- Laurie Ender says Frank Ferry is the “strongest person she knows” and she hopes everyone will give the Ferry family “the love and support they need and the privacy they deserve.” SIGNAL, DAILY NEWS
- OVOV discussion continues tonight before the City’s planning commission. Traffic and land use, two of the most controversial parts of OVOV, are on tap KHTS, SIGNAL
- Cracks are forming, ctd: Even as more County residents visit and make use of libraries during the recession, the County library faces a $22 million deficit per year, aging buildings, and defections of Citys like Santa Clarita from its system LA TIMES
- The City won $82,000 judgment against a “prolific tagger” named “B!” at juvenile court last week. B! has performed over 280 graffiti acts around town and now has a felony on his record CITY BRIEFS
- What’s next? Peacock feathers? In the latest incident of semi trucks carrying interesting things crashing on our freeways, a semi truck carrying milk crashed on I-5 in the Newhall Pass during Sunday night’s rainstorm. “But no milk was spilled,” said the CHP. And thus there was no reason to cry. HAHA! SIGNAL
- Help and money is pouring in for the family whose house burned down over Thanksgiving, says the SIGNAL
- The Daily News says the plastic bag ban in unincorporated Los Angeles County will be confusing for residents in places like Santa Clarita, where shoppers can easily hop, skip, and jump from City to County territory without knowing it. Obviously, SCVTalk readers know precisely where they are at all times vis a vis The Border of City/County so this doesn’t apply to us DAILY NEWS
- Supervisor Antonovich is now Mayor of Los Angeles County and will hold his first meeting as Mayor this morning KHTS
- Temporary winter shelters aren’t just a fact of life in the SCV; the LA Times talks about one over the hill in Sylmar built out of an old military armory LA TIMES
- Long and interesting profile of Buck McKeon in The Hill, a congressional newspaper. In it, McKeon reveals his favorite book, something called “The Key to Life’s Golden Secrets,” and says he often reads motivational books. He talks a bit about his time as an LDS missionary, a BYU student, and, of course, his approach to national security matters as he prepares to take the helm of the House Armed Services Committee THE HILL
- Assemblyman Cameron Smyth, recently sworn in to his last term in the State Assembly, will continue as Republican chair of the Local Government committee. He and another Assemblyman have introduced a bill to dissolve the City of Vernon VECO STAR
- 69 years ago, forces of the Empire of Japan attacked US military bases and personnel in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Hear the original radio broadcast here, and view some incredible pictures here. Recently an old camera with never-before-seen photos of Pearl Harbor was found. You can see those pictures here. Only a few hundred survivors of the attack remain today.
- Good “Democratic Voices” column in today’s Signal from John Zaring about the purpling of the SCV and 25th District, though you wouldn’t know it from last month’s election results. SIGNAL
- Kevin Korenthal says that if you like the internet or technology, thank your nearest rich person and don’t raise his taxes SIGNAL
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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