- Maybe You Can Make a Difference: Do you live in Castaic? Are you civic-minded? There's still time to be considered for one of two seats on the Castaic Area Town Council. KHTS
- Step 1 - Avoid African Bushmeat: Supervisor Mike Antonovich asked for a report at today's Board of Supervisors meeting on the threat of Ebola. KHTS
- Things Are Getting Wild: The drought continues to push wildlife further into the SCV, so be on coyote-watch. (As I mentioned recently, my in-laws almost lost one of their dogs to a coyote a few weeks ago. #TheThreatIsReal) The Signal
- Maybe We'll Be Ok After All?: "Urban water rates would climb. The iconic suburban lawn would all but disappear. Coastal Californians would stop dumping most of their treated sewage and urban runoff from rain storms into the Pacific and instead add it to their water supply." According to a computer, California could survive a whole lot more drought. LA Times
- Do As We Say: "Water bills obtained via the state’s Public Records Act show that in 2013, nearly half of the officials who supervise the state’s biggest water agencies used more water than the typical California household." While calling on he public to reduce water use, some public officials aren't exactly doing the same. LA Register
- Perhaps Typing While Driving Isn't Safe?: It's not just we civilians who have a distracted driving problem. So do emergency responders, who have all manner of communications equipment in their vehicles. Daily News
- TimBen Wants to Know: "The least we could have done was to be straight with the people, told them what happened, and what deal they would actually be voting on. That did not happen." Councilman TimBen Boydston raises questions about Measure S. The Signal
- Salty Talk: The SCV Sanitation District will be asking for more time to build a chloride-reducing plant, during Thursday's meeting of the LA Regional Water Quality Control Board. The Signal
- Does This Really Need to Be Asked?: The Signal is seeking the public's input on how they're planning to survive and carry on in the wake of the plastic bag ban that will surely bring shoppers to their knees. The Signal
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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