- Thousands attended the opening of the Newhall Library Saturday on Main Street. The event was so crowded, officials had to queue visitors up in order to not pack the library with more visitors than is allowed by code. More on the library opening later today SIGNAL, SCVTV, SCV BEACON
- And just like that, WalMart Market at the Patios is off the table: Westfield has decided to delay "discussion of design changes for a Walmart Neighborhood Market at Valencia Town Center," according to the Signal. Mums the word on why they've pulled their item from the Planning Commission, no hint on when or if it will return SIGNAL
- 19 year old line cutter jumps down water slide at Hurricane Harbor and falls off, injuring himself and earning a trip to the hospital ABC 7 , KHTS
- Castaic Union School District urging residents to vote for Measure QS, a $51 million bond that would "modernize school facilities, upgrade technology and allow the district to spend its general fund to keep teachers as much as possible." SIGNAL
- Great article on how competitive private schools are in the SCV. Whether you're Catholic, evangelical or secular, there's a private school in Santa Clarita for you, and they're growing. So why do we need charter schools again? SIGNAL
- Neat: A BBC reporter interviewed Leon Worden, Allan Pollack, and EJ Stephens about the "culture of riding the rails (hobo style) in the Old West). The interview occured at the Saugus Train Station FACEBOOK
- Simi Valley residents are upset that they are in the same Congressional District as SCV & AV. Well, not SCV specifically, with one Simi person remarking, "We do share some demographics with Santa Clarita but not Palmdale/Lancaster." VECO STAR
- Scott Wilk won the endorsement of both the Ventura County Star and the Daily News this weekend. The Daily News cited his public service & private sector experience while the Star says Wilk is a "fiscal conservative who recognizes there are important things the government should do." That's code for he's not a Tea Partier. DAILY NEWS, VC STAR
- Buck McKeon has received the most defense industry contributions of any member of Congress DEFENSE NEWS
- George Runner, serial government employee and tax collector, borrows a page from Grover Norquist and says "It is fast becoming necessary to stop sending money to the state capitol in order to force legislators to live within our means." He was speaking to a group of SCV Republicans SIGNAL
- Speaking of the state, Gov. Brown signed two controversial laws this weekend: the first would allow young illegal immigrants to get a Driver's license while the second would ban gay-to-straight therapy for minors. "These practices have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery," he said of the latter LA TIMES
- Some 400 people slept outside in cardboard boxes in Bridgeport to raise awareness of homelessness this weekend SIGNAL
- Bossert endorses Scott Wilk SCV BEACON
- Myers with a brilliant column on the strange case of Eric Yee and the impossibility of law enforcement's position SIGNAL
Nine years of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
