Monthly Archives: June 2011

June 17, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Jeff

Driver, fleeing from police, slams into gas station at Sierra Highway and Newhall, starts fire and causes awning to crash down. The driver and his passenger suffered serious injuries but were saved.  ABC 7 A Canyon Country couple in their … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 16 Comments

Hmmm goats…that’s a new one

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Jeff

I was just thinking it’s been awhile since we had some exotic/strange disturbance making travel over the Newhall Pass difficult. SCVTV to the rescue! What’s next? No seriously, like what could possibly top goats prancing around in the Newhall Pass? … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc. | 11 Comments

No brief

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Jeff

You’re not missing much anyway.

Posted in Misc. | 6 Comments

Newhall Library Site Plan & Update

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Jeff

City Briefs posted a neat aerial shot of the Newhall library site that instantly made me think back to what the site used to look like. Here’s how the site appeared on June 2: and how it appeared just a … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Development, Shameless Newhall Boosterism | 4 Comments

June 15, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Jeff

OVOV gets adopted on a 4-0 vote, more on districting, what’s the deal with the early closure of the Canyon Country library and did the City Council want to kill hundreds of SCV dogs as some anonymous email stated? City … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 28 Comments

Summit Vigilantes Fail!!

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Timothy Myers SR.

In a hastily called press conference self appointed members of the Committee of Vigilance for the Summit Homeowners’ Association Bill Reynolds and Cam Noltemeyer sheepishly admitted that they failed to detect a den of burglars and drug abusers living right … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor | 8 Comments

Uncomfortable

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Jeff

The burglary ring bust story has really taken the SCV by storm. I saw people discussing it on Twitter, Facebook, and of course here. It’s a troubling story and it seems to be making people uncomfortable. The story that’s emerging … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | 5 Comments

June 14, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Jeff

16 people, ranging in age from 18 to 50, were arrested at two locations in Newhall and Valencia last week after Sheriff’s investigators uncovered a large theft ring responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in retail, commercial and private … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 77 Comments

June 13, 2011 – Daily Brief

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Jeff

One Valley One Vision final approval set for City Council meeting tomorrow night. The City’s portion of the sweeping general plan was open for comment for about 150 days according to the SIGNAL How will the vote go? 5-0? 4-1? … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 32 Comments

Digesting the districts, volume 2

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Mike

Last week we took a magnifying glass to some of the working maps that were released to the public by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission. I made some estimates of what we could expect from these districts, in terms of … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics | 6 Comments