Monthly Archives: September 2009

Ride in Memory of Joseph Novotny on Saturday, October 3

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Jeff

As promised, more details on the October 3 Memorial Ride of Silence for Jospeh Novotny, the 42 year old Stevenson Ranch man who was killed while riding his bike in Bouquet Canyon in July: The one hour ride should be … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | 17 Comments

September 21, 2009 – Daily Brief

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Jeff

City releases annexation report that should help west siders decide whether to stay (with County), go (form their own city) or join us here in the business friendliest city in California SIGNAL Las Lomas, the little housing development that couldn’t, … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 37 Comments

A Friday afternoon thought

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Jeff

As I was riding my bike down the revitalized Main Street in LoNe (Lower Newhall) today, I got to thinking about the new vaguely-Scientology Orwellian sounding group called the “Positive Solutions Association.” As I Heart covered in detail, this is … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Politics | 42 Comments

McKeon to host real Town Hall meeting on Health Care at COC

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Jeff

The Congressman will be back in town next Saturday to discuss health care reform and (probably) offer his own take on what should be done to fix the health care system: Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-Santa Clarita) is set … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 9 Comments

The best church in town

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Jeff

Open up the yellow pages to the “chu” section and prepare to be Gobsmacked. Santa Clarita has tons and tons and tons of churches. Mega churches occupying hilltops. Teeny-tiny churches that want to grow up into mega churches but meet in … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc., SCV Religion | 3 Comments

Signal partners with website on local restaurants

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Jeff

The Signal and DiningGuy.com will join together to create video profiles/advertisements for local restaurants the paper announced today: The Signal has partnered with restaurant review siteDiningGuy.com to offer a local dining guide, which went live Wednesday. DiningGuy.com specializes in four … Continue reading →

Posted in SCV Good Eats | 2 Comments

September 18, 2009 – Daily Brief

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Jeff

The City will begin construction on the new Newhall Library as soon as Summer 2010 and demolition of existing buildings may start within a few weeks SIGNAL Murder victim found in Castaic in May may have been a witness to … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 13 Comments

A worthy message

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Jeff

A good message from Assemblyman Smyth. Yes it plays on my emotions and fondness for fury four legged animals, but so what! It should. BTW, he sponsored a bill that would give a small tax credit to people who save … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 7 Comments

A Hearty thanks to Uncle Sam

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Jeff

Congressman McKeon must be upset today. The former leader of the House’s Education and Labor Committee used to have direct input and a lot of influence in how the federal government provided loans to students, both directly through Department of … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Politics | 3 Comments

Recycling electronic junk in the SCV

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Jeff

As a guy in the IT industry, I’ve amassed probably a half ton of circuit boards, monitors, keyboards, media devices, disks, data cables, ethernet cables, remote controls, A/V components, televisions, batteries, UPS systems, and other e-stuff over the last ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | 32 Comments