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Category Archives: Environment
Fighting Newhall Ranch from the Advocate’s Perspective
Katherine & Caroline Squires (sisters) made the trek to Downtown LA yesterday to fight the first phase of Newhall Ranch, Landmark Village. Katherine and I once went on a tour of the Santa Clara river valley (I wrote about it … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Economy, Environment
16 Comments
Cul-de-sacking the Beige
Two recent articles have been making the internet rounds and apply to us here in the SCV. The first, from Emily Badger at Atlantic Magazine, is about the history of suburban development and the cul-de-sac and argues that it may … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Environment
54 Comments
One Valley, One Vision a UN Plot. Who Knew?
This letter writer did: There’s a United Nations stealth program at work in the SCV. It is called the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives. ICLEI’s job is to implement U.N. policies in local government. In December 2010, the City … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
8 Comments
Friday Treat
24700, CalArts’ blog, has posted a wonderful video of CalArts being built, way back in 1969, with a haunting/interesting voice over from Newhall Land’s president at the time. See sweeping vistas of the SCV as our forefathers saw it as … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, History
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Fair description
I’m sorry so many posts have been about me lately (indeed, I was mentioned in the Signal today!) but I spotted this description of me from the folks at RightonSCV.com today and just couldn’t pass up an opportunity to comment: … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Environment, Recreation
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No Fracking Way
Good news! The mysterious drilling equipment located in the hills north of Newhall Ranch Road isn’t pulling natural gas out of the ground, it’s actually putting natural gas into the ground: Despite concerns raised online and in local media reports … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, News
2 Comments
Valencia Fracking, ctd
A reader sends in a spy shot of one of the structures in the hills north of Newhall Ranch Road thought to be part of a natural gas hydraulic fracturing operation: After thinking about this some more and reading all … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Economy, Environment, Opinion
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So hydraulic fracking is occurring in the SCV?
The Signal avoids using that word in its Page 1 above the fold story, but if the description of expanding natural gas production & storage on land north of Newhall Ranch Road isn’t fracking, then I don’t know what is: … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Environment
26 Comments
The best place to visit at this, the best time of the year
April and May are the best months of the year in the SCV weather-wise. Warm days, cool evenings, even clouds regularly float lazily over the SCV this time of year. It’s also a great time of the year to visit … Continue reading
Posted in Environment
2 Comments
LA or AV? – SCV caught in the middle
The Signal asked a great question in its Sunday editorial on redistricting: Because of our relatively low population here, our valley merits about one-half of an Assembly district, and about one-quarter of a Senate district. So we will be teamed … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Economy, Environment, Humor
14 Comments