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October 8, 2012 – Daily Brief


  • A Metrolink train collided with a car carrying semi in on Pine Street in Newhall Saturday night, resulting in three injuries. A woman who was with the driver of the semi says they were lost when their car carrier got stuck on the railroad crossing. SCVNEWS, SIGNAL
  • In Saugus, a 51 year old motorcyclist died Friday night as he was apparently trying to stop his bike possibly due to a medical condition. Deputies say Blair Proulx, wasn't going very fast at the time of his accident. His wife is awaiting medical examiner results SIGN
  • Local escrow company owner indicted by Feds in $1.5 million real estate foreclosure fraud case SCVNEWS
  • McKeon, Rogers, and others showed up at a 'Meet the Candidates' forum Saturday at the Legion Post in Newhall. It was the first time Rogers & McKeon were in the same room, according to Rogers. SIGNAL
  • Dave Bossert & Daily News concede that Buck McKeon has many flaws & failings yet still endorse him for Congress SCV BEACON, DAILY NEWS
  • Meanwhile, a YouTube video called "Moms against McKeon" features an SCV mom who says a vote for McKeon is a vote for polluted air, thanks to McKeon's failure to end Cemex. The video features only one mom. The Rogers campaign did not create the video I'm told. MOMS AGAINST MCKEON
  • Ray Kutlyo, editor of the SCV LTE Facebook group, invites city staffers to contact him off the record to discuss the changes to City Council norms & procedures under consideration by the City Council FACEBOOK
  • Mayor Ferry details City's recent public opinion survey, fails to mention SCVers' fondness for Applebees SCVNEWS
  • Gasoline costs in the SCV are approaching $5 per gallon and the spike in prices could last for a few weeks according to a fuel expert interviewed by SCVNEWS. And on Facebook, a new SCV group shares local prices FACEBOOK
  • COC Football wins double overtime thriller against Antelope Valley College. 123 points were scored in the game COUGAR NEWS
  • Local private Christian school creates school-within-a-school for special needs children. Imagio Dei enrolls 12 kids and is separate yet a part of Trinity Classical Academy SIGNAL
  • SCV History has two more photographs from SCV photojournalist Gary Thornhill. The first shows the rescue of a woman from floodwaters during the epic 1997-1998 El Nion season, the second shows a skull found near Agua Dulce that was thought to be Native American SCV HISTORY
  • Biologists say coyotes are having so much success adapting to life in urban environments that they may be paving the way for larger carnivores like bears and mountain lions to move into cities. A recent study found that coyote pups in urban areas are five times more likely to survive than coyote pups in rural areas LA TIMES
  • Myers with a great column on how local Republicans can't seem to apply their free market ideals to SCV issues SIGNAL
  • Oh the LTE section of the Signal never disappoints. I almost spit coffee on my dual monitors as I read this anti-Home School diatribe. A sample: "I do not mean to dismiss gay lovers. They, too, first fall in love via the classroom setting, not home-schooling." SIGNAL

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October 8, 2012 – Daily Brief

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