- The trigger-pulling suspect in the Canyon Country Halloween murder tried to shoot and kill the boy he was robbing of a Nintendo DS prior to shooting Alejandro Torrez, the man who tried to stop the robbery. Jerome McGhee's gun jammed however. The three men will stand trial for murder SIGNAL
- Home sales in the SCV hit levels in June not seen since March 2007 according to the SIGNAL. But prices remain stagnant SCVNEWS
- LA Economic Development Corporation forecasts job growth in the SCV over the next two years, but "much of the growth will come in the leisure and hospitality and retail trade subsectors." SCVNEWS
- That's a new one: three cars struck hay bales in Acton after the bales fell off a truck SIGNAL
- Great profile of four local athletes who will compete in the Olympics KHTS
- Bomb squad called out to Valencia's only gas station after a man placed a Sony box on the ground and drove away. Authorities xrayed and scanned it and the box turned out to be empty WRB
- Neat: new local ice cream shop getting good press as its owners attempt to raise funds on the internet. Scott Berry, one of the co-owners, talked about his idea in comments on yesterday's Daily Brief. SCVNEWS
- Dogs and their companion humans are invited to walk around Bridgeport Park this fall to help raise money for cancer research KHTS
- The rest of the country is under such a heat spell that airplanes have gotten stuck in melted asphalt, highways are buckling under the heat, and water used to cool a nuclear plant in Chicago wasn't so cool anymore at 102 degrees f.NY TIMES
- Dem challenger Lee Rogers questions Buck McKeon's judgment for hiring Morris Thomas as his District director WRB
- Several large military contractors including Boeing and General Dynamics say sequestration cuts to the defense budget won't be catastrophic for them. "When you look at this situation, I understand the danger, but theres also an opportunity. And the smart companies, smart leaders, smart businesspeople know how to take advantage of opportunities," one CEO told a newspaper. This is contrast to McKeon's statements that the sequester cuts will gut US defense capacity THE HILL
- 30 years ago, arsonists attacked the CHP station on the Old Road and set fire to it. They stole a load of drugs and destroyed evidence. TIME RANGER
- First world problems: LTE writer describes garage sale signage wars among neighbors. It's the worst thing she's seen in the SCV since moving here in 1973 SIGNAL
Nine years of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
