Just when I thought the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority couldn’t possibly find another way to damage or destroy the history at Mentryville, they have found just that – another way. Mentryville is the “ghost town” west of Newhall, up Pico Canyon Road about five miles from downtown...

How many of you love the “auto-correct” feature on Facebook and other places on the Internet? Anyone? I recently made a comment on a site, and the word “find” was replaced with another word that at least started with the letter “F.” Let me say here that I’m very sorry if I offended anyone....

Tonight is the night, and I cannot be there due to a prior commitment. I’m sure there will be plenty of meetings to come, but this one, the first one, is the one I really wanted to attend. I cannot begin to tell you just how important this meeting is and that we need not just hundreds of folks to attend,...

If there is one thing California lacks besides water, it has to be the ability to set priorities. Once again I say: How did the high-speed train become a priority? As I type this, the song, “Over the Rainbow,” started playing. How appropriate can that get? These over-the-rainbow ideas we all voted...

Why are the folks at the California High Speed Rail Authority telling us we have to step into the technology of the 21st Century when they are really proposing using slightly upgraded 19th-century technology? I mean really, folks. The whole idea is just a train that goes on rails set really carefully...

The 22nd annual Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival has come and gone. I thought it was great. I love it being moved to Hart Park and Heritage Junction, plus the shows in Downtown Newhall. What do you think? It was good to have lots of shade and places to sit. I know the vendors in Heritage Junction liked...

In times past, the amount of time between a housing project’s approval and the start of construction was someplace from 15 to 18 months. Then came the lawsuits from various environmental groups, and the time from approval to construction is someplace from 10 to 15 years. In a few cases in the SCV nearly...

Every once in a while I hear or see an advertisement that makes me wonder just how dumb some folks think we are in this country. There is a teeth whitening commercial that promises to get your teeth at least two shades whiter in a day and seven shades in a week. So here is my question: How much is a...

I must have been about 11 years old when I first rode a horse into town from Pico Canyon. I remember I stopped to water the critter in a trough that was in the pasture about where the Ralph’s parking lot is today. I don’t remember what horse I was on, but I wasn’t going anyplace too quickly and...

The start of the 2015 Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival is just a few days away, and from my vantage point in my office at the Saugus Train Station at Heritage Junction, I think we’re about ready. There are some wonderful people who have done much to make Heritage Junction in Hart Park what we think you’ll...