http://scvtalk.com Santa Clarita Independent News Blog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:52:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A paranormal research group (snicker) says it has recorded voices inaudible to the human ear in the old buildings at Heritage Junction and is offering to take you on a exclusive ghost hunting expedition of the property for only $185. Such is what passes for news these days over KHTS, which ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/20/paranormal-activity-at-heritage-junction/ Built as promised....you know I risked getting a stern talking to by the teenaged bicycling security guard for taking this picture.  Murder hearing delayed: Michael Dean Stephens, 19, allegedly ran over and stabbed a 20 year old named Josh Pipho to death last November in a Stevenson Ranch condo complex, but ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/20/august-20-2008-daily-brief/ This week's Christian Science Monitor has an interesting article on ciclovia, a concept that started in Latin America and is sweeping the United States and Europe. So what is it? Well, ciclovia is rather simple: cities that participate in the informal program shut down major streets and roads to vehicle traffic ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/19/ciclovia-could-it-be-a-hit-in-santa-clarita/ A picture during the fires of October 2007 Brothers re-arrested in 2006 Murder case: Brothers Christopher and Ralph Rosas were arrested way back in March 2006 following the stabbing murder of Louis Campanelli, a Canyon Country bar owner, but were released shortly thereafter for lack of evidence. But on Friday, Detectives ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/19/august-19-2008-daily-brief/ The all-seeing eye of Google has invaded Santa Clarita in the form of Street View, the innovative street-level feature that's very useful, fun to play with, yet a bit creepy. The search giant impelemented Street View for major cities in May of last year, and since then it's expanded its catalog ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/18/google-brings-street-view-to-santa-clarita/ When I started writing the Daily Brief in January of 2007, I had so many news sources I could really create a compelling and useful summary of news about Santa Clarita. Back then, we could count on the Signal and the Daily News, and sometimes even the Los Angeles Times, to ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/18/time-to-end-the-daily-brief/ Valencia Marketplace, the finest in Big Box retailing, earning money for the County since 1996. Woe unto our landscape. Newhall resident targets Councilwoman Weste with FPPC complaint: Weste (or her mother?) owns a large piece of property in Placerita Canyon, just a stone's throw from several properties (and roads) in Newhall ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/18/august-18-2008-daily-brief/ I'm taking the day off! Watch out for sinkholes in Valenica hahaha! http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/15/no-daily-brief/ A 1920s era photo of a rodeo somewhere in Saugus. Boy they really packed the rafters back in those days eh? Revised Hospital plan released, Smart Growth not impressed: "It looks like more of the same," remarked David Gauny on the latest development agreement between the City of Santa Clarita and ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/14/august-14-2008-daily-brief/ Santa Clarita's JC Penney department store in the Valencia Town Center will soon generate some of its own electricity thanks to a new rooftop-solar power project, according to a company press release. The store is one of 10 nationwide that are part of the pilot project, which JC Penney says is ... http://scvtalk.com/2008/08/13/jc-penney-going-green-in-scv/