Thanks for the fill-in....I quit taking the "Mighty Sigmoid" after editor Will Fleet (as in "Enema") took it to the left. Besides, we sold out a year and a half ago and got our butts into the flyover portion of California.
Best things the Signal had was "Tell It To The Signal - a/k/a/ TITTS" and John Boston's columns.
I assume San Fernando Road is still the Dust Bowl of the SCV..correcto?
I believe that title is a hold over from the days when Scott Newhall ran the paper. He was a big shot at the San Francisco Chronicle during the sixties, then moved south, bought the mansion in Piru, and took over the Signal.
Scott was noted for his ribald sense of humor, and it often showed up in the paper. Somewhere around here I have a copy of an article on a new librarian moving to the community. The story goes on at some length, stressing her in-depth educational background (which included a PHD in Linguistics), and her reputation for brilliance.
The article include a photo of this nice, respectable looking, middle aged woman, and ran under the headline, "A Cunning Linguist Moves to Valencia".