- City Council agenda: It should be a relatively compact meeting Tuesday night when the City Council meets to work on some of the following items: accepting an $131,500 grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety for more sobriety checkpoints, awarding a $401,738 contract to replace an old paseo bridge in Valencia valley, and , last but not least, approving a contract for Ken Striplin, the new City Manager. He'll be paid $220,000 per year + several benefits. That's about $31k less than Pulskamp got paid COUNCIL AGENDA
- SCVNews has more on Striplin's pay, the Paseo bridge replacement and the sobriety checkpoint grant
- The woman who was hit by a Metrolink train Wednesday has been identified: 19 year old Cyrena Becerra, a graduate of Sylmar High and resident of Saugus. Some Signal commenters say they knew the woman SIGNAL, KHTS
- The City of Santa Clarita will roll out a new "hard-hitting motorcycle safety outreach and education program aimed at reducing motorcycle accidents and fatalities," says Mayor Ferry. Ferry says there have been 94 motorcycle crashes and 12 deaths in the last two years; half of them were men in their 20s. SIGNAL
- A 350-400 lb black bear has been roaming upper Bouquet Canyon, knocking over at least one resident's satellite dish and generally making a nuisance of itself. But Fish & Game won't relocate the bear unless it becomes a danger to people SIGNAL
- Residents complain about speeding in Golden Valley neighborhood at forum meant to address Via Princessa road extension SIGNAL
- Proponents of a K-6 Einstein Charter school -the same group that's been denied a charter by just about every local district plus the County office of Education- appear to be preparing to ask SUSD for charter school status again, but this time they've got Cameron Smyth saying he supports the charter. Also they have a Facebook group with 250+ members. WRB, FACEBOOK
- Mike Naoum follows the money on Sulphur Springs' recent $72 million Measure CK Bond SCV BEACON
- The LA Times has an article about Valencia high's new drug-free club for students LA TIMES
- Narco detectives seized 850 pounds of marijuana plants in an Agua Dulce home yesterday SIGNAL
- Big Picture shows you the incredible Paralympics that are happening in London right now BIG PICTURE
- Are local Republicans worried about Ed Headington's message that he is a "purple" Democrat, that he is a candidate who can more effectively get Assembly District constituents what they want because he'd be elected to a majority party? A column about Headington indicates that they are worried about Headington SIGNAL
- Lunch meetup for various SCV blogs and online communities tomorrow at Brick's in Newhall at noon
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