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At the West Ranch Town Council meeting on Wednesday night there was a brief update on the two community reports that are currently underway. The data coming from various Los Angeles (more…)

The City Clarita City Council will meet tonight, Tuesday April 22, at 6:00 PM in the City Council Chambers located at 23920 Valencia Blvd. 1st Floor in Santa Clarita. (more…)

Screw.JPG   Have you ever pondered the question; who owns the infrastructure in the community? When I say infrastructure I am referring to the streets, the sidewalks, storm drains; the basic infrastructure that goes into making up a neighborhood. In the West Ranch area, which is made up of the communities of Sunset Pointe, Southern Oaks, Stevenson Ranch, and Westridge, it has been estimated that there is more than $400 million dollars in such infrastructure improvements. (more…)

On Tuesday night the City of Santa Clarita Planning Commissioners will consider the request of annexing the Hasley Hills, Live Oak, North Bluff and Valencia Commerce Center areas of Castaic. (more…)

For those that are new to the area or who are new to the self-determination discussion I thought it would be useful to supply some history on LAFCO, a state created organization. It became glaringly obvious while watching (more…)

Members of the West Ranch Town Council and the Castaic Town Council met with Supervisor Antonovich on Tuesday to discuss various local issues including the potential Hasley Hills annexation. Council members expressed concern that the action by (more…)

The West Ranch Beacon experienced an outage due to a database problem at its web hosting provider late Friday and over the weekend. These issues appear to have been resolved and we are re-posting this commentary for those who were unable to read it on Friday. Enjoy!

In a recent editorial, “County Delay Speaks Volumes,” the Signal once again shows it is only interested in presenting the City of Santa Clarita’s point of view on annexation and foregoing unbiased information to the community. The editorial could have been written by a City staffer and who knows it just might have been (more…)

The city of Santa Clarita will move ahead with public hearings to annex the Hasley Hills area of Castaic into the city, despite requests from Castaic town council members (more…)

(Reporter’s note:  As you may know, I have been covering Santa Clarita politics with the viewpoint that here is a city whose policies deserve an Elizabethan stage.  The other day I was invited to take a tour of the city’s special strategy room to gain background to where Santa Clarita’s growth is going.  The strategy (more…)

Several weeks ago The Signal ran an editorial titled “One Valley, One City” which in a nutshell reiterated the “official” party-line of the City of Santa Clarita. I suspect that the Signal editorial staff may have possibly indulged in the City’s trough of Kool-Aid during the Holidays. (more…)

Studies aimed at helping plot the future for the Santa Clarita Valley’s west side communities - originally due last fall - have been delayed again and won’t be available for public comment until February 2009, a county official said (more…)

Every so often we go back in our archive and pull out a commentary that we feel is worth running again. “Modern Dating or the Caveman Approach?” is one piece that has stood the test of time and isstill relevant. Dave got a great (more…)

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