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Kudos to VIA on Workforce Housing Symposium Responding to an increasingly acute shortage of affordable housing for employees in the Santa Clarita Valley, the Valley Industrial Association gathered about 40 local builders, developers, manufacturers, political leaders, nonprofit sector representatives, transportation experts, utility representatives, educators and city officials last week to take part in what the VIA called a Workforce Housing Symposium. The symposium was called to brainstorm ways to make sure people who work in the SCV can afford to live closer to their jobs. While civic and business groups like VIA and the SCV Chamber of Commerce continue efforts to bring higher-paying, skilled jobs to the ... |
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It's time to hold legislators accountable "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." |
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A salute to SCV teachers One of the greatest gifts the Santa Clarita Valley offers its residents is excellent schools. And while the term "schools" takes in buildings and grounds, hard-working administrators, and dedicated support staff, none of that would mean much without excellent teachers. On Thursday night the community paused from its usual routine to honor those teachers - one from each school in the valley, selected by their peers for their excellence in mentoring other teachers, their excellence in developing outstanding curricula, their excellence in engaging young minds and in reaching out to family members. In short, these teachers were honored for their ... |
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May minority voices be heard in City Hall "Though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." - Thomas Jefferson's first inaugural address, 1801 Following one of the more engaging elections in recent years, the Santa Clarita City Council gets back to work April 22 with a new member and a lot of work ahead. Facing the council are the unresolved issues of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital expansion, the always-thorny question of growth in Santa Clarita, as ... |
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A tip of the hat to SCV's finest They were just four men. Four men who went to work like they did every day, never expecting it would be their last. Thirty-eight years ago today, four California Highway Patrol officers were gunned down in the line of duty, having responded to a report of someone with a gun. It took only 4 1/2 minutes for the lives of officers James Pence, Roger Gore, Walt Frago and George Alleyn to come to an end. The so-called Newhall Incident has since become a textbook training example for young officers coming up through the CHP academy - and a reminder to ... |
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Your assignment: Vote on Tuesday Who knew that the lead-up to Election Day for the Santa Clarita City Council would become this interesting? Candidates have fired back and forth regarding campaign material showing up in voters' mailboxes. Financial disclosures - or the lack thereof - have been called into question. And the five council hopefuls have turned out to forum after forum, hashing out issues including hospital expansion, traffic and infrastructure. Some people probably expect little change on the council come Wednesday morning. A few are hoping to see a radical turnover. And, of course, there's a handful who haven't really paid attention or just ... |
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Wholesale school cuts not the answer If it weren't a profoundly bad political idea, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger right now might be saying, "I told you so." Instead, Santa Clarita Valley school districts and others around the state are digging in their heels and telling the governor, "We're not gonna take it." He must be thinking, "Tell me about it." As California's economy takes one of its periodic - and highly forseeable - downswings, revenue is (predictably) drying up and the state is (once again) in dire financial straits. In response, Schwarzenegger has proposed across-the-board spending cuts for all state programs. That includes education. His plan would ... |
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Mesmerized by a mirage One the one hand, we owe the Los Angeles City Council a handshake. |
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For the record ... It is not a secret that there have been some significant changes at The Signal in the past year. A new management team has come on board that believes a strong and independent press is extremely important as our community continues to grow and mature. We believe that a local community newspaper is different from our larger metropolitan brothers in one significant way - we live next door to the people we write about. So we care about our community like no other newspaper can or ever will. As the entrusted watchdogs of the community, we have a responsibility to ... |
