Category Archives: History

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Posted on December 9, 2011 by IHeartSCV

We’re starting a project and we’d like your help. Soon, we are going to be living Santa Clarita’s 25th year as a city. We have decided to mark this occasion with a countdown of the 25 Most Important Milestones from … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Misc. | 51 Comments

Guess who was at Vasquez Rocks?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Jeff

The one, the only, President Bartlett Martin Sheen. I captured the moment on my new cell phone last night during Discovery’s “Curiosity” show: Sorry the pause symbol is blocking his head; you’ll just have to take my word for it; … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Humor | 2 Comments

Friday Treat

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Jeff

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 | 8 Comments

Name the new High School in Castaic!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Jeff

You may have thought the new Castaic High School would be named Castaic High School. But this is Santa Clarita. Place names don’t mean much here, as Mike’s mental geography exercises have proven. And we like to name our roads, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, History, Humor | 22 Comments

Beale’s Cut Explained

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Jeff

Adorable: Give that boy an A++! Especially love the accent and the simulation of a falling wagon. His film should headline next month’s Cowboy Festival.

Posted in History, Humor, Misc. | 2 Comments

Conan O’Brien blows up a small part of the SCV

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Jeff

A spot for his new TV show, debuting in November, was filmed at Saugus’ famous Mystery Mesa. It’s hilarious: The Deadwrite blog has some history about the Mesa: Mystery Mesa is the name of the spot, and Kimi and I … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Media | 6 Comments

Library Censorship – is it a real concern?

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Jeff

In the ongoing debate over whether the City of Santa Clarita should takeover the three County libraries in town, there has been a subdued but consistent undercurrent of concern about the City possibly censoring books in its collection. Normally, I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, History, Opinion, Politics | 44 Comments

Mystery of Takuyumam Solved!

Posted on May 13, 2010 by Jeff

Dr. John Johnson, curator at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and an authority on the Tataviam and Chumash Indians, writes to us by way of Dr. Alan Pollack, President of the SCV Historical Society about Takuyumam, which I … Continue reading →

Posted in History | 4 Comments

What is Takuyumam?

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Jeff

I found a curious thing on Google maps recently. For the last few weeks, they’ve been labeling, quite substantially, a part of Newhall as “Takuyumam.” Obviously, it’s something related to Native Americans. But unlike other parts of town with Native … Continue reading →

Posted in History | 15 Comments

Developing Valencia: The End of an Era—”The West Creek Saga”

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Venturan

Part Two of a Seven-Part SCVTalk Series, chronicling Valencia’s Final Residential Developments. The story of the greater West Creek development is one of starts and stops.  For perspective, the West Creek project was scoped and submitted to LACo around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, History, Real Estate | 13 Comments