Here's hoping you and yours had a nice Christmas, and were able to enjoy some rest and relaxation. And now, some news.
- Finding a Home: Bridge to Home, which operates the winter shelter in the SCV, has joined an initiative to find permanent housing for 100 individuals and 50 families over the next few months. The Signal
- Winter Rolls In: Christmas brought high winds, chilly temperatures and even some power outages to the area, with the possibility of rain early next week. The Signal Daily News
- SCV Teen Chef to Compete on TV: 13-year-old Jimmy Warshawsky of Santa Clarita is set to compete on MasterChef Junior, starting Jan. 6 on Fox 11. He'll be the second SCV youth to compete on the show, as last season's group included Natalie Jawher of Stevenson Ranch. KHTS
- Fight the Winter Chill With This: Get your blood boiling with this scattershot piece by Betty Arenson that places the tragic deaths of two NYPD officers in the lap of the President. SCVNews
- Healthworks Keeps Growing: Valencia-based US Healthworks continues to expand, with the addition of four more occupational health and urgent care centers (three in Orange County, one in Georgia), bringing its total to 222 facilities in 19 states. The Signal
- Expanding the Demographic: With the release of its Model X, Tesla is adding the much-needed SUV category to its offerings, in addition to courting more women motorists. Daily News
- Who Doesn't Like Free?: If you've got an iPad or Kindle that could use some more content, Open Culture has curated a bookmark-worthy list of some 1,400 free books, movies and more. Gizmodo
- Changes in the System: "There will be more spoiled ballots, more mistakes, more people that miss the publicity about the change and are confused about their votes." Luke Money takes a look at changes coming in 2015 to how local elections are conducted. The Signal
- Perception is Everything: "A Times investigation last summer found that the LAPD significantly understated the city's true level of crime when it misclassified nearly 1,200 violent crimes from a recent one-year period ending in September 2013." Reclassifying crimes from serious to minor can have a major impact on the city's crime statistics. LA Times