- Guilty: "We applauded the prosecutor and the jurors. The jury was crying. I couldn’t believe it.” It took a jury about two hours to find Eric Earle guilty of murdering his girlfriend in 2011. He faces 25 years to life in prison. The Signal
- SCV Woman Sentenced for Manslaughter: A little over a year after the incident, an SCV woman was sentenced to four years in prison after the car she was driving struck a motorcyclist who died in the hospital. The Signal
- Money Matters: Among the defense companies likely to benefit from Congressman McKeon's amendment to arm Syrian rebels in the fight against ISIS are top lobbying spenders Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon. National Law Review
- Investing in Canyon Country: On the City Council's agenda for Tuesday night is the possibility of signing off on the $4.75 million purchase of about 6 acres near Soledad and Sierra for a Canyon Country community center. Agenda
- But What About Roundabout Statues?: The City Council is also poised to OK a $75,000 contract with the San Diego-based Cultural Planning Group, to develop an arts master plan for SClarita. According to CPG's proposal, "the five identified issues for consideration are public art, arts funding, the Newhall Arts District, arts facilities and the creative economy." Agenda
- City Eyeing a Deal: Come Tuesday night, the Council make OK a $1.8 million check for 114.2 acres of open space near Towsley Canyon. That's a significant drop from the potential selling price of $3.5 million in 2009. Agenda
- Brown Ups the Credit: Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law yesterday an increase in annual film tax credits aimed at stemming runaway production, to the tune of $330 million a year. LA Register
- Prepare for Disaster: The city is offering a few disaster-readiness classes this month. Always worthwhile here in Quake Country. KHTS
- I'll Just Dump This Here: "They voted to remove their own First Amendment rights in all matters concerning the dump. So if the smells in Val Verde from the dump are bad, or after expansion they reach Castaic, the Town Council can’t complain or it will lose hundreds of thousands of dollars." Darryl Manzer continues to write about the ongoing saga of Chiquita Canyon's intent to expand the landfill it operates just across the freeway from Santa Clarita. (And, in case you forgot, only about 20 percent of its trash comes from Santa Clarita Valley.) SCV News
Nine years of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
