- Looks like Supervisor Antonovich has scored a victory by persuading the MTA to spend some of its 30/10 transit money on freeway widening projects in Santa Clarita and other parts of his district. The Signal says the deal requires federal approval, but if it goes through both the 14 and 5 could be widened. The Feds would pick up the tab and the County would pay them back over 30 years through Measure R funds, which was approved by voters in 2008. Elegant plan. SIGNAL
- Placerita Canyon Homeowners now fighting Lyons to Dockweiler road expansion. I thought they were happy with this deal because it pretty much bypassed P-Canyon altogether? The PCPOA was even happy with Master’s College expansion plans because students could use the future road and avoid P-Canyon itself. SIGNAL
- The SCV Domestic Violence Center is facing eviction again over excessive utility bills the group can’t afford to pay. SIGNAL
- On the agenda at next week’s City Council meeting: accepting the results of last week’s City Council race, increasing the scope of work on the Discovery Park site so that the City won’t have to return $152,000 to the County, and, really, not much else. AGENDA
- So the SCV Mayors Prayer Breakfast Keynote Speaker has been revealed. He is Rick Green, a 39 year old Texas lawyer, an evangelical leader of something called the “Wall Builders,” a Tea Party activist, a former Texas legislator, and a recently defeated candidate for the Texas Supreme Court. If that sounds good to you, remember, tickets are only $25 for the Mayors Prayer Breakfast and I hear there’s still gobs of them availableSCV MAYORS PRAYER BREAKFAST
- City closing lanes near Cross valley Connector next week to repair a water leak KHTS
- Canyon Country businessman raises $25,000 to help the mother of the four children who died in that April 11 I-5 crash. The funds will go toward funeral and burial costs SIGNAL
- Valencia woman says the US Post Office returned her Vote By Mail ballot three times. A Postal supervisor explained that the ballot wasn’t being read properly by Postal machines. She’s blaming the Post Office. Did anyone else have trouble? Is she talking about the City’s election or something else? LTE
- I may not understand the significance of this, but my foodie friends are OFF THE HOOK excited about the Los Angeles BBQ Festival hosting its yearly get together in Santa Clarita’s own Central Park in September. The website for the fest says the event will feature “authentic ‘cue from Texas, Kansas City and Chicago in addition to the best BBQ pitmasters from LA.” General admission is only $10 and there will be beer! Mark your calendar and get ready to loosen your belt on Sept. 11 and 12! LA BBQ FEST UPDATE: This festival may be tentative at best. Stand by for more details over the next few days/weeks
- Speaking of Texas things and red meat and cowboys, CITY BRIEFS wants you to know about the yummy victuals available at the C0wboy Festival CITY BRIEFS
- Congressman Buck McKeon’s website was one of 135 Congressional websites honored with an award by the Congressional Management Foundation. McKeon is really getting a hang of this whole internet thing; he’s popular on Twitter, Facebook and now this award. Way to go! MCKEON.HOUSE.GOV
- Bill Kennedy sheds some light on how the plan came together to honor Sgt. Ian Gelig. Thousands turned out to line the funeral route for the paratrooper and Hart High grad killed in Afghanistan in March SIGNAL
- Is Portland Oregon America’s most livable city, or is it just weird asks the ECONOMIST
- Los Angeles Natural History Museum building a $30 million outdoor wilderness on the grounds of the museum campus. LA TIMES
- Graphing the cost of the Icelandic Volcano INFRASTRUCTURIST
- Baby sea lion found on the roof of a Newport Beach home. Authorities have dubbed it “Fiddler.” Get it? LA TIMES
- Signal publishes editorial about “questionable mailers and low voter turnout” from 1960 SIGNAL
- Things to do this weekend: Feeling natural? Lancaster Poppy Festival. Feeling Medieval? Renaissance Fair. Feeling Old West? Cowboy Festival. Feeling sporty? 17th annual Chuck Pontius Memorial Criterium
- Ouch: Letter Writer asks why Saugus district didn’t include Mother Goose in recent “Women in History” presentation to students. Recall that Wonder Woman, Barbie, Rosie the Riveter and Mother Nature were part of the presentation to elementary aged kids. In the interests of diversity, I think they should have included Aunt Jemima too. LTE
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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