- A long-simmering feud between two Canyon Country neighbors exploded Saturday morning when an argument at 3am escalated into gun violence. At the end of it, one 51 year old man was shot dead and his 51 year old neighbor was arrested on murder charges and is in the clink on $1million bail. So what was it all about? Flood lights pointed at master bedrooms and other un-neighborly behavior according to some residents of the street who say the two men hated each other for five years. SIGNAL
- * Gold’s Gym coming to the SCV? A report in the SFVBJ says Gold’s Gym could be heading to the old Borders space in Town Center drive. Also, an eagle-eyed reader finds that the Tilted Quilt, an Pub Eatery that looks like it’s borrowing a page from Hooters, is coming to Town Center (perhaps the old Cafe Melisse space, the cursed home to many a failed restaurant?)
- With the City having successfully divided and conquered SCV communities on the matter of Landscape Maintenance Districts, the Signal sits down for a Q&A with Deputy City Manager Darren Hernandez one day before the City Council tackles the subject SIGNAL
- The “John Newhall” blogger summarizes what happened with the LMD ballot and maps it out for you BLOG
- Myers was right? All four elementary districts and the Hart District are seeing a decline in enrollment, a decline that probably won’t reverse itself until 2015/2016 when new housing projects like Newhall Ranch is built. In 2011/2012 school year, the Hart district has 357 fewer students than last year, which is equivalent to about one entire grade. Are fewer families moving to the SCV? SIGNAL
- Columnist Steve Lopez checks in with a North Hollywood resident who was unemployed for nearly two years after being laid off at his last job. The 46 year old got a lucky break though: he works the floor at Macy’s Santa Clarita earning $8.50/hr for roughly 20 hours a week. He can’t afford the health insurance Macy’s offers and the drive from NoHo to SCV eats half his paycheck but he’s happy to have found work again and the Macy’s manager says he’s an asset to the team. LA TIMES
- Do you remember that other ‘high speed’ rail project that was going to have a stop in the SCV? I’m talking about Marsha McLean’s OrangeLine MagLev train project, which would whisk commuters from the SCV all the way to Orange County at about 120mph on magnetic levitation train tracks. The project has been around since 2002 but no tracks or stations have been built, and I’ve never even seen proposed alignments identified. Nevertheless organizers say the Orangeline is still kicking and could move forward soon. McLean sits on the board of the authority. BLOG
- Nasty: That convicted sex offender who shocked the family of his victim by appearing in their neighborhood suddenly has been barred by state officials from visiting the area. He’s also been banned from a number of local religious institutions, including an evangelical church, a Jewish synagogue, and a Muslim center. SIGNAL
- A 2007 Canyon graduate, who was on the CIF champion Cowboys football team, died after relapsing into heroin use in Las Vegas, according to the Signal. He got mixed up in prescription drugs which lead him to heroin according to his family SIGNAL
- Deputies are looking for a 20-30 black male who is thought to have robbed the Stevenson Ranch Subway restaurant at gunpoint last Wednesday SCVNEWS
- Back in June a 32 year old illegal immigrant was caught by Deputies burglarizing cars in the SCV. He served three months in jail and is now being deported. SCVNEWS
- And finally, a Newhall man was mugged, slashed with a knife and left for dead last week. SIGNAL
- Patrick Hill, a candidate running for the Santa Clarita Community College district board, questions why Scott Wilk is seeking reelection to the SCCD while he preps for a run at the State Assembly. Patrick who you ask? He’s a guy with a patriotic tie! SIGNAL
- Ain’t no party like a Tea Party cause a Tea Party don’t stop: Sharron Angle visiting the SCV tomorrow EVENT DETAILS
- Myers column this week is on Scott Wilk, Pat McKeon and Paul Strickland and the battle for the 38th Assembly District, which promises to be one of the best elections round these parts in years. But the election is not one year away- the primary will likely be in June. SIGNAL
- Gary Horton defends Obama’s stimulus act of 2009, which halted mass job loss SIGNAL
- Amazon likely to release a touch-enabled, color Kindle / iPad killer this week. NY TIMES
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Petz has taken some time to answer Patrick Hill’s probing rhetorical question over at http://www.rightonscv.com , do not read it if you are easily offended.
Bruce Fortine protege? Oh no you dint Petz!
Bruce-Gloria -and Hill were sitting real close together in a far corner like they were caught in a room with rabid dogs . Petz didn’t even know that they were GOPers much less the Conservative stripe.
The untold story is the great impression Priscilla Lofton (Sulphur Springs) made. She told her compeling story, her reason for running and undersold her credentials. She walked away with the CRA endorsement and left a very positive impression on the audience.
Okay, I haven’t had my coffee yet because I was wondering when Stevenson Ranch built a subway. D’Oh!
Subway.
Time for coffee!
Valencia Marketplace right by the Starbucks on the Old Road (Chili’s is on the corner). It’s been there for quite some time.
Underground subway is what packman meant at first.
Again with the thumbs down! What, you don’t like my description of where the freakin’ Subway is in Stevenson Ranch?
I swear the first read of the robbery line had subway with a small ‘s’ and I didn’t see restaraunt. I saw Stevenson Ranch subway.
All better now!
Jeff, how can you call that sit down with Darren Hernandez a Q&A? I was looking around on the page for something that said ‘This is a paid advertisement.’ Talk about a fluff piece.
This was probably “channeled” through the use of the internet, from the City Information Medium, Gail Ortiz, to the Signal. The seance probably included Gail, Darren, and spirits with cell phones or email addresses.
Ipad killer… LOL
Even as an Android fan, I find the number of things labelled an “iPad killer” or “iPhone killer” astounding. Nothing is going to kill either of those two products unless Apple manages to do it themselves. They make good quality stuff built specifically for the crowd that wants it and can afford to buy it, and little will change that. What I would like to see is an Android tablet that actually gets the non-iPad market, which means competitive specs for a lower price point. That’s what it’s going to take to sell. Motorola has started to get that with the Xoom with their price cut, but obviously didn’t get that at all at the launch. Samsung has missed the mark completely, at least for the US market, because while their tablet is gorgeous it’s priced at or above iPad prices. Right now Acer seems to be the only one coming close to getting it with the eeePad Transformer. We’ll see what Amazon does…
Custom Android interface (probably better thought out than any Android tablet right now ) + direct pipe into Amazon’s sphere of services and digital products + $250 price point = better value than the iPad.
Like the NY Times article said: it’s probably going to be more Toyota Corolla than Apple’s Lexus, but the Corolla is a big seller.
The closest thing to think of is B&N’s color nook, which has been something of a sleeper hit.
The B&N Color Nook is horrible, especially for the price.
I usually have a pretty low opinion on custom Android interfaces. The stock UI has been pretty damn nice since at least 1.6 and has gotten cleaner/prettier every revision since. Custom interfaces have done little but bog down the processor, drain battery and delay OS update pushes in my experience. The G1, as underpowered of a phone as it was, was fabulous for having vanilla Android that you could dress up as much or as little as you wanted with add-ons, while still getting the benefits of OTA updates quicker than anyone but Nexus owners.
Honeycomb is a damn gorgeous UI – the biggest problem with it is it’s so customizable that most people, who should never be allowed to touch the internal workings of a computer of any kind, will make a mess of it the first time out and leave it looking like the demo units at Best Buy (which are an embarrassment, IMO). The best thing Google could do for that would be to create a few clean home pages with the essential app links and widgets locked down (and kept that way on demo models) and require you to intentionally acknowledge that you want to change the default layout before doing so, to keep the plebes from screwing things up.
The killer thing Amazon will have going for it is deep integration with the Kindle, Amazon MP3 and Video streaming markets, and if rumor holds true and Amazon buys Netflix that will make this tablet a serious competitor to the iPad – not because of its OS, but because of its easy access to content, which was Apple’s real win since the original iPod…
You can’t kill Ipad until you understand why people are buying it… price is just a small factor.
Interesting Lopez piece about the underemployed Macy’s employee. It is just so tough out there right now.
The Hart District (and others) are getting squeezed two ways. First, only a handful of new homes have been built since 2007 to fuel attendance. Second, people are staying in their homes longer. Take the Myers Clan, for instance. In 2007 we had three children in the local public school systems and a mere six years later (2013) we will have none. We will attempt to do our patriotic duty when we move and sell to a family that will fill up our six bedroom house with school age kids.
I can put two families in there to get it done.
Still doing my part. Oldest in college but still have one in Hart District and one in Saugus.
Students at SCVi and AEA count as Hart students, don’t they? So even with those students- some coming in from other districts- they are dropping in numbers. And SCVi grew in numbers again this year.
They don’t count the charter schools. Can I have the “stoner cap” concession at SCVi?
But the API numbers at SCVi dropped again. I just took the tour and looked into it for my own kids. I was offered a slot and turned it down. I think they will need major changes to survive long term.
It’s nice to have choices, isn’t it?
I’m all for choices, but I question if what they are doing will work. I saw kids checking Facebook and playing video games in class in front of the teacher. There is minimal to no homework. The board of directors consists mostly of people in the film/TV industry. I was told teacher turnover is high.
We were going to look at AEA as well. They have great scores but it is a long wait to get in. Plus they have no high school so my kids would have to transfer into Hart at some point. In the end, we left the kids where they are. The school is great but we are having to deal with the standard social issues that develop at this age.
It’s our tax money SCVi uses. If they can perform at least as good as the public schools, then fine. If they can’t pull their scores up, something will have to change.
AEA does actually have a high school. This year it goes through 10th grade and will add a grade each year until they are 7-12. My son attends and we love it.
What is the handicapping on the City Council vote tomorrow to implement (or not) the results of the election? I see Bob Kellar voting no and Ferry voting yes leaving it up to Weste (Ender and McLean excluded by a conflict.) If Weste votes no this is a big slap in the face to the City staff.
Does the council have the discretion to vote this down if the “protest” in the form of ballots does not exist? If so I think you are right in predicting a “no” from Kellar. I predict a “yes” from both Weste and Ferry and the measure passing. Hopefully we can at least learn how the Newhall zone and new 2008-1 zone voted. If those two zones voted a majority “yes” it changes the whole tone of this thing. If they did I would be very surprised.
Seems if they vote yes, they acknowledge the “will of the people” and ignore the unfairness of this as structured by the staff. If they vote no, they acknowledge the unfairness, and will appear to be ignoring the “will of the people” and voting to keep taxes for some higher than they should be. The popcorn sales should be astounding. Dare they reveal how different zones voted? Are they required by law to do so?
SG
This is a Proposition 218 Assessment District election. It is decided by “Special Benefit” to property and not a vote of the people. Voting are property owners with votes weighted (simplistically) by how much property they own.
The outcome I would like to see is; realization by the Council that having both median and non-median landscaping zones in one district, with votes giving some property owners a reduction and annexing others, is simply not a fair way to conduct Assessment District elections.
In this case, Staff has put the council in a very awkward position.
“Will of the property owners” then. I hope you are correct, and they realize the unfairness and act accordingly.
Why are they re-doing the medians on Soledad in Canyon Country? They looked alright to me,
Yes they are required to give access to the election results. It is public information. I’ve been trying to get the results since last Thursday with no success. Apparently they have 10 days to respond to the request. I still have the electronic voting results from the Open Space balloting. This is where we discovered that seven developers were given a huge ballot weight without having to pay the actual assessment. The facts will be known eventually but I would not count on knowing by tomorrows meeting.
Perhaps Natalie Everett should be interviewing you instead of Darren Hernandez.
Since when has been ignoring the will of the people been a problem for the city council?
Jim:
From reports of the last City Council meeting it appeared that Kellar “got” the fact that by combining districts and three different ballots etc., etc. the City had thrown a slider across the plate and gotten a swing and a miss and I see him voting “NO”. That leaves Weste again as the wild card and I would right now handicap that at 60% “YES.”
Actually, there were seven different ballots, five cover letters in the ballot package, the YES votes decreased some assessments, increased others, changed the method of assessment to EBU’s, created new zones, modified others, annexed additional properties into new zones or assessment areas and applied an entirely new tax to those areas, etc.
Given the fact that different properties had different EBU’s there were too many to count possible combinations of ballots.
But for those who got a ballot, which was not everyone in the Santa Clarita Valley, there was a Yes or No vote.
In one of the emails I got from the City it said: ” After concluding multiple Proposition 218 ballot procedures, the City has experienced that most owners want the necessary information to help them make an informed decision, but the ballot needs to get to the point as well. To this end, after considering the information contained in the ballot package, property owners want to make the decision that is best for them, and that usually comes down to “how much more or less will I pay if I vote YES or NO.” …. the customized ballots sent out on July 27, 2011 meet this goal.”
See here for more detail:
http://santaclaritaassessmentballot.blogspot.com/
I am not in this to save 60 bucks BTW.
Library Card: I got a City card this Saturday. I asked if I could choose my own PIN but the employee said “the default is your phone number”. Yes, I understand that is the default, but is there a way to change it from that? Either it isn’t possible, or the staff person was unaware (I think the latter).
Sign on and click on “User PIN Change”
Thanks. So the staff person was unaware\untrained\unable to communicated that…
or all of the above
I see not much has changed since my visit months ago. I’m sure at some point the staff will understand the basic library P&P.
So now Obama wants to raise the tax on billionaires to that paid by the Jews. This president is an outrage..there goes New York and Florida-he holds a real grudge. Hater in chief.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slUq0vNMrPM
Once again, Petz jumps the shark to make a mountain out of a molehill, something out of nothing, Jiffy Pop out of non-existent kernels of corn.
Come on, Petz. You’re more intelligent than that. You show great promise and decorum in your ROSCV posts. Why come over here to slum it with stuff like this? You should be celebrating the “Cain Train” straw poll victory. I know I am as, if Herman Cain is the nominee, President Obama is sure to be re-elected!
Why , because you’d have the first really black president ? Petz fears for Herman Cain because he knows the Dems are out drumming up another Anita Hill. Yes, I fought in that battle.
Stop playing the race card Petz, especially one that you aren’t entitled to.
Whoa. Is Roger Gitlin posing as Petz?
Next we are going to see ads for the student Republicans of Berkely bake sale.
So, let’s say my father was Scotch-Irish with a touch of Cherokee Indian, and my mother is an African-American Puerto Rican. How much will my cupcake cost, please?
First we need to know if the black Puerto Rican mother spoke Spanish as her primary language.
We wouldn’t have the first “really black president” (Whatever that means) because he won’t get elected. And what does “drumming up another Anita Hill” even mean?
I think what happens is you write your articulate ROSCV articles in the morning before your brain has been poisoned throughout the day by listening to your favorite right-wing radio pundits.
What like your show on KHTS ?
Why is the Guru so sure that Cain can’t win? Herman is smart and likeable. He would mop the floor with Obama in a debate.
You have me confused with someone else in the lineup, unless you’re somehow misinterpreting my traffic and weather reports!
If you want to throw us an Obama bone, how about remarking on his “Get out of your bedroom slippers and stop complaining” gaff he made to the black caucus? That’s a very real, concrete example of a discussion that bears intellectual fruit on both sides of the fence. Stay away from Youtube as your news source. It’s like getting your info from the back of a cereal box.
Come on there is so much material on Obama everyday-he is leaving a trail of destruction across the country. The Jewish tax rate was Funny….it reflects a psychological point of inflection for a man who worshiped in the church of Jeremiah Wright…who was married and baptized his daughthers in a house of hate.
I need to take off my slippers and put on some walking shoes.
Well quite calling it the climate change report then.
http://westranchbeacon.com/2010/08/guest-commentary-is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-negro/
This just in: Confirmation that Rush Limbaugh did indeed refer to Herman Cain being the “first authentic black president” if elected today on his show.
Come on, Petz. Stick to your own train of thought. You’re much more intellectual than Rushie.
Did not even listen to Rush today, but Obama is stealing his stuff. Let us not forget that it was the Afro-American community that first the black credentials of Barack Obama.
Obama is racially a mullato-ethnically white. That is just the fact despite his speech mannerisms before the BCC.
Time magazine highlighted this issue years ago-race and skin color make no difference to Petz.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1584736,00.html
So Rush is stealing from Petz now? Well sir, there’s a feather in your cap!
Yes, quote Mr Prager instead since I care for most his views on a certain subject more than Herman does.
“They are objecting to the fact that Islam is both religion and a set of laws, Shariah law. That’s the difference between any one of our other traditional religions where it’s just about religious purposes. ‘The people in the community know best. And I happen to side with the people in the community.”- Herman Cain
“Actually, the Jewish religion is nothing other than a doctrine to preserve the Jewish race.” – Adolf Hitler
“In resisting all government attempts to nationalize them, the Jews build a state within the state” -Count Helmuth von Moltke
“To call this state a ‘religion’ was one of the cleverest tricks ever invented.” -Adolf Hitler
Wow, different times but very similar theme…….
To compare Herman Cain to Adolf Hitler is really beneath you Perez. Man up and cut the crap.
I compared his quotes which are hauntingly similar in context, especially given today’s current environment. I think providing the facts is plenty man enough unless you want to see my bench press
OK, I gotta ask. Why the asterisk on the title today? Was hoping someone would ask so I didn’t have to. Don’t know why it matters, but it does.
Before this thread disappears into the ether, Petz wants to remind everyone that he has long warned this community about the dangers of light pollution-not only destroying the Dark Sky for Astronomy. Light pollution (improper, ineffective and poor placement of articicial lighting) and has long been known to cause problems for human health. It disrupts Cicarian rythmns, disrupts melatonin production, and causes sleep disorders. I do not know who the shooter is, but if it was the person who had the lights shined on his home then I would go for the light pollution defense. More information can be found at http://www.darksky.org
Also evidence that it causes breast cancer and contibutes to global climate change.
Not sure it justifies murder and all, but I’m in complete agreement. Light pollution is heinous. It’s no coincidence that screwing with the lighting in a cell is one of the most effective ways of breaking down a subject of interrogation.
Here is a link for you to ponder.
http://docs.darksky.org/Docs/ida_human-health_brochure.pdf
Petz is a Dark Hugger
Petz should be thankful Perez is 40 and will refrain from school yard jokes, cuz you really set yourself up there hahaha.
So, apparently this drug lord wanted his kids born in Lancaster. Really? Who does that? http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44681741/ns/today-today_news/t/wife-sinaloa-drug-lord-joaquin-guzman-gives-birth-california-hospital/
No comments on the “Tilted Kilt”? I’m hoping it goes over at the Patios with next to Origami Jr., also known as Wokcano. I’d like to see the upcoming Lucille’s BBQ joint go in the spot on Town Center Dr. There is the empty slot where the Argentinian place used to be too, though, next to BJs. Ooh – maybe Tilted Kilt and BJs belong together!
It is going on town center drive across from Brookstones and A&F
in that doomed restaurant spot, where nothing lasts more than a few months and it goes vacant for years.
Lucille’s is going next to Lazy Dog, as far as I can tell.