- Don't Smoke Hybrid Cars: "Comparing e-cigarettes to traditional ones, one speaker said, is 'tantamount to equating a hybrid car with a coal-powered locomotive, and restricting them as one in the same.'" Luke Money takes a look at the city's discussion of whether to extend city smoking restrictions to e-cigarettes and vape fans. The Signal
- Relay for Life Raises More than $300K: The annual Relay for Life held at Central Park over the weekend raised more than $300,000 for cancer research. The Signal
- Knight's Aerospace Bill Moves Ahead: A bill introduced by Congressman Steve Knight aimed at improving investment in aerospace research passed the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. KHTS
- A Soccer Stadium is the Goal: Major League Soccer is setting its sight on building a 22,000-seat stadium in downtown Los Angeles, to the tune of $250 million. Daily News
- City Makes the Top 50: Santa Clarita was named one of the 50 safest cities in California by SafeWise, at #38, ahead of Simi Valley. SafeWise City Briefs
- Someone Greenlit This Movie: "Members of the rock group KISS use their superpowers to save Magic Mountain from destruction at the hands of an evil inventor in Hanna-Barbera's 'KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park,' an NBC Movie of the Week that debuted October 28, 1978." The band filmed a concert scene for the movie on this day in 1978. SCVHistory
- Arts Commission Not Packing in a PAC Decision: “I think history can show that adding middlemen to anything really just makes the situation messy and uncomfortable." The city's Arts Commission recommended taking more time to discuss potential changes to how community groups can use the COC performing arts center. The Signal
- Court Overturns 'Innocence of Muslims' Ruling: A federal appeals court overturned a ruling that prevented the online posting of the film "Innocence of Muslims." The, um, controversial film was shot here in the SCV (#claimstofame). LA Times
Nine years of the Valley’s town square · 2006–2015
