- An off-duty Sheriff’s Deputy assigned to the Santa Clarita Station was killed in a traffic collision yesterday evening. Cameron Glover,27, was riding a motorcycle northbound on McBean Parkway near Granary Square when, “a collision occurred between Deputy Glover and a motorist” who was also travelling northbound. The Sheriff’s Station released a statement saying that Glover was a “great friend, partner, and a fellow community protector.” He is survived by his wife who is seven months pregnant. KHTS, SCV SHERIFFS, LA TIMES
- The two inmates who were caught yesterday after escaping from Pitchess Detention Center never got more than a few miles away from the jail, the Signal says. They were spotted asking people for clothes around Hasley Canyon Drive and Commerce Center Drive. A Sheriff’s Deputy says the men may have escaped while working on the “kitchen loading dock.” SIGNAL
- Also related: Late last night Supervisor Antonovich’s office said the two escaped men were “illegal immigrants,” and not just because they emigrated illegally from the jail. Spokesman Tony Bell said the “supervisor would be calling for an investigation into the circumstances of the escape, including what role the federal government may have played in checking the men’s immigration status.” LA TIMES
- KHTS spoke with the mother who told the City Council about her son’s heroin overdose death on Tuesday evening. She said her son had battled the drug for some time and she thought he was sober the morning she found him dead.KHTS also spoke with Captain Becker who explained that investigating drug dealers takes time, energy and money. He also said he’d be “terrified” if he had a kid in high school now due to the availability of drugs. He said heroin is a new phenomenon in suburban America. KHTS
- The Los Angeles region still has the worst air quality in the nation thanks largely to ozone pollution. Santa Clarita is included in this too, a city official tells the Signal. Heather Merenda, a sustainability planner for the city says that much of the city’s ozone pollution comes from Interstate 5′s cars and trucks. Ozone isn’t visible pollution like smog, if I recall correctly. SIGNAL, LA TIMES
- Awesometown is looking awesome for realtors again? We reviewed these numbers earlier in the week, but the Signal has more detail on March’s positive home sales in the SCV. It appears an Obama federal tax credit is helping to push sales. SIGNAL
- The National Weather Service says the SCV can expect high winds today until about 2 or 3 pm. These winds are like the opposite of Santa Anas,blowing in from the south and the coast, and they are viciously cold says this reporter SIGNAL
- Six Flags is about to exit bankruptcy, says KHTS
- Interview with City official about Bike to Work Day (only about 3 weeks away!). Prizes this year include full bicycles! And Golden Spoon yogurt, gift certificates etc. CITY BRIEFS
- Speaking of bicycles, there is a palpable sense of excitement in the two-wheeled community and NPR has noticed, asking the very provocative question, A National Network of Bike Trails? It Could Happen. Oh yes it could. NPR
- Cam Noltemeyer says we should have a Citizen’s Advisory Group to monitor the cleanup of Whittaker Bermite SIGNAL
- Wisdom of our Elders: Letter writer says that back in his day (a one room school house in the midwest), kids didn’t need a promotion ceremony to go from 8th to 9th Grade. And if it was good enough in his day, doggonit, it should be good enough in our own too, he writes. SIGNAL
- This week’s Time Ranger. 126 years ago this week, two teens stumbled upon a cave and found a “significant anthropological treasure.” What did they find? A bunch of Tataviam items. Which eventually ended up in the Peabody Museum at Harvard. John Boston takes you through the history of the SCV this week WRB
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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