- Santa Clarita, can you feel it? We’re just over 24 hours away from the opening of the SCV’s 1st Wonder of the World, the Cross Valley Connector! SCVTalk’s own NickelDime will be there, one of the lucky few who will get to traverse this road from start to finish behind the famous Wells Fargo StageCoach. The good news for you is that he is going to try to broadcast live, right here on SCVTalk. Here are the instructions. 1) Around 11am Saturday, visit SCVTalk. 2) Turn your computer’s volume up high 3) Then click here. 4) Return to SCVTalk and watch live as NickelDime boldly guides us into the future of a traffic free SCV. Repeat as needed.
- But not all news can be joyous; indeed, Santa Clarita’s economy isn’t doing so well right now with unemployment climbing to 8.2 percent in the SCV and sales tax receipts for the City of Santa Clarita are way down. But home sales are holding, somewhat, and the office vacancy rate dropped slightly from 18.1 to 16.7 percent thanks to all the massage parlors. Okay that’s not the real reason. For more, head over to Natalie Everett’s thorough report at THE SIGNAL
- Speaking of massage parlors, for the first time ever I received via snail mail a Los Angeles County “NOTICE OF HEARING” mailer about a massage parlor opening in my neighborhood. It says “Notice is hearby given that an application has been made to the Los Angeles County Business License Commission to obtain a Massage Parlor-General SC Business License.” I have counted about four parlors within 2 miles of my house and this is the first time I’ve received notice of one opening up.
- A Valencia High School student has been arrested for “hacking” into the Hart District’s computer system. Details are sparse, but District officials say the student got hold of a password, logged into some systems, changed some things, then changed them back. Once made aware of the breach, the District sent a letter to its employees saying their private information may have been compromised and offered them a year’s worth of credit monitoring to ensure they don’t become identity theft victims. Unknown what charges are facing the student KHTS
- The thievery was decidedly less high tech over at Old Orchard Elementary School, where someone broke into the school and stole $200 of petty cash, a credit card machine, and two rolls of pennies. Yes pennies. SIGNAL
- And over in Castaic Junction, a masked gunman robbed a Jack in the Box restaurant of $900 and fled. No employees were injured DAILY NEWS
- Old Town Newhall Association members don’t just want to make the new library look more western, they want to make it so the entrance faces South down Main Street. The City says any changes could be costly KHTS
- The Hart District will no longer mail report cards home, but will instead deliver report cards to students and follow up with a call to parents. The move could save the district $20,000 in postal costs SIGNAL
- City officials are studying what will happen if Metrolink cuts half the trains servicing the Antelope Valley Line and Santa Clarita. SIGNAL
- An LAPD SWAT officer and Sgt. Major in the Marine Corps was killed yesterday by a roadside bomb in Marja, Afghanistan LA TIMES
- 50% of Californians support same-sex marriage rights, while only 45% oppose it, according to a new poll LA TIMES
- Who is Not a Ferry Fan? SCVTalk finds out
- SCV Man and Woman of the year nominations: Pretty interesting list. I’m pulling for Roger Basham, a great anthropology instructor at COC who taught me to differentiate between Australopithecus and homo erectus. No it’s not as bad as it sounds. Basham is also a good realtor KHTS
- Cool Mexican music concert this evening at the Newhall Community Center KHTS
- John Boston’s Time Ranger column was pretty good this week WRB
- Signal Reader Meter question asks how residents are going to vote, and surprisingly, “At the Polls” is leading. Take that Myers! SIGNAL
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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