- EPIC chain reaction crash on the 14 near Escondido Canyon Road involving 19 vehicles and 18 injuries. SIGNAL Reported yesterday here real time but more details now available.
- Fire erupts in the heart of Valencia in the San Francisquito Creek-bed near Newhall Ranch Road. SIGNAL Firefighters suspect illegal fireworks, but commenters suspect a homeless camp or underage smokers (of what?).
- City Council unanimously (with the mysterious abstention of Laurene Weste) approves purchase of new books etc. for behemoth Newhall -destined to be an Apple flagship store- Library. SIGNAL Article compares Newhall and Canyon Country library collections, a possible tell that the Valencia branch is not long for this world? Newhall Library is scheduled to open September 29.
- Holy waiver of policy Batman! Signal generally disallows LTE's extolling local businesses (it is advertising after all) but one slips through on Green Thumb Nursery inexplicably. SIGNAL
- Chris Sharp pens interview with McKeon challenger Dr. Lee Rogers. WRB Campaigns have gone to silent summer mode as is usual, but will they actually heat up towards August?
- Dave Bossert piles on to the Signal for their criticism of TimBen Boydston and their seeming lapdog behavior with respect to City Hall. WRB Our friend is not just whistling when he talks about epic battles between the Signal and the City in the past. Signal reporting and opinion making in the late 90's went a long way in scuppering the City's attempt to buy Santa Clarita Water (not a good idea) and a battle with then City Manager George Caravalho over the publication of City salaries arguably tipped over dominoes that resulted in the open bidding of the trash hauling contract and Mr. Caravalho's eventual dismissal.
- Most of our accident victims end up faceless, unknown and forgotten by the general public, but SCVNEWS provides some details on the life of the young man killed in the motorcycle accident earlier this week in a followup story. SIGNAL
- Posting this brief poolside at the Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel on Oahu. Myers Clan (abbreviated edition) is getting ready to bail from here and go to Pearl Harbor and then to the Disney Aulani Resort for the remainder of our trip. Jeff W. should be back online soon, returning from his European journey recently.
Nine years of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
