- A little boy from Castaic is in critical condition today after his father found him inside a washing machine last night. The boy's dad says he simply fell into the washing machine. No age on the boy but he was apparently breathing afterword. Crazy. SIGNAL
- Perry Smith goes deep on the controversial Einstein charter with a good part 1 piece about how boosters of the K-6 charter school -denied a charter just about everywhere else- convinced Acton/Agua Dulce to grant them a charter. KHTS
- High speed pursuit of a 20 year old male on probation begins in Santa Clarita after the suspect flew down Highway 14 and I-5 at over 100mph in a stolen Toyota Avalon. He made his way into the SFV before the CHP executed the awesomely-named and awesome-to-see "pit maneuver" and successfully arrested him. KHTS
- Meanwhile, over at the Signal, collisions between cars and people on bikes just seem to happen, like in the passive voice, with no one seemingly at blame. "A cyclist received minor injuries after a crash involving two cars and a bicycle on Golden Valley Road near Centre Pointe Parkway," says the lede. SIGNAL
- Really what is the deal with the SCV and rabid bats, plagued-squirrels and other creatures with diseases? A full one third of the rabid bats found in the county this year were found in Santa Clarita Valley. KHTS
- The City will host its third annual Heroin Kills anti-drug symposium at the end of the month. Not only that, but they've invited the SCV's counterparts from Ventura County, Thousand Oaks and Simi Valley, to the same symposium because those communities also have youth who die from heroin overdose or opiate pill abuse. No word on if the DEA will be on hand . KHTS
- Miscarriage of justice: LAUSD teacher from Valencia who was found in possession of child pornography gets off with a misdemeanor, 3 years probation, and he won't even have to register as a sex offender. SIGNAL
- Neat: Mike and Molly of the popular CBS show, will perform at the PAC next week to benefit a local charity. SIGNAL
- Signal asks for your input on who the 51 most influential people in the SCV are. And by influential, they mean: “Influential” extends not just to political influence but influence in all areas of Santa Clarita Valley life. Who are the taste and style makers in the Santa Clarita Valley? Who influences our children? Who influences charitable and social roles in the Santa Clarita Valley? Who influences the quality of life in the Santa Clarita Valley? As you see, influence can be seen and felt in a wide arena of Santa Clarita Valley life." I nominate Nikki, the girl who does the shopping videos for Westfield and schools her clueless bro boyfriend on how to dress, Valencia-style. SIGNAL
- LTE writer says we should keep our water from Ventura, pump it up somewhere, then let it filter down and it'll some self-cleanse. I still like Ferry's idea of damning up the river and drying out the Heritage Valley, Mulholland-style. Make the entirety of the 126 corridor look like the Owens Valley. SIGNAL
- TIME RANGER on SCV Telephone history: "On this date, Pacific Telephone enlarged its switchboard from 11 to 14. The upgrade was designed to accommodate 250 more telephones in the valley by year’s end. I’m guessing we probably add that a day now. There were already about 2,000 phones in the valley in 1953 — more than triple the number at the end of World War II. Glutton for more phone trivia? Locals made an average of 7,378 calls a day. In 1943, we made about 2,000 calls a day, but that was with a government-mandated “talk-rationing.” I wonder how you dialed back in those days? Did you say like the street name and then the number? And isn't it funny how, 7 decades later, we're still dependent on phone numbers? There's at least a dozen ways to reach me, all very easy, but a lot of my stuff & accounts are still tied around a 10 digit phone number. TIME RANGER
Nine years of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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