I have two AC units that provide cooling to my place, but only one is working. It seems my two-zone electronic thermostat isn’t allowing me to change the zone in front, so I have max cooling in back, but the front is stuck on heat pump. I’m concerned the back unit will get the place so cold that...

We are all so fortunate to live in the Santa Clarita Valley. Yes, that is exactly what I think. So much has happened here since the first humans wandered into this valley maybe 10,000 years ago or so. Later, much later, a group of people called the Tataviam came to our valley. The Tataviam, or “people...

Please read this carefully. The California High Speed Rail line will have no stations in the Santa Clarita Valley. It isn’t going to change our commute times to Los Angeles or the San Fernando Valley. It is not a commuter train for this valley. So please stop saying how it could improve your commute...

At the West Ranch Town Council meeting on Wednesday night, a group of maybe 40 folks listened to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority present its case to have an “at-risk youth” camp in Mentryville-Pico Canyon at the picnic grounds, aka Johnson Park. Did you know “at-risk youth”...

I have a great idea. Let’s bus some “gang bangers” to the Santa Clarita Valley and have them restore a picnic area that needs only a few things repaired. Don’t all y’all think that is a great idea? Really, imagine when they see some places like Stevenson Ranch and Southern Oaks. I think it...

Once again the California High Speed Rail folks tried to convince us we are going to be better off if the train runs through our valley. Once again we went and told them we don’t want it, and once again we are ignored. Snake oil salesmen. Patent medicine all over again. This will make you feel better,...

I guess I’ve been a very patriotic kind of guy most of my life. I must have been way back when, because every Memorial Day at Eternal Valley when the Hart High band played for the services, I’d get this lump in my throat and a few tears in my eyes, listening to the speakers. One special part of...

Many thousands of you folks walked through Heritage Junction at William S. Hart Park during the Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival in April. You may have stopped and shopped at the vendors in the Pardee House or maybe the old Newhall Ranch House. Many of you had at least one, if not more, glasses of beer...

Just so all y’all don’t think all I do is complain about the California High Speed Rail Boondoggle, Mentryville and the record-breaking length of time it is taking to complete the construction on Newhall Avenue south of Main Street in Old Town Newhall, I have other activities to tell you about. Fairy...

Once again the little town west of Newhall is in the news. This time it isn’t an earthquake (of 1893) or a wildfire (about every 10 years); instead it is about “at-risk youth,” or kids who used to be called “juvenile delinquents.” For those of you unfamiliar with the old town, it can be found...