North Los Angeles County near “the Grapevine” – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) advises motorists traveling over the upcoming (more…)
June 2007
Monthly Archive
Fri 29 Jun 2007
CalTrans Commuter Advisory: Plan Ahead, Leave Early and Avoid Delays over the July 4th Holiday
Posted by admin under Holidays , Local , Traffic/ Roadways No CommentsFri 29 Jun 2007
On the eve of the Apple iPhone’s sale, the top executives of Apple and AT&T defended their decision to rely upon AT&T’s slow (more…)
Fri 29 Jun 2007
Countdown to Fireworks Spectacular: 6 Days until July 4th
Posted by admin under Holidays , Local No CommentsThe West Ranch Beacon will be giving a daily update on the continuing preparations for this years July 4th Fireworks Spectacular in Stevenson Ranch. With 6 days to go the County Fire Inspector has requested (more…)
Fri 29 Jun 2007
Supreme Court: Schools Can’t Use Race to Assign Students
Posted by admin under National , Law/ Courts No CommentsThe Supreme Court dealt a severe blow to school integration efforts today, ruling that the Constitution forbids assigning students to particular schools because of their race, even when the goal is campus diversity. (more…)
Fri 29 Jun 2007
Antonovich Comments on Defeated Senate Immigration Bill
Posted by admin under County of LA , National , Local [2] CommentsLos Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich issued the following statement on the defeat of the immigration bill in the U.S. Senate: “Rewarding illegal aliens with amnesty undermines (more…)
Fri 29 Jun 2007
Sluggish home sales perked up just a little in May, the traditional start of the busy summer season, and prices held steady with the median settling at (more…)
Fri 29 Jun 2007
A fire broke out in the hills of Santa Clarita on Thursday morning, prompting officials to launch a massive campaign to prevent its spread. (more…)
Fri 29 Jun 2007
Immigrant Bill Dies in Senate; Defeat for Bush
Posted by admin under Politics , National No CommentsPresident Bush’s effort to overhaul the nation’s immigration policy, a cornerstone of his domestic agenda, collapsed Thursday in the Senate (more…)
Thu 28 Jun 2007
Crime report: Wednesday- Prostitution, Fictitious Drivers License, Theft and DUI
Posted by admin under Crime , Local , Sheriff [2] CommentsFor the 24 hour period of Wednesday, June 27th, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Personnel issued approximately 57 citations and warnings for traffic, parking and other related traffic offenses including misdemeanors and infractions. Deputies responded to 9 traffic collisions or related incidents.
Station personnel arrested and booked, or field released, 9 adults and detained 6 juveniles on 5 felony and 10 misdemeanor primary charges as summarized below:
Wednesday - June 27, 2007 - 12:30 a.m. –Unincorp. L. A. Country - Castaic: Deputies Davis and Bodell arrested a transient juvenile (more…)
Thu 28 Jun 2007
US Pushes Financial Reporting Overhaul
Posted by admin under National , Economy , Business No CommentsSigns emerged on Wednesday that efforts by federal officials to tackle the competitiveness of the US capital markets are speeding up. (more…)
Thu 28 Jun 2007
Local progressives/liberal looking to get together and enjoy the benefits of the 2006 election that changed America’s direction can now do so every month with Drinking (more…)
Thu 28 Jun 2007
On Monday, the delegates to the annual meeting in Chicago of the American Medical Association endorsed what could only be described as a cautious committee report on the role of implanted radio identification tags (more…)
