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April 13, 2015· santaclarita.com · SantaClarita.com (SCVTalk 5.0) · Wayback capture

April 13, 2015 – Daily Brief

By Josh Premako

  • Details on Off-Duty Shooting: The off-duty LAPD officer involved in a shooting on Rainbow Glen Drive two weeks ago is a veteran of the gang and narcotics division. The Signal
  • A Little Less Pain at the Pump: With summer on the horizon, gas prices are continuing to drop. Of course, who knows what we'll be looking at by the time your summer roadtrip rolls around. The Signal
  • Cellphones Could Provide Quake Warning: “We’re kind of in an earthquake drought in California. It’s not just a water drought. We haven’t had that many big events to test it on, which is a good thing for everyone except for seismologists." The U.S. Geological Survey, Caltech, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University of Houston and Carnegie Mellon University-Silicon Valley collaborated on a study that proposes a cellphone-based early warning system for earthquakes. Daily News
  • Caltrans Complaints: The Signal's editorial board takes Caltrans to task over its notifications of possible freeway closures recently. The Signal
  • Paying Tribute to Community Builders: The annual Silver Spur award dinner paid tribute to the Newhall family's contributions to the growth of the Santa Clarita Valley. SCVNews
  • Hats Off to Teachers: The SCV Education Foundation will salute the hard-working educators of the community at this week's 31st Teacher Tribute. The Signal
  • Ummm...: “They get the shot, that night they have a fever of a hundred and three, they go to sleep, and three months later their brain is gone. This is a holocaust, what this is doing to our country.” Robert Kennedy Jr. is not a fan of vaccines. SacBee
  • Common Ground: They may have different opinions on how to make it happen, but legislators on both sides of the aisle are finding common ground in the area of infrastructure needs. The Signal
  • Returning the Favor: Now a lobbyist, former Congressman Howard "Buck" McKeon has gained as a client one of his former contributors, defense contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne. Sunlight Foundation
  • The Memory Remains: "You had a great community out here and now it's gone." Two decades after it became clear the water in Hinkley was contaminated with a cancer-causing heavy metal, there's still a struggle for closure. LA Times


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