- A long-simmering feud between two Canyon Country neighbors exploded Saturday morning when an argument at 3am escalated into gun violence. At the end of it, one 51 year old man was shot dead and his 51 year old neighbor was arrested on murder charges and is in the clink on $1million bail. So what was it all about? Flood lights pointed at master bedrooms and other un-neighborly behavior according to some residents of the street who say the two men hated each other for five years. SIGNAL
- * Gold’s Gym coming to the SCV? A report in the SFVBJ says Gold’s Gym could be heading to the old Borders space in Town Center drive. Also, an eagle-eyed reader finds that the Tilted Quilt, an Pub Eatery that looks like it’s borrowing a page from Hooters, is coming to Town Center (perhaps the old Cafe Melisse space, the cursed home to many a failed restaurant?)
- With the City having successfully divided and conquered SCV communities on the matter of Landscape Maintenance Districts, the Signal sits down for a Q&A with Deputy City Manager Darren Hernandez one day before the City Council tackles the subject SIGNAL
- The “John Newhall” blogger summarizes what happened with the LMD ballot and maps it out for you BLOG
- Myers was right? All four elementary districts and the Hart District are seeing a decline in enrollment, a decline that probably won’t reverse itself until 2015/2016 when new housing projects like Newhall Ranch is built. In 2011/2012 school year, the Hart district has 357 fewer students than last year, which is equivalent to about one entire grade. Are fewer families moving to the SCV? SIGNAL
- Columnist Steve Lopez checks in with a North Hollywood resident who was unemployed for nearly two years after being laid off at his last job. The 46 year old got a lucky break though: he works the floor at Macy’s Santa Clarita earning $8.50/hr for roughly 20 hours a week. He can’t afford the health insurance Macy’s offers and the drive from NoHo to SCV eats half his paycheck but he’s happy to have found work again and the Macy’s manager says he’s an asset to the team. LA TIMES
- Do you remember that other ‘high speed’ rail project that was going to have a stop in the SCV? I’m talking about Marsha McLean’s OrangeLine MagLev train project, which would whisk commuters from the SCV all the way to Orange County at about 120mph on magnetic levitation train tracks. The project has been around since 2002 but no tracks or stations have been built, and I’ve never even seen proposed alignments identified. Nevertheless organizers say the Orangeline is still kicking and could move forward soon. McLean sits on the board of the authority. BLOG
- Nasty: That convicted sex offender who shocked the family of his victim by appearing in their neighborhood suddenly has been barred by state officials from visiting the area. He’s also been banned from a number of local religious institutions, including an evangelical church, a Jewish synagogue, and a Muslim center. SIGNAL
- A 2007 Canyon graduate, who was on the CIF champion Cowboys football team, died after relapsing into heroin use in Las Vegas, according to the Signal. He got mixed up in prescription drugs which lead him to heroin according to his family SIGNAL
- Deputies are looking for a 20-30 black male who is thought to have robbed the Stevenson Ranch Subway restaurant at gunpoint last Wednesday SCVNEWS
- Back in June a 32 year old illegal immigrant was caught by Deputies burglarizing cars in the SCV. He served three months in jail and is now being deported. SCVNEWS
- And finally, a Newhall man was mugged, slashed with a knife and left for dead last week. SIGNAL
- Patrick Hill, a candidate running for the Santa Clarita Community College district board, questions why Scott Wilk is seeking reelection to the SCCD while he preps for a run at the State Assembly. Patrick who you ask? He’s a guy with a patriotic tie! SIGNAL
- Ain’t no party like a Tea Party cause a Tea Party don’t stop: Sharron Angle visiting the SCV tomorrow EVENT DETAILS
- Myers column this week is on Scott Wilk, Pat McKeon and Paul Strickland and the battle for the 38th Assembly District, which promises to be one of the best elections round these parts in years. But the election is not one year away- the primary will likely be in June. SIGNAL
- Gary Horton defends Obama’s stimulus act of 2009, which halted mass job loss SIGNAL
- Amazon likely to release a touch-enabled, color Kindle / iPad killer this week. NY TIMES
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