- No Words: Absolutely heartbreaking news to read, after a bedridden 83-year-old woman died in a Castaic home fire and her husband is in the hospital with burns over 10 percent of his body. The Signal
- Core Issues: "They really need to be able to explain how they came to their answer, and that’s being able to explain it to mom or dad at home, being able to explain it to a teacher or a peer in the class." The Signal takes a look at Common Core implementation in the SCV. The Signal
- Cutting Back on Fossil Fuels: After reviewing its portfolio, California Institute of the Arts is reducing its investments in fossil fuels, reallocating about $3.5 million. KHTS
- Looking Ahead for Cemex Fight: As we wrap up a year of, again, no final change in the Cemex outcome, Luke Money takes a look at the road ahead. The Signal
- When Contracts Become 'Term Sheets': "For 19 years they have called it a contract, but now that they want to weaken Val Verde’s argument against an expansion, it is suddenly a term sheet." Val Verde resident Steve Lee writes about how the community's contract with Chiquita Canyon has created roadblocks for residents, while the landfill continues to change its own rules. SCVNews
- Did Metro Gunman Have Loco Motives?: Kudos to the Metrolink passenger who alerted transit deputies that a man on board a train Saturday had a gun. The Signal
- Einstein Decision on the Horizon: The Acton Agua Dulce Unified School District expects to have a decision Jan. 5 on Albert Einstein Academy's revised petition for a charter. KHTS
- Weather on the Way: Forecasters expect we'll be closing out 2014 with a winter wallop that gives way to sunny skies on New Year's Day. Daily News
- New Faces for 2015: Three SCV school districts are seeing a change in leadership in the New Year. The Signal
- SCV Not a Singles Hotspot: Does it really take a WalletHub report to let singles know that SCV is not the ideal city for them? KHTS
- New Grocer Moving into SCV: The big foodie news of the weekend was that Pavilions and a Saugus Vons will be taken over in 2015 by Haggen, a Pacific Northwest grocer chain. I shopped at Haggen while living in the Seattle area, and really liked it, finding it to be a midway between Whole Foods and Vons. Haggen said that employees at the two stores will "have a chance" at employment. It certainly didn't sound like the sunniest of news for the clerk I spoke with at Pavilions the other night, who's been with Vons/Safeway for 38 years. The Signal
Nine years of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
