Category Archives: News

Summit Seals-A Quiet Victory for the Perseverance of Rationality

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Timothy Myers SR.

Remember the big topic one year ago in the SCV?  Would a handful of crazed, yet relentless cranks finally end the Summit Seals youth competitive swim program by effectively denying team access to the Summit’s large community pool?  We ran … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion | 7 Comments

Another good reporter gone from The Signal

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Jeff

Jonathan Randles, the talented and sharp crime/courts/politics reporter at the Signal, is moving on. He wrote a letter to us on SCVTalk: This message is to let you know, but to really let Petz know, that my final day reporting … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, News | 38 Comments

Publisher Ian Lamont out at Signal

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Jeff

I used to care a lot about the personnel turn-style (perhaps churn-style is more apropos) at the Signal, but now-a-days I only read the following press release with a shrug: Charles Hill Morris Jr., regional manager of The Signal, announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, News, Opinion | 98 Comments

High Speed Rail authority taking second look at Grapevine, possible SCV Station

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Jeff

It looks like Sand Canyon NIMBYism might pay off for the SCV in a big way: The California High Speed Rail authority may take a second look at routing the HSR train system over the SCV’s Grapevine, rather than up … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Traffic, Transportation | 43 Comments

Chuy’s owners busted by Feds for hiring illegal immigrants

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Jeff

Ouch: The father and son owners of a regional Mexican restaurant chain, along with the company’s accountant, will be arraigned in federal court in Tucson Thursday on tax and immigration violations contained in a 19-count indictment stemming from a lengthy … Continue reading →

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I saw Obama!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Jeff

Since some of you were asking me about it: yes, I did get to see President Obama Thursday night inside Sony Studio’s cavernous stage 30 in Culver City. So what was it like to see the man who won 48% … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion, Politics | 36 Comments

Wherein I overdose on SCV & Politics

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Jeff

Monday morning, I checked my work and personal calendars and thought this would be a quiet and short Easter week. Boy was I wrong! It turns out this is going to be a momentous week in not only the SCV, … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion | 175 Comments

That didn’t take long

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Jeff

In a demonstration of how serious local GOPers are about the budget and working together across party lines, the local GOP wants people to show up tomorrow with bull horns at Hart High to greet Jerry Brown (they don’t even … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Politics | 35 Comments

Buck notices high gas prices

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Jeff

Our powerful Congressman talks so little about his district these days that it’s kind of refreshing to see him Facebook about high gas prices: There are nearly 40 comments on the post with people -some of whom are unemployed- complaining … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion, Politics | 12 Comments

New Public Radio Repeater covers SCV

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Jeff

The Republicans may be hell-bent on killing NPR, but here in the red SCV, we have a brand new repeater blanketing much of the SCV! Some radio website reports: The purchase was made through dealer SCMS. “KPCC has synchronized their … Continue reading →

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