- Driver, fleeing from police, slams into gas station at Sierra Highway and Newhall, starts fire and causes awning to crash down. The driver and his passenger suffered serious injuries but were saved. ABC 7
- A Canyon Country couple in their late 50s has been missing for nearly a week but authorities don’t think there was any foul play involved KHTS
- Buck McKeon named “Porker of the Month” by taxpayer advocacy group over our Congressman’s pushing of defense earmarks -despite the earmark ban!- totaling $600 million. A McKeon spokesperson defends the Congressman and says it’s “a matter of interpretation .” Really, you’re trying the “That’s not fair, it’s much more nuanced than that” defense against the Tea Party? PAPER
- Dems pass budget, only to see Governor Jerry Brown veto it less than a day later. SIGNAL Our own Cameron Smyth appeared on Warren Olney’s Which Way LA? program to discuss WHICH WAY LA
- The Coalition for Suburban communities group that’s coordinated by Scott Wilk has a new petition up asking residents to urge the redistricting commission to put Newhall back in with Buck McKeon’s district. COALITION, SIGNAL, SCOTT WILK COLUMN
- Underlining that UCLA study about the shift from the suburbs to metro areas, a CBS 2 report today talks to a construction company worker whose firm used to “almost exclusively” build homes in Santa Clarita but now has shifted to building multi-family dwellings in city areas CBS 2
- SCV school districts will rehire at least 25 teachers they laid off in May according to the SIGNAL
- Maybe we don’t need libraries after all: This weekend, the SCV libraries will officially close and Santa Clarita won’t have any public library service at all for nearly two weeks (save for Castaic and Agua Dulce). In two weeks, the City of Santa Clarita will take over. So what are book lovers to do in the meantime? Set up their own book exchange by sitting outside the Valencia library SIGNAL
- More about the Lyons Avenue Corridor Plan on CITY BRIEFS
- Our old friend Berta Gonzalez Barbier now blogs for the folks at RIGHT ON SCV and she’s got a post saying that the (unspecified) complainers in our valley lack ethics. RIGHT ON SCV
- Meanwhile, Cam Noltemeyer opens fire on the recently approved One Valley, One Vision general plan over at WRB
- And Roger Gitlin, who doesn’t even live in the SCV anymore, exposes Obama’s master plan to drive the cost of housing down so low that illegal aliens will be able to buy your home. No seriously he really believes that “There is a strong likelihood the buyer of your modest home in a quiet suburban neighborhood might very well be an illegal alien and extended family.” WRB
- The Senses event on Main Street last night was fantastic. Hundreds of people of all ages just hung out on Main Street, danced, laughed, drank, ate food and socialized. Businesses like the Rep, the Theater Guild, Roger’s Newhall Bike shop and the new wine place all kept their doors open past 10pm. Growing up here, we never had such events in the SCV, and I find myself a bit envious of the early 20 something crowd who were clearly having a great time. I had more fun than I usually do at a Concert in the Park. Next month’s theme is a “Beach Party” so be sure to stop by.
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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