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The Signal.com's Daybreak: April 23, 2009
Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future. Let the adventure begin:
’Cats bats sizzle again
Seven Foothill League games still remain on the schedule, and yet the West Ranch High baseball team has already won more league games than it ever has in program history.
Antonovich recognizes ‘Day of Remembrance’ for Armenian Genocide
LOS ANGLES COUNTY -- At the Board of Supervisors meeting on April 21, Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich presented a scroll to members of the Armenian community in recognition of the passage of his motion proclaiming April 24 as "Day of Remembrance for the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923" throughout Los Angeles County.
Antonovich pushes for SCV, AV rep on MTA Board
SACRAMENTO - Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich testified before the State Assembly Local Government Committee today in support of a proposal to add an additional member to the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Board of Directors to represent the fast-growing Antelope and Santa Clarita Valleys and develop vital public transit and highway policies.
What's good in education, April 15, 2009
Concert to Showcase North Valencia Talent Rio Norte Junior High will host a Showcase Concert on April 21 featuring the bands from Mountain View, North Park and Helmers elementary schools, Rio Norte Junior High and Valencia High School. The concert is designed to promote the music programs in the North Valencia area. "We feel this would be an excellent way for the parents as well as the students to see what the next step is ...
COC performs 'Noises Off' starting May 7
A play within a play, the College of the Canyons Theatre Department production of "Noises Off" will charm audiences for four nights at the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center starting Thursday, May 7.
BioSolar expands BioBacksheet line
BioSolar, Inc. (OTC BB: BSRC) developer of a breakthrough technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources that reduce the cost of photovoltaic solar cells, today announced that the company is nearing the completion of the commercialization of its BioBacksheetTM product and enters pre-production stage on new versions to address the entire flat solar panel market.
The Signal.com's Daybreak: April 22, 2009
Hello, Santa Clarita Valley! Welcome to The-Signal.com's Daybreak, your point of entry for the day, and a quick journey through the past, present and future. Let the adventure begin:
Starbucks in Valencia to brew no more
The Starbucks Coffee at 23880 W. Copper Hill Drive in Valencia is one of about 40 other California Starbucks' stores scheduled to close, according to the company's Web site.
Board approves proposed budget
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved the county's proposed budget for 2009-2010.
Goose cooked
In The Signal's April 10 front-page story about the end of the Loose Goose and the cancellation of the Loose Goose Wine Festival by Peter Goossens, writer Josh Premako interviewed me about my ongoing attempt to be compensated for the work I did for the company.
Kenneth W. Keller: Why every business needs a ‘sergeant’
Sergeant is a rank used in some form by most military and police forces around the world. While businesses don't have the rank of sergeant, those organizations that have individuals performing the functions of that role are more successful than those that do not. Without a strong sergeant, what suffers are the initial orientation and indoctrination of new employees into the organization; getting things done in a timely and efficient manner so that leaders can ...
Gary Horton: Outstretched hands both shake & punch
At the very moment photos snapped of President Obama shaking hands with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, conservative commentators blood-letted and vented of Obama bespoiling the dignity of the office of U.S. President. FOXies might prefer Obama acting as high school prom bully, but Obama told us during the campaign he intended to employ diplomacy over bravado.
Keep public health care
If President Obama's health care plan gets changed to exclude a public option like Medicare, then it is not a health care reform. A public option is the only way to guarantee health care for all Americans.
W. E. Gutman: Another reminder of man’s inhumanity toward man
Genocide is the "premeditated expulsion and mass-murder of a people because of its indelible identity - race, ethnicity, religion, culture and language."
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Arrests: Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, Feb. 22, 2013
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Prosecutor questions woman in Arizona murder case
PHOENIX (AP) - A woman charged in the stabbing and shooting death of her Arizona lover traded barbs with a prosecutor under a withering cross-examination as she struggled to explain why she can recall precise details of her life from years earlier, yet can't remember crucial aspects of the murder case against her.
Car bomb kills at least 53 in Syrian capital
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A car bomb exploded Thursday near Syria's ruling party headquarters in Damascus, killing at least 53 people and scattering mangled bodies among the blazing wreckage in one of the bloodiest days in the capital since the uprising began almost two years ago.
Haiti's 'Baby Doc' summoned to court after no-show
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A Haitian judge on Thursday summoned Jean-Claude Duvalier to appear in court after the former dictator defied an order to attend a hearing to determine whether he should again face charges for human rights abuses committed during the nearly 15 years of his brutal regime.
Oscar guy MacFarlane aims to perk up stodgy awards
LOS ANGELES (AP) - You think the Academy Awards are boring? Try the nominations. They only last a few minutes, but it's generally a sleepy academy suit and a sleepy starlet droning a list of names at 5:30 in the morning.
Georgia plane aborted landing, hit utility pole
THOMSON, Ga. (AP) - A small private jet carrying a surgeon and members of his clinic staff aborted its landing at a Georgia airport before it hit a 60-foot utility pole and crashed in a flaming wreck, killing five people onboard and injuring two, federal authorities said Thursday.
Pistorius granted bail pending murder trial
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - In an agonizingly slow announcement, a magistrate allowed Oscar Pistorius to go free on bail Friday, nine days after the Paralympian was arrested in the Valentine's Day killing of his girlfriend.
Police: Hotel altercation sparked Vegas shooting
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Bullets were flying from a black Range Rover at a gray Maserati as the vehicles raced toward a red light on the Las Vegas Strip.
4 stabbed outside downtown LA nightspot
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Four young adults have been stabbed after a feud spilled out of a downtown Los Angeles nightspot.
More tests needed in LA hotel water tank death
LOS ANGELES (AP) - More testing must be done to determine the cause of death of a 21-year-old Canadian tourist whose body was found wedged in a water tank atop a downtown Los Angeles hotel, authorities said Thursday.
Letters: A socialist by any other name is... a socialist
Leftists of late have become very defensive about being called socialist in their ideology, as typified by Kevin Buck's column (Feb. 19, "Straw men live in glass houses").
Alice Khosravy: California is at bottom for business
Just a few short days ago the lanterns fell, bringing an end to Chinese New Year season for 2013.
