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LAist (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Now a common feature on college campuses exemplified by USC this semester after a series of violent crimes and a virus outbreak , cities may be the next to go high tech with emergency text message alerts. Yesterday, Santa Clarita announced a new e-Alert system that allows residents to subscribe and receive text messages in the event of a local emergency (of course, if cell towers are down...)....
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mopocket (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
“Success in saving lives and property is dependent upon timely dissemination of warning and emergency information to citizens in threatened areas.” With the potential threat of earthquakes, wildfires, and other local emergencies, the technology staff in Santa Clarita, CA has created a new text alert system. Simply text “SCEMERGENCY” to 41411 and you’re all set! Source: City [...]
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Before issuing fines to homeowners, the city links them with volunteers and offers advice and in some cases financial help to keep their lawns and driveways up to city standards. In August, Kevin and Danet Davis got a letter from the City of Santa Clarita informing them that the yard and parkway in front of their house were not up to city standards.
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LAist (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The County Board of Supervisors are set to vote tomorrow on three progressive green ordinances tomorrow that would affect unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, some of which that are the most undeveloped (look northward to the Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley areas). The ordinances--green building, drought tolerant landscaping and low-impact development (LID)--would "be the singularly...
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anacronyms (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
... blessed, we are some of the lucky ones with an income. I have sold real estate since 1986 in the Santa Clarita Valley, a fairly well heeled area with excellent schools, etc.,, so prices were constantly going up. Now I am struggling like everyone else… In case you didn’t get that, this is a couple who took on mortgages of nearly 600,000 with one of them on a fixed income. The husband will...
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Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
other topics: click a “category” or use search box An article in the Santa Clarita Valley paper, The Signal, states that swimming, especially competitive swimming, can help persons who have ADD or ADHD. Michael Phelps’s mother, Debbie Phelps, has been very public and forthcoming about Michael’s struggle with ADHD, and how swimming helped him. Nikki Miller (who has been [...]
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
"It's probably presumptuous of us to figure out how she is going to balance all of this," said Pat Ennis, a Placerita congregant who heads the home economics department at the Master's College, a Christian institution in Santa Clarita, Calif. "The most important thing is that she can do it in God's strength."Ennis reflects nationwide polling showing widespread support among evangelical Christians...
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KillerMovies (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Bruce Davison told SCI FI Wire that he stars in Camp Hope, a horror film in which he plays a religious leader who conjures up the devil himself. "I'm waiting to see how that comes out; it's really a fascinating story about a cult religion that creates the devil, and it becomes a real entity," Davison said, taking a break on the set of his new show, NBC's Knight Rider, in Santa Clarita, Calif.....
