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May 18, 2012 – Daily Brief

By IHeartSCV

  • Last evening, a motorcycle and a rental van collided, killing the motorcyclist.  The collision occurred at the intersection of Rutherford/Decoro.  The name of the 39-year-old man who perished in the crash has not yet been released.  SCVNews
  • Was it arson?  Investigators are turning their attention to the cause of a fire at a home on Piedros Drive yesterday, but there are few additional details.  LADailyNews  Another report adds that there may have been connections to a burglary.  SIGNAL
  • Opponents of Cemex mining face a further setback.  House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings recently met with Santa Clarita officials and residents.  He said that land swap legislation to prevent mining of sand and gravel in Soledad Canyon amounted to an earmark.  As such, the swap is banned by House rules.  SIGNAL
  • Discussions of Cemex, the budget, and state legislation are scheduled for the next meeting of the Santa Clarita City Council.  AGENDA
  • Only 30 spectators and three of four candidates (everyone but Buck McKeon) showed up for a primary debate in Simi Valley yesterday.   Pithy headline: “25th Congressional debate lacks something: the incumbent.”  VCStar
  • Yesterday–which happened to be Bike to Work Day–a collision between a bicycle and a car occurred near American Ave/Valencia Blvd.  The bicyclist did not require hospitalization after the incident.  SIGNAL
  • It appears that mail processing currently carried out in Bakersfield will be moved to a center in Santa Clarita in early 2014 (there had been some equivocation about consolidating in the recent past).  USPS representatives explained that mail volumes are too low to justify the current number of processing centers.  They hope to avoid many layoffs since more than half  of processing center employees are eligible to retire.  KHTS
  • During the 2012-13 school year, three Hart District schools will have a different schedule one day per week to accommodate staff collaboration and development.  Hart and Canyon High Schools typically have a 7am first period, but the school day won’t start until 8:50 for students on Wednesdays.  At Sierra Vista, students will be released an hour early on Tuesdays.  According to Tammy Marashlian’s report, teachers and staff like the change, but some parents are finding it difficult to schedule around.  SIGNAL
  • If you’re looking for something to do at 11am today, head over to Canyons Cougar Stadium.  Thousands of students will assemble to set a new world record for the largest drum circle.  Spectators are invited.  CityBriefs
  • Sometimes, art exhibits are given awful names.  In unrelated news, a collection of photographs showcasing Santa Clarita bridges is opening at Town Center; it’s called “Beauty is a Bridge.”  SCVNews
  • Dante Acosta interview posted today around 10ish

Comments

17 · as published
  1. PetzMay 17, 2012 at 11:10 PM PT
    Who knew that Stevenson Ranch was located so close to a commercial compost pile ? Mount Bandini.
  2. Phil EllisMay 18, 2012 at 12:02 AM PT
    Petz, better Mount Bandini II as the one in Stevenson Ranch is not the original. Do you remember the commercial that was filmed at Bandini I
  3. Phil EllisMay 18, 2012 at 12:00 AM PT
    If you can’t make the drum circle you can watch it at: rocktherhythm.org or http://events.influxis.com/chat.html
  4. ToddMay 18, 2012 at 12:04 AM PT
    Re Drum Circle: Will there be patchouli, weed, and hackey sack? Is it required that I not shower before attending? Ahhh college memories….
  5. Phil EllisMay 18, 2012 at 12:14 AM PT
    College is like Woodstock – if you remember it, you weren’t there.
  6. MrPerezMay 18, 2012 at 6:03 AM PT
    Uh no, my 7th graders band is participating. Wrong kinda circle Todd
  7. Phil EllisMay 18, 2012 at 7:38 AM PT
    Did they break the record? I had to go to a meeting before the 5 minutes was up.
  8. lvogelMay 18, 2012 at 12:15 AM PT
    Speaking of fire, did anyone smell fire around 1:30 this morning? We’re around McBean and Singing Hills, and the smell woke us up. We went outside to investigate, but didn’t see anything. Not a pleasant smell.
  9. MrPerezMay 18, 2012 at 6:04 AM PT
    Usually when there is an unpleasant smell in my house around 1:30AM it can easily be traced to my dog…
  10. lvogelMay 18, 2012 at 8:06 AM PT
    LOL….yeah, know that smell. Though my dog’s farts smell like roses. No, this was actually a fire smell. Our bedroom windows were ajar, and even when we went outside it was pretty strong. Just didn’t see the smoke.
  11. Jim FarleyMay 18, 2012 at 12:21 AM PT
    Yet another motorcyclist killed in the SCV. This one was prety close to home. My wife and I were on our normal evening walk at this time and knew something was up due to the traffic diverted through the Northbridge are and the high number of emergency vehicle sirens. When we crossed the paseo bridge over Decoro we could tell there had been an accident but had no clue yet that it was the next motorcycle fatality. Our hearts go out to the family of this young man of 39. I was in the minority of actually liking the lane restriping on Decoro a couple of years ago. The wide bike lane and single vehicle lane in each direction tended to keep speeds down. Would that striping configuation prevented this accident? One has to wonder.
  12. ThomasMay 18, 2012 at 6:51 AM PT
    What I found interesting was over 1 hour after it happened, I saw 2 Sheriff’s deputies responding code 3 to the incident. There was nothing going on so no need to go code 3.
  13. mikeMay 18, 2012 at 1:50 AM PT
    Like everyone else, I’m not buying Buck’s story on Cemex. Buck has enough juice to make this happen and Hastings’ determination that this is an earmark is quite a stretch. But far more ridiculous is Buck’s assertion that he’s been fighting this since 1999. Buck didn’t do anything of note to fight this mine until Tom DeLay resigned from Congress. Back before we had things like SCVtalk and I was generally disconnected from the world of SCV politics, I found, while reading something unrelated, that Tom DeLay’s brother was the lead lobbyist for Cemex. Buck was a loyal DeLay soldier to the very end (and donor to his legal defense fund). I remember fuming for years that Buck wouldn’t lift a finger on Cemex, and I was convinced the DeLay connection was the reason. So roll the tape: DeLay announces his resignation on April 4 and then, magically, after seven years of “fighting”, Buck McKeon introduces his Cemex bill on May 26.
  14. ToddMay 18, 2012 at 2:21 AM PT
    Ahh Tom DeLay…. model congressman.
  15. MikeMay 18, 2012 at 3:19 AM PT
    Rogers press release the morning nails it, too: http://www.leerogers2012.com/2012/05/18/press-release-mckeons-cemex-excuses-are-not-concrete/
  16. Phil EllisMay 18, 2012 at 5:56 AM PT
    Does the House have the ability to “suspend” its rules?
  17. ToddMay 18, 2012 at 7:36 AM PT
    Always has, often does.
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