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October 28, 2011 – Daily Brief

By IHeartSCV

  • Two two-wheelers stolen.  The first, a pricey mountain bike, was snatched from its owner’s garage by three men in a truck.  A witness gave chase and had his/her car deliberately rammed by the thieves in the process, reports Carol Rock at KHTS.  The second, a motorcycle, has been recovered.    Deputies arrested the alleged thief with an assist from Walmart employees.  THE SIGNAL
  • College of the Canyons goes after students who evade fees and cracks down on financial aid fraud.  Together, fee evasion and fraud cost COC a little over $1M last year–at least before a collections agency worked to recover a majority of outstanding fees.  The Signal‘s Tammy Marashlian reports on fees and fraud.
  • Congressman Buck McKeon delivers an impassioned, emotional message to the congressional super-committee charged with reducing the deficit: don’t hurt defense in the process.  AOL DEFENSE
  • Teenage bride Courtney Stodden continues to generate notoriety for being kicked out of Lombardi’s pumpkin patch because of “inappropriate attire and behavior.”  In an interview with Dr. Drew, she and her 51-year-old husband describe SCV moms as being jealous of  her role as Pumpkin Patch Princess. DAILY MAIL
  • Crazy car accidents, teenage girls wielding switchblades and lopped-off legs are  just some of the grisly sights awaiting you on your weekly ride through SCV history with John Boston.  TIME RANGER at WRB
  • Finally, it’s easy to get your Halloween fix this weekend.  TONIGHT: Newhall Community Center’s Haunted Mansion.  SATURDAY: For you west-siders, Halloween Festival at Richard Rioux Memorial Park; Golden Valley High transforms into Horror Valley High School.  SUNDAY: SCV Sheriff’s Department hosts Haunted Jailhouse, a perennial favorite; Day of the Dead Celebration at Eternal Valley Cemetery will be a somewhat graver affair.

Comments

35 · as published
  1. MikeOctober 28, 2011 at 8:22 am
    You bring up an interesting topic. Translated properly, the title of the movie should be “Bicycle Thieves”, but I think “The Bicycle Thief” is a much better title.
  2. PetzOctober 28, 2011 at 9:07 am
    Petz just finds it rather depressing to see communities and schools celebrating death and depravity.
  3. ToddOctober 28, 2011 at 9:24 am
    Acutally, we’re celebrating life and being still among the living. We’re celebrating community. We’re celebrating the concept having fun and a good time. I guess those are things that are incompatible with Petz’s world. Ok, I’ll give you… the 18+ celebration of the ability to dress up like a slut doesn’t necessarily need “celebrating.” But I still encourage it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPPsf-Mi8FY
  4. Mr PerezOctober 28, 2011 at 9:34 am
    Hahahaha, I posted this on my FB yesterday. Girl is waaay funny! Petz, are you the parent who protested Halloween being celebrated in schools but pushed massively to get Christmas celebrated and then claim there is no Creeping Canon Law in America?
  5. iMagicOctober 28, 2011 at 12:22 pm
    Petz celebrates Jesusween –> http://jesusween.com/
  6. Your Web GuruOctober 28, 2011 at 1:03 pm
    Jesusween suggests you hand out bibles instead of candy. I’m going to combine the two and hand out candy-flavored bibles. They will consist of a hard candy old testament combined with a soft, gooey new testament.
  7. Your Web GuruOctober 28, 2011 at 10:12 am
    Here ya go, Petz: http://jesusween.com/
  8. iMagicOctober 28, 2011 at 12:22 pm
    I didn’t see this!
  9. CCOctober 28, 2011 at 12:38 pm
    Petz rules are just another attempt to take the “life” out of living.
  10. 4eyedsueOctober 28, 2011 at 12:45 pm
    well- definitely the fun out of it. We are dressing up for a carnival at Church on Sunday- and the kids get to dress up for school on Monday! Anyone dressing up as The Pumpkin Patch Princess this year?
  11. Mr PerezOctober 28, 2011 at 4:15 pm
    She said all you SCV moms were just jealous of her underage hotness and the fact her husband is older then yours lol
  12. iMagicOctober 28, 2011 at 9:36 am
    Pumpkin Patch Princess wtf? Courtney Stodden is a douch bag.
  13. Phil EllisOctober 28, 2011 at 10:41 am
    But a cute douch bag.
  14. ToddOctober 28, 2011 at 12:16 pm
    Whats a douch bag? Anything like a douche bag? And while we’re at it, a line from my friend Adam Corolla: “Isn’t it worse to be the douche nozzle than the bag?”
  15. iMagicOctober 28, 2011 at 12:23 pm
    Which is the worst type.
  16. 4eyedsueOctober 28, 2011 at 12:10 pm
    meh- I’m not jealous of her. I was 17 once… and my guy was younger and hotter than her guy. Heck- I’m 47 now and my guy is STILL younger and hotter than her guy!
  17. mikeOctober 28, 2011 at 10:11 am
    and before I forget, welcome to SCVtalk, IHeart. Nice debut.
  18. Need for Involved CitizenryOctober 28, 2011 at 12:05 pm
    Phil: A while back you told me how to change my library card PIN. Thanks for that. When I checked out a DVD last week, my changed PIN wouldn’t work. I got the person working there’s attention and said my PIN isn’t working. She asked if I was using the last 4 digits of my phone number and I said no, I changed it but I was putting the correct one in. She checked me out at the desk and I saw my information which included my changed PIN. Unbelieveable that someone’s actual PIN would show up on the general staff use computer. Computer security 101 says PIN’s and passwords should never be visable – not even to the security administrator. They should only have the ability to reset one. I wonder if anyone from the City’s IT department checked out LSI’s system?
  19. Phil EllisOctober 28, 2011 at 12:12 pm
    I had a pin problem when the library was under the control of the County and they were able to look it up while I was sitting there. Perhaps pin numbers aren’t as important at the library. The last four numbers of my phone number are known to many. But I am not paying for any “lost” books that I didn’t check out.
  20. ToddOctober 28, 2011 at 12:19 pm
    I don’t believe Library Card PINs are required to be masked under the “red flag” rules. DOB, SSN, DL# and CC#s are, but other than that, no. Or let me put it to you like this: The system I part-time administer is like that. And we’re compliant with federal and state law (per our recent audit) so unless something has changed.
  21. JohnOctober 28, 2011 at 12:35 pm
    Todd “we’re compliant” & “our recent audit”?? Do you work for the city or LSSI?
  22. ToddOctober 29, 2011 at 10:42 am
    No, but I work for another government entity not part of Santa Clarita, or COLA.
  23. Phil EllisOctober 28, 2011 at 2:32 pm
    Todd, I, too, don’t think that library pins are included in the GLBA privacy rules. I just did a quick check and came accross an interesting story that I had never heard before. You may find it amusing. http://epic.org/privacy/glba/victoriassecret.html
  24. Phil EllisOctober 28, 2011 at 2:35 pm
    Todd, from the Seattle Library: http://www.spl.org/using-the-library/get-started/your-account-pin-and-privacy
  25. iMagicOctober 28, 2011 at 1:21 pm
    Turns out Muffin-gate was false. http://www.justice.gov/oig/reports/plus/a1143.pdf & http://mediamatters.org/blog/201110280020
  26. Running4CouncilOctober 28, 2011 at 5:03 pm
    Hi Everyone, I am a long time SCV resident and I’m running for City Council. My campaign slogan is “Im not an imcumbent” First order of business: Securing our border with Palmdale/ Lancaster Second order of business: No throwing good looking women out of pumpkin patch ordinance, yes I know all about private property rights but we strong armed the folks in Downtown Newhall right? And took over the library system with little resistance! JOIN ME SCV’ers! I do have some serious Republican Chops. See below.. 1. I have a bronze statue of Petz in my backyard 2. Never served in the Military 3. Guns are ok 4. Inventor of the plastic bag 5. Cut down trees in my yard for better view 6. Scowl at greenpeace while going into Whole Foods to buy red meat! 7. I never visit Newhall after 8:30 8. Fox News is on at home and KFI in the car ALWAYS! Sorry…Im having Jeff withdrawals…
  27. MikeOctober 29, 2011 at 12:02 pm
    Promise to gift the statue to the library, and I can’t see how you lose the race.
  28. PetzOctober 29, 2011 at 5:57 am
    One really isn’t surprised when they recognize that the giggest Halloweenies come from the pro choice side of the political aisle. But let’s not dwell on this. A number of churchess are offering safe, sane and fun alternatives to the macabre celebrations we find around this family community. Find one one page 7 of today’s Signal. As for Petz he will light up his yard, offer a small game of skill, bring out the telescope for a peek at the crescent Moon, hand out pocket Constitutions and American Values cards along with Milky Way bars.
  29. 4eyedsueOctober 29, 2011 at 7:02 am
    oh geez! I hope Lucy is sleeping outside tonight. Maybe get another dog too.
  30. Your Web GuruOctober 29, 2011 at 7:27 am
    Petz, only you would politicize Halloween…a celebration which originally combined the Celtic new year (Samhain) with All Saint’s Day, which was endorsed and initiated by Pope Gregory. In the 16th century, Christian village children celebrated the vigil of All Saints’ by doing the Danse Macabre. The Seven Brethren whose grizzly death is described in the seventh chapter of the deuterocanonical book of Second Macabees is also said to have resulted in children dressing up in grizzly costumes to signify these deaths. Since you’re so politically opposed to this celebratory union, perhaps you will condemn other pagan/Christian unions such as Christmas day (A combination of pagan yuletide celebration and the birth of Christ…Which did NOT occur on December 25th) and Easter. Easter, which commemorates Christ’s death and resurrection, also celebrates the end of Lent (by those unholy idol-worshiping Catholics), as well as the pagan celebration of fertility (Hence the obsession with bunnies and eggs). The origin of the word “Easter” referred to the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. As for me, I’m just going to have fun…And maybe sneak into Saugus and turn on someone’s garden hose when he’s not looking. TRICK OR TREAT!!
  31. LindaOctober 29, 2011 at 8:07 am
    The milky way bar and the telescope view should mollify potential pranksters. For all your curmudgeonly and pedantic political professions, you are all caramel in the middle, Petz.
  32. Your Web GuruOctober 29, 2011 at 9:02 am
    Indeed. Petz and I might fight like a couple of old men at a nursing home fighting over the best window spot, but I’ve also seen the softer, gooey-er side of him as well. Perhaps your pocket constitutions you’re handing out on Monday can be made of chocolate, though? I’d stop by to pick one of those up!
  33. NateOctober 29, 2011 at 10:52 am
    Can I still smash your pumpkin?
  34. PackfanOctober 29, 2011 at 10:54 am
    This is a free country, as long as you live by “their” rules! Petz would love living in a Borg collective. There is no individuality. How boring.
  35. Your Web GuruOctober 29, 2011 at 2:33 pm
    Resistance is futile!
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