- Back and Forth: "We’re tired of this going back and forth and back and forth. We have a trajectory moving forward and that’s where we’re going. That’s where I believed we were going and I don’t want to step backward.” Some water quality officials are less than enthused about plans to go back to the drawing board after complaints about the potential location of a deep well for chloride cleanup. The Signal
- Guilty, Guilty, Guilty: An SCV man faces more than 100 years in prison after being convicted of raping his daughter numerous times. KHTS
- Accused Baby Murder Pleads Not Guilty: The man charged with killing his 19-day-old daughter pleaded not guilty this week. The Signal
- Weighing in on Newhall Ranch: As the future grows closer, residents have a chance to weigh in on the plans for the initial phases of the Newhall Ranch project, including a Town Center-style development. SCVNews
- Hitting the Brakes: The Sheriff's Department wants to remind people that, hey, street racing is illegal and, you know, dangerous. SCVNews
- Eyes on the Future: When county Supervisor Mike Antonovich terms out this year, his longtime chief of staff (who started as an intern in 1981) is planning to pursue his seat on the Board. The Signal
- Buy the Ticket, Take the Tour: Tomorrow morning, Frank Rock will lead his celebrated tour of the St. Francis Dam disaster, starting at the Saugus Train Station before heading to the dam site. By all accounts, well worth the price of a ticket for a window on our valley's past. Historical Society
- You Are Being Watched: "Yet every morning when you put your cell phone in your pocket, you're making an implicit bargain with the carrier:'"I want to make and receive mobile calls; in exchange, I allow this company to know where I am at all times.'" Read and excerpt from Bruce Schneier's book on where your personal data is going, and feel a bit shook up. Gizmodo
- Long Story Short, Be Prepared: A new U.S. Geological Survey report finds California has increasingly powerful earthquakes in its future. WaPo
- Lest We Forget: "But when I used to look out of our door, I would hear people crying. I would hear mothers, fathers, children saying, ‘I’m hungry, I’m thirsty.’” In a museum in the San Fernando Valley lie the bones of Armenians who died in a far-off desert during a genocide carried out by the Turks 100 years ago. Daily News
- Bigger Concerns: "After nearly 60 years of water injection and fracking, plus steam injection, there has yet to be an earthquake attributed to that." Local history buff Darryl Manzer, who knows a few things about oil drilling, opines on the outrage over placing a deep injection well on the westside. SCVNews
A decade of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
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