Category Archives: Daily Brief

Sprouts store a success on first day with “lines of shoppers backed up through the store with shopping carts full of purchases,” says the SIGNAL. Also don’t miss SCVTalk’s own Mike review the store. “My early guess is that they’ve found … Continue reading →

As College of the Canyons fall semester kicks off, more than 7,800 of its 23,000+ students are on wait lists for important classes, The Signal says. COC has had to cut 14.4% of its classes due to the budget situation … Continue reading →

Jim Holt continues his chloride in the Santa Clara river with a great piece explaining the Regional Water Quality Control Board : what it is, who sits on it, how you get to be a board member, and more. There … Continue reading →

Wasting no time, the City is set to notify the County that it will assume control of SCV libraries and execute its contract with LSSI. Also, some more details on that special 1997 library tax approved by the County. KHTS … Continue reading →

More on the Library takeover: The Signal notes the “public outcry” over the library takeover, but also quotes Laurie Ender who said “I know there were people in the room that were not happy, but there are (278,000) people in … Continue reading →

The City of Santa Clarita Council voted 4-1 last night to takeover the three County libraries in the SCV from the County and outsource their operation to LSSI, a library services company based in Maryland. The Council chambers were packed … Continue reading →

A 14 year old girl was assaulted by an unknown man while walking toward Central Park on Saturday night. Deputies say the girl was pushed up against a tree and the man tried to kiss her, but he fled when … Continue reading →

Jim Holt visits Dixon, a farming community in Central California that, like Fillmore, has been fined $220,000 for excess chloride in its water. Holt talked to one farmer who laughed and said that farmers dump excess chloride into the California … Continue reading →

Romero Canyon home and property owners don’t want to see a Castaic High school built in their area and are lawyering up. Also, it appears Larry Rasmussen, the property’s owner, was a bit too eager; LA County says he doesn’t … Continue reading →