Continuing a steady decline that began mid-October, gasoline prices have hit a recent new low in Santa Clarita, averaging $2.263 for a gallon of regular unleaded at neighborhood stations.  However, this is still higher than last year’s early December average of 2.093, according to a survey conducted for The Signal by Randy Cressall, owner of the Valencia Chevron AutoSpa. Information from the Automobile Club of Southern California attributes the decline, in part, to increased oil production, forecasts for a mild East Coast winter and lower seasonal demand.

It is often said football is a game of inches. With rivals as closely matched as the Canyon and Hart football teams, Friday Night's CIF-Southern Section Division II Championship at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Proved every little inch would count toward determining a champion. In the end, that one inch was the distance that kept Hart senior receiver Troy Yudin just shy of the 1-yard-line needed for one last shot at the end zone. Canyon defensive back J.J. DiLuigi got in the way, with a tackle to preserve a 21-13 victory.

At the Board of Supervisors meeting on November 15, 2005, Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich presented a congratulatory scroll to Catherine Nicholas in honor of her selection as one of thirteen Los Angeles County Teachers of the Year for 2005-2006.

Catherine is a life science teacher at Rio Norte Junior High School in the William S. Hart Union High School District. Pictured from left to right are John Krinkel (Principal, Rio Norte Junior High School), Catherine Nicholas, and Supervisor Antonovich.