Sept. 25, 2014 – Daily Brief — The SCV Talk Archive

Lend a Hand: There's a fundraising campaign going on to help the family of the woman, married less than two weeks, who was struck by a car the other night and is still in critical condition. KHTS
Students Arrested on Child Porn Charges: As many are already aware, two local students were arrested in connection with the summer's "SCV Purge" that saw nude photos of local teens posted on Twitter. The Signal KHTS
The Job Report: With teachers, administrators and social workers back on the job, SClarita's jobless rate fell to 5.2 percent at the end of August, an improvement from 6.3 percent the previous year. SCVNews
Building for the Community: The City Council signed off on on purchasing about 6.5 acres of land to build a new Canyon Country community center. The Signal
The Drums of War: "Buck wished we’d worked out an alternate approach to withdrawing from that Pandora’s pressure cooker we’d opened. But Bush didn’t have a plan, and neither did Obama; and here we go now, marching off to war again." The ever-polarizing and insightful Gary Horton on the current mess in the MidEast. The Signal
Enduring the Meetings, So You Don't Have To: City Council meeting week means anonyblogger I Heart is back with another wrapup. I Heart SCV
What's in the Box?: Despite my neverending joke about how they're missing out by not having Box City as a sponsor, the Box City fundraiser this weekend is a really great program for raising awareness and lending some help. KHTS
Catch and Release Kill: Seal Beach has signed off on trapping and killing coyotes. Which brings up the question of how we're faring here in dorught-ridden coyote country. Last weekend my in-laws nearly lost one of their dogs to a coyote attack in the wee hours of the morning. Are there any other SCV horror stories out there? NBC