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October 12, 2010 – Daily Brief

By Jeff — Jeff Wilson

  • The body of a black woman “burned beyond recognition” was found at the site of a small brush fire in Castaic early Monday morning according to the LASD. It’s the second charred body found in Castaic since May 2009. The woman’s body was discovered after firefighters put out the small blaze around 5:39 am. SIGNAL, AP, KHTS
  • How the newly adopted State Budget affects local schools: it’s either better than we thought, more of the same, or delays the inevitable SIGNAL
  • Speaking of .edu funding, the Hart District is thinking of creating an education foundation to insulate student programs from further cuts SIGNAL
  • A diesel spill at a Castaic truck stop last week is worse than originally thought, with significant amounts of diesel fuel spilling into Castaic creek, said the Department of Fish & Game SIGNAL
  • Newhall woman gives birth to 7lb 6 oz boy at 10:10am on 10/10/2010. How cool is that? KHTS
  • Dr. Gene Dorio, the senior activist and Mayo employee who was part of the Mayo expansion debate, says there’s some odd restructuring going on at Henry Mayo. In particular the hospital hired a Chief Medical Officer just as it was about to get audited. If you can make sense of US Healthcare bureaucracy, you’re a smarter than me. WRB
  • Excellent Barstow Desert Dispatch article on what Buck McKeon will do if/when he becomes Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. For one, McKeon promises to bring more defense spending/pork to California’s 25th District. DISPATCH
  • Why did Assemblyman Smyth abstain from voting on the just passed budget? VECO STAR
  • More foodie praise for SCV? Last week we linked to a writer who had some nice praise for SCV dining options; this week KPCC interviewed the writer. They’ve got a full radio report here, praising Egg Plantation, Maru Sushi, our Cookbooks Plus store in Old Town Newhall and saying we’ve gone “mad for winebars”; that inspired LAist to try some scones at the Newhall Coffeehouse.
  • Speaking of food, Awesometown blog has one last post profiling the food trucks that will be at Bridgeport on Saturday, October 16 for the OMG Awesometown Food Truck Festival Extreme Edition 1.0 AWESOMETOWN BLOG
  • Dissension in the SCV Tea Party Ranks: Last week Chris Lim, he of Tea Party Roundtable blog, announced that Meg Whitman didn’t rate high enough on his conservative purity-meter for him to vote for her. Well this week, the other Tea Party SCV blogger says he’ll vote for Meg Whitman, despite her flaws. The unity is most definitely not brewing. (ht: ND)
  • The self-loathing SCVers over at the ProxArt blog really like the new Rock Candy record store in Saugus. They advise their readers to go and buy a CD or record rather than purchasing music at a megastore or on iTunes. PROXART
  • Pictures from Los Angeles’ CicLAvia event STREETSBLOG LA
  • Ryan Wolfe, a star Hart receiver and UNLV alum, had hoped to play in the NFL but was cut by the Atlanta Falcons recently. But he’s not letting the dream die. SIGNAL

Comments

49 · as published
  1. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 6:57 am
    ■Why did Assemblyman Smyth abstain from voting on the just passed budget? Because the wind was not blowing in the right direction for Cam. No balls!
  2. john adamsOctober 12, 2010 at 8:09 am
    OMG!!!!! You mean he voted “PRESENT” LOL!!!!!!!
  3. Jim FarleyOctober 12, 2010 at 7:19 am
    Has anyone heard what the existing restaurants in Bridgeport Marketplace (CPK, Sabor, Kibuki, etc) think about the food truck festival descending upon their parking lot? Most weekends they do a pretty good business and the East end of the parking lot is pretty full. This event will have to negatively impact their business. (Or will there be enough people attracted that they will get an overflow and actually inrease their business?). I’m thinking an area away from existing restaurants would have been a better choice.
  4. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 7:33 am
    Yet another dumb idea. The city is subsidizing brick and mortor business all over town so they can keep their doors open, and Awesometown promotes this meals on wheels. Fair is fair, let’s encourage all vendors to join in. I know you can buy fresh fruit ( I think) and tacos from other trucks in town.
  5. Daddy Joe GOctober 12, 2010 at 9:58 am
    I go to restaurants for food and service. Their business is their business, not mine.
  6. MikeOctober 12, 2010 at 7:43 am
    It’s four hours, one night. I’m thrilled.
  7. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 7:49 am
    Spoken like a man with a myoptic view. But this is what we expect from you Mikie. Keep up the good work.
  8. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 7:52 am
    Sorry Mikie myopic view.
  9. MikeOctober 12, 2010 at 7:52 am
    I’d just like to enjoy some delicious food in this valley for a change. Four of the five eateries in that center are crap and the other (Sabor) is seriously overpriced.
  10. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 8:02 am
    I see, well I hope the truck thing works for you. Perhaps the eateries at that location will try harder. I have only eaten at two of the restaurants at Bridgeport, well that is, drank at one and ate at the other. Seems with all the resturants in the city you would be able to satisfy our palate. Try old town Newhall.
  11. MikeOctober 12, 2010 at 8:11 am
    There a few places I like, but I’ve grown tired of most of them. It will be exciting to have some variety, but I expect the crowds to be massive. Looking forward to Ludo Bites & Border Grill.
  12. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 8:24 am
    Sometimes it appear too much was spent to create atmosphere leaving little to assure the food quality. I am told the restaurant business is difficult. I have found the food and atmosphere to be reasonably well balanced (perhaps a liitle overpriced) at The Oaks Grille.
  13. Jim FarleyOctober 12, 2010 at 8:32 am
    I would never defend most of the Bridgeport Marketplace restaurants as high end cuisine. Having become a decent cook on my own I rarely go out to eat. That being said they have a right to a fair market. Saturday evening has to be a big one when it comes to a restaurants thin margin of profitability on a monthly basis. Is this event in this location really the right thing to do???
  14. ScottOctober 12, 2010 at 8:38 am
    At the very least, this event will draw a a lot of people to the marketplace, some of which may have never been to the marketplace anyways. This could potentially bring some new business to the restaurants in the future. If I ran one of the restaurants, I would pass out flyers/coupons, even offer drink specials during the event.
  15. gregOctober 12, 2010 at 9:02 am
    I’m not really understanding the concern people have. The owners/management of the shopping center would have contacted the businesses to make sure they were onboard. Newhall Land does not own this shopping center so its not like they just decided to hold it there and not notify the businesses. The owners teamed up with Newhall Land to do the food truck festival.
  16. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 8:52 am
    Where are people going to get that high margin alcohol that all these businesses would rather be sell anyway? This event will be good for everyone.
  17. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 9:23 am
    The news south of here is that these trucks have become a major problem, so why not introduce the problem to Assumetown! For the following reason turnout will be hampered. Saturday, October 16th 2010 5pm — 9pm Bridgeport Marketplace 23975 Newhall Ranch Road Valencia, CA 91354 Please Note – Cash-only event. No dogs and/or pets will be allowed to enter the event area (due to Health Department Regulations).
  18. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 10:01 am
    “The news south of here is that these trucks have become a major problem, ” Where is this alleged news of a MAJOR PROBLEM? Either way this entitlement mentality that businesses in Santa Clarita never need to have competition is bogus and very un-free market. None of you that are anti-food truck have any hard evidence of any of your claims. I will be going and probably getting drinks afterwards either in bridgeport or towncenter depending on how crowded the places are in Bridgeport and it will be crowded…
  19. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 10:30 am
    You obviously do not watch or listen the news or read the paper. Then again, perhaps you do, KHTS and the Signal, neither of which look beyond the Santa Susana mountains.
  20. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 11:24 am
    can’t provide proof, I understand.
  21. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 11:41 am
    Do your own research.
  22. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 2:43 pm
    I did nothing exists.
  23. Need for Involved CitizenryOctober 12, 2010 at 9:30 am
    Try Thai Pepper in Newhall. Can’t be beat!
  24. Daddy Joe GOctober 12, 2010 at 10:00 am
    Amen.
  25. Dr. Von MonsterOctober 13, 2010 at 3:25 pm
    disgusting. thai pepper is god awful.
  26. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 8:49 am
    So what they aren’t local businesses and it is only one night.
  27. BrookOctober 12, 2010 at 10:35 am
    I heard from the owners of one of the businesses there (talked to him at the Taste of Expo on Friday night) they are involved, so its not some plot to destroy brick and mortar restaurants. [must there always be a plot to destroy people?] I have read a lot of opinions on this food truck matter on scvtalk, and some of you are so negative – how about be a little more open minded, try it out and then decide if you like it or not. Then share with everyone. I have an event already that evening so I am sad to miss it, but if it was anything like the trucks at the Tributefest in May its going to be a tasty night!
  28. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 11:09 am
    You talk to the gal at the dress shop? Not every business at this location is a restaurant. So when you say involved, what doe this mean. Not to worry, the city will stop this before it get to out of hand. If the truck does not have an “A” showing, I’ll pass.
  29. Daddy Joe GOctober 12, 2010 at 11:49 am
    The “A”s are issued by the county, not the city.
  30. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 12:16 pm
    Still gets issued to local business. Does it not?
  31. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 2:45 pm
    more for me.
  32. CastaicClayOctober 12, 2010 at 8:44 pm
    I heard on the radio that besides the food trucks Lennar (NL&F) is going to set up a home sales booth.
  33. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 7:22 am
    ■The body of a black woman “burned beyond recognition” What!
  34. Gang FangOctober 12, 2010 at 9:05 am
    Shock? Confusion? Anger? Disbelief? Sarcasm? Joy? Which emotion from your palette are you painting with here, Cash?
  35. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 9:18 am
    Just surprised at Jeff’s word selection and editorial purview. You know I have no emotion. Evidently, you do. The actual wording from the article. “Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt. Fred Corral says the body is that of a black woman, but no identification has yet been made”.
  36. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 10:03 am
    What’s wrong with what he said… if it was Roger Gitlin he would have said, the body of a Negro Woman “burned beyond recognition”
  37. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 10:28 am
    The body was recognized, is the point.
  38. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 2:46 pm
    I think that was why it was in “quotes”
  39. ToddOctober 12, 2010 at 5:54 pm
    The ability to determine one’s race is suddenly the criteria for “recognition?” Hate to tell you, but the body could be unrecognizable, yet with minor forensic analysis, race can be determined. Thats why they have forensics…. or is that the “new fangled science” that Cash et al don’t believe in….
  40. cashOctober 14, 2010 at 10:00 am
    yet with minor forensic analysis, race can be determined. Your kidding me, right!
  41. DavidOctober 12, 2010 at 9:04 am
    The VC Star story is inaccurate. I looked up the vote online and in fact, Smyth voted against the budget. It is SB 870 for anyone who wishes to take a look.
  42. Art VandelayOctober 12, 2010 at 10:58 am
    Thanks for the info, David. I looked it up, and you’re right, Smyth did vote no. Here’s the link for anyone who wants to see how the rest of the delegation voted: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0851-0900/sb_870_vote_20101007_0457PM_asm_floor.html
  43. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 11:29 am
    Thanks.
  44. Need for Involved CitizenryOctober 12, 2010 at 9:59 am
    Looking at the Crime Reports website, they are showing a homicide on 10/6/10 on the 24800 block of Newhall Avenue in Jeff’s backyard. Anyone know of any details? No mention of it in the local press….
  45. cashOctober 12, 2010 at 10:32 am
    Are you surprised that KHTS nor the Signal have reported this?
  46. Need for Involved CitizenryOctober 12, 2010 at 11:09 am
    Well, since LASD didn’t write up a story (oops – press release)for the local media, I’m not surprised. But you’d think people would be more interested in knowing that a murder occurred in the area than “Teens Getting a Taste of the Business World”…
  47. DamageincOctober 12, 2010 at 7:10 pm
    Wrong
  48. valleynewsgalOctober 12, 2010 at 5:00 pm
    When there is an attempted murder, the only thing CrimeReports lists is the “murder” part. The incident referred to is the stabbing at Hart High School, an attempted murder which was extensively reported by all local media. CrimeReports is responsible for this inaccuracy, not the local media.
  49. SFC PerezOctober 13, 2010 at 3:15 pm
    What of the “Murder” or “Attempted Murder” on Sept 6 across from Henry Mayo Hospital?
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