- Tsunami of new foreclosures expected in 2010 as some 4 million homeowners are 90 days or more delinquent on their mortgage payments. 2.4 million are expected to lose their homes, even though there’s a federal program now to reduce foreclosures. The hardest hit states will be California, Florida and Nevada LA TIMES
- Locally, the economy may have leveled out with unemployment holding at 7.4% in December and housing projects slowed, but not stopped. The City’s Jason Crawford says filming in the City of Santa Clarita brought $22 million into the local economy in 2009, an increase of 14% SIGNAL
- 10 years to the day after 18 year old Marcus Lellan drove over 100 mph on Soledad, ultimately causing a crash that killed three teens and one man, the Signal catches up with the parents of two of the boys, brothers Tim and Daniel Renolds. SIGNAL. Also, InsideSCV had a feature article at the 5 year anniversary of the crash. I’m trying to find out what happened to Marcus Lellan- he was sentenced to 8 years in prison, so where is he at now? At least one site says Lellan -originally from Denmark- was a victim of “xenophobia” and police misconduct.
- A 47 year old dentist and Stevenson Ranch resident was driving his Lamborghini through Bouquet Canyon on Sunday when he lost control of the vehicle at 40mph, slammed into a tree and died. KHTS
- SCV International charter school wants to nearly double its enrollment and add a 9th grade. Some 1000 students may eventually attend the school in Castaic. SIGNAL
- In other school news, the Hart District is looking at spending $10,000 to facilitate communication about Castaic High School KHTS
- A Southwest airplane en-route to Burbank from Las Vegas had to make an emergency maneuver on Saturday in order to avoid colliding with a smaller airplane, the LA TIMES says. I see Southwest planes over the SCV several times a day
- Local non profit performance groups get assistance from the City so they can afford to put on productions at the COC PAC SIGNAL
- Buck McKeon to beat up on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act one year after it was signed into law. He’ll be at the AV Equipment Rental site on Railroad Avenue in Newhall today at 1:45pm. AV Equipment’s workforce is half the size it was when the Recovery act passed he says in his press release
- RUMOR ALERT: Trader Joes is collecting zip codes of shoppers again, according to one faithful reader. When queried as to why, the TJ’s clerk said they were looking to expand in either Newhall or Stevenson Ranch. They last collected zip codes when they were pondering a move to their current location
- Speaking of McKeon, the Moms over at SCVMOMSBLOG live-talked about the Buck McKeon conference this weekend and both said that while the breakout sessions were really compelling and useful, McKeon was a tad “patronizing” toward the women. They also touch on the Jesus Christ invocation. Good chat as always from SCVMOMSBLOG
- Castaic Lake Water Agency adopts a wait ‘n see approach to Governor’s big water infrastructure plan SIGNAL
- WalMart competes with Whole Foods for local and/or organic produce? Yes, and then some a writer for ATLANTIC finds out
- Don’t miss the exclusive maps and images NickelDime posted yesterday detailing Newhall Ranch SCVTALK
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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