Monthly Archives: May 2011

May 17, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Jeff

The City of Santa Clarita has changed the left turn signal at McBean and Mall Entrance, the site of last year’s deadly July 4th crash that killed a Newhall mother in front of her familiy. The City says the change … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 129 Comments

New crime site shows when SCVers are most punchy & grabby

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jeff

It seems like crime mapping sites are a dime a dozen these days but a new one caught my eye. Linked to by Bossert over at WRB, CrimeMapping.come lets you select & aggregate crime reports for a given time period … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | 8 Comments

May 16, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jeff

July 1 looms large for City Hall and library patrons, but still much remains to be done in the city’s takeover of the three County libraries. The Signal says the City and County still haven’t come to an agreement on … Continue reading →

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On Flophouses,High Density Life and the lizard brain of the SCV

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Jeff

Live in the SCV long enough and you’ll learn the code words that many in this town use to put down residents of Newhall and Canyon Country who, through circumstance or choice,  live differently than the landed homeowners in Valencia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Complaint Dept., Development | 8 Comments

Petz declares victory in war on unnecessary quotes

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Jeff

SCVTalk reader and earnest conservative Steve Petzold just emailed to tell me he is victorious in his effort to get the City to remove the superfluous and could-be-thought-of-as-ironic-but-come-on-this-is-SCV quotes around In God We Trust on the wall of the Council … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall | 54 Comments

May 13, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Jeff

Sheriff’s Deputies and SWAT team members came up empty-handed after an all-day standoff with what turned out to be an empty house on Cross Street in Newhall on Wednesday. The SWAT team employed tear gas and K-9 and armored vehicles … Continue reading →

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Ian Lamont Out at The Signal-A Short Business Primer

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Timothy Myers SR.

I have taken recently to Chuy’s Wednesday Night Trivia Session with the “Friendly Valley Social Club,” a group of mainly young definitely left of center SCV’ers about the same age as our older children who will listen to me without … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc. | 13 Comments

No Daily Brief

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Jeff

Sorry everyone I just haven’t had the time today…from the moment I woke up until now I haven’t had a spare minute. The DB should return tomorrow. Thanks for understanding.

Posted in Misc. | 95 Comments

Publisher Ian Lamont out at Signal

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jeff

I used to care a lot about the personnel turn-style (perhaps churn-style is more apropos) at the Signal, but now-a-days I only read the following press release with a shrug: Charles Hill Morris Jr., regional manager of The Signal, announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, News, Opinion | 98 Comments

No Daily Brief today

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jeff

Open thread instead- knock yourselves out! Also, I HEART has a run-down of last night’s Council meeting.

Posted in Misc. | 31 Comments