weekend, we intentionally set aside critical time for sincere reflection to “memorialize” those who gave their...
For over 50 years, Chiquita Canyon Landfill has been a cornerstone of Santa Clarita Valley’s infrastructure, responsibly managing the region’s...
On May 12, the House Ways and Means Committee released its recommended tax provisions to be included in the budget reconciliation bill that Congress...
Last week, Microsoft laid off 6,000 workers — most of them coders. That followed last year’s layoff of 10,000 more. Meta, Oracle, Amazon, Google...
Let’s be crystal clear. I just voted yes on Assembly Bill 379, along with 18 Republicans, to create a new felony that protects 16- and 17-year-olds...
Each May, during National Police Week, we come together as a country to honor the courage and sacrifice of the men and women in law enforcement. This...
The Signal editorial board published an editorial in the newspaper Saturday, May 10. It was justly critical of the shameful display by our...
Do you remember “Bizarro World,” the fictional planet first published by DC Comics in the 1960s? Also know as Hrtae (“Earth” spelled...
By David Hegg As a young boy, my dad taught me not to choose the easy path in life. He was a firm believer that anything worth doing would demand...
Many years ago, we had a tragic accident at the corner of McBean Parkway and Arroyo Park Drive. An SUV with a child in the back seat was hit by […]...
I am responding with profound disgust at the improper and misleading 60-second radio ads being broadcast by Secretary of Homeland Security Noem,...
By David Hegg My father-in-law was a hero, although he never thought so. In World War II, he was part of a crew that flew dangerous sorties and...
I am an immigrant to this great country. I moved here in 2012 for work, and since then I have worked hard, respected my host country as a guest, and...
The New York Metropolitan Museum of Art ranks among the world’s greatest. Sprawling across three locations with over 2 million art pieces, it’s...
Here we are again — another day, another thousand “breaking news” stories about our democracy’s collapse. The constant alarm bells have become...
Many families in my district intentionally choose to live in the Santa Clarita Valley for its relative affordability compared to surrounding areas and...
By David Hegg If I have counted correctly, I have written almost 800 columns for The Signal. For several years, I have been privileged to put my...
Carrie and I are in New York City this week, staying across from Central Park, right in the middle of museums, Broadway and sidewalk spectacle. Down...
Beneath the surface of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the communities of Castaic, Val Verde and Santa Clarita, an underground fire has been burning...
By David Hegg If you see our society as I do, you’re aware of a drastic erosion in the laudable virtue of patience. While we expect and demand that...
When I think about the community we live in, I assume that EVERYONE in Santa Clarita, regardless of political affiliation, wants a clean, safe,...
In the halls of Congress and across California’s 27th District, I never take for granted that I serve an incredible community of active service...
By David Hegg We hear quite a bit about hope these days. Everyone wants hope, and every politician and societal leader intends to offer a strategy for...
What makes a city a great place to live and to visit? Why do so many people want to live here in Santa Clarita? As we continue to grow, will […] The...
When I was just 6 or 7, I built my first crystal radio. It blew my mind that I could hook a wire to a tree trunk, plug in an […] The post Gary...
By David Hegg There is a plague in our land that the Centers for Disease Control have no way of handling. It is the plague of divisiveness, the...
In their never-ending crusade to paint President Donald Trump and Republicans as “evil,” Democrats have now taken to complaining about the cost of...