|
|
|
|
|
[Sign Up Now] to Receive Our FREE Daily SCVTV-SCVNews Digest by E-Mail |
|
|
Inside Weather
Calendar 
Today in S.C.V. History May 3
|
Comment On This Story |
Opinion Section Policy
Read More From... RECENT COMMENTARY
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Monday, Apr 29, 2024
Thursday, Apr 25, 2024
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2024
|
Tweet This
Facebook
Digg This
Bookmark
Stumble
RSS
Latest Additions to SCVNews.com
|
|
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Santa Clarita Valley will be held Saturday, May 4, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. at Central Park, with the theme “May The Cure Be With You,” a Disney/Star Wars celebration.
 |
Ten risk-taking, mid-career artists were announced Thursday as the recipients of the 2024 Herb Alpert Award in the Arts (HAAIA).
 |
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Master's University men's volleyball team won their opening match of the 2024 NAIA National Championship with a 3-set win over the No. 9-seed Mount Mercy (IA) Mustangs.
 |
Andrew Skerratt did not anticipate graduating with an electrical engineering degree from The Master’s University.
 |
Nichole Muro was brilliant in the circle through seven shutout innings and Gigi Garcia broke the game open with a two-run double in the sixth inning as No. 15 College of the Canyons got past No. 18 Cuesta College 4-0 in its 3C2A Southern California Regional Playoffs play-in game at Whitten Field on Tuesday.
 |
|
As we kick off the new month, I am proud to reflect on the incredible growth and achievements we've witnessed over the past four months.
 |
College of the Canyons student-athletes Sydney Tamondong (women's tennis) and Nathaniel Wilkinson (men's track and field) have been named the COC Athletic Department's Women's and Men's Student-Athletes of the Week for the period running April 22-27.
 |
With spring in full effect, now is the best time to hit the trails and enjoy the natural scenery of Santa Clarita.
 |
The Biden administration announced Thursday that President Biden used his authority under the Antiquities Act to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument near Los Angeles.
 |
The Tony Award nominations, which honor excellence in live Broadway theater, were announced on April 30 with lighting designer and California Institute of the Arts alum Brandon Stirling Baker (Theater BFA 10) among the nominees.
 |
The Master’s University will be well-represented during the International Christian Film Festival in Orlando, Florida, which is running now through May 4.
 |
|
1884 - McCoy & Everette Pyle discover important Tataviam Indian artifacts in Bowers Cave (Val Verde) [story]
|
The Los Angeles County, Department of Public Social Services, and the Department of Public Health’s CalFresh Healthy Living Program have launched the annual CalFresh Awareness Month campaign to remove barriers associated with applying for food assistance.
 |
Ekklesia Meta Church, a non-denominational institution founded by Pastor Carthel Towns, is proud to announce the grand opening of its Community Closet in Santa Clarita.
 |
College of the Canyons captured a 13th straight Western State Conference Championship on Monday, April 29 at Knollwood Country Club, after a 36-hole tourney that saw all six players finish in the top-10 of the field's individual standings and send the Cougars to another 3C2A Southern California Regional Championship event.
 |
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health cautions residents who are planning to visit the below Los Angeles County beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, and playing in ocean waters:
 |
The cheers will be heard blocks away later this month as more than 11,000 graduating students cross the stage in front of California State University, Northridge’s iconic University Library as CSUN celebrates its 2024 commencement.
 |
|
Thanks to the community's support, E.C. Loomis Insurance Associates has officially awarded a $10,000 donation to The American Cancer Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives, celebrating lives, and leading the fight for a world without cancer.
 |
Imagine a day where barriers dissolve and possibilities unfold, a day dedicated to celebrating diversity and fostering inclusivity.
 |
The final Business Property Statement deadline is approaching fast, with payments need by May 7 to avoid penalties.
 |
The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation teamed up with the city of Santa Clarita, College of the Canyons, L.A. County's America's Job Center of California and the Chamber of Commerce to host the fourth Santa Clarita Valley job fair.
 |
The Santa Clarita Public Library is excited to announce its upcoming celebration in honor of Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros on Saturday, May 4, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Canyon Country Jo Anne Darcy Library Branch.
 |
1927: First major competition, second annual rodeo, at new Baker Ranch arena (later Saugus Speedway). Overflow crowd more than fills 18,000-seat arena. Entire SCV population was ~3,000 [story]
|
REAL NAMES ONLY: All posters must use their real individual or business name. This applies equally to Twitter account holders who use a nickname.
27 Comments
Have you ever tried to drive to Orange County on a Friday afternoon? The traffic sucks.
Paul…I drive to OC a lot. But what does this have to do with the high speed rail?
Someday high speed rail will go all the way to anaheim. Nevada is also trying to build a line to vegas that would connect in burbank. You would be able to skip most of the traffic to get to these places. Even disneyland is pretty close to the anaheim train station. SF is not the only stop. If you live in New York you can take the train to DC or Boston. why not have the same thing here?
Because people in California drive. People in New York City do not. California is not New York and never will be. Plus, it won’t work. Amtrak tried it and went bankrupt. Now your federal tax dollars subsidize Amtrak. How many more unwanted, antiquated steel-on-steel rail systems must our tax dollars subsidize? You might have heard about the person who tries the same thing again and again, expecting a different outcome…
People in California drive, AND ride. Every single rail system in the state, including Amtrak, is reporting record year-over-year ridership.
Amtrak didn’t start passenger rail in the US. Amtrak was started when private passenger trains went out of business. When they disappeared, states learned (the hard way) that passenger rail was needed in this country. Thus Amtrak was born…subsidy and all.
We are not New York. We’re not Japan. We’re not China, or Germany, or Taiwan, or France, or Spain, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, or any other place that has high speed rail.
And we’re also not so different from the rest of world that HSR won’t work here too.
And we’re not L.A. and we’re not S.F. We’re Santa Clarita, we’re Acton, we’re Agua Dulce, and we have real people living in real homes who don’t need the government uprooting them and destroying their neighborhoods.
The direct route from Palmdale to the SFV is not feasible due to cost. Most of that route would require tunneling under the San Gabriel National Monument, which would be enormously expensive and cost far more than the overland route along the SR14 corridor.
High-speed rail is an efficient way to transport a large number of people between major population and business centers and produces much less air pollution than autos would.
Nobody wants an intrusive infrastructure project coming though their backyard. Using that logic, neither the Cal Water Project nor the Interstate Highway System would have been built back in the day.
Just asking – You mention “transport a large number of people between mayor population and business centers” … Has anyone figured out how many people actually need to commute from L.A. to S.F. on a daily basis? And what that cost-per-rider would be?
“Has anyone figured out how many people actually need to commute from L.A. to S.F. on a daily basis? And what that cost-per-rider would be?”
Yes. The airlines would have all of that info I’m sure.
But travel between LA and SF isn’t the only issue. Intervening cities will benefit too. By connecting LA and SF, we can, at the same time, build commuting connections between Fresno and SF, LA and Bakersfield, and even Fresno and Bakersfield.
So even if LA-SF isn’t a commuting market, HSR will help expand the places that are.
Get over it. This isn’t a small town anymore, it is now one of largest suburbs of Los Angeles County. If you are going to speak for all of us then why weren’t you speaking for us when we didn’t want all the mass development. The town will continue to progress and grow. 15 years ago nobody knew where Santa Clarita was located, now everyone lives here. Maybe the folks at the California High Speed Rail know more about what’s better for us than we do. Considering Santa Clarita has always been a pass threw town for railway since its beginnings. How about scvtv santa clarita report the local news and not try to speak for the whole population on matters that not everyone agrees on.
Nailed it! lol
Lived here for 50 years. Watched Santa Clarita grow like topsy. For the most part the development has been planned well, except there is no emergency care for folks on the east side of the valley. Amazing really. But now this fast train is being proposed or should I say crammed down our throats. Right now we need water. We’re not going to be bullied into this boondoggle. Beware!We’re a valley of sleeping tigers.
Well, it’s going to happen. Regardless of what you think. If you know anything about economics then you know that it’s best to always keep building. Or you can keep thinking we live in the 50’s and ignoring the fact that the city is filled with more people who want it rather than the few who still think there are only three stop lights in the town. My point in general was that the local news shouldn’t be spewing out opinions and trying to represent a whole community and just report the news.
The local news is extremely biased in their reporting of the news lol but I think we have more chance of stopping the train than getting unbiased news reporting from our khts/scvtv peeps.
It’s all about lining Mr Feinstein pockets he’s made millions already on bonds high speed rail isn’t worth it
This is a necessary addition to this state and nation if we plan on catching up with Europe or Asian on the front of public transportation and becoming modern.
I’m still not sure of the benefit to anyone except for the builder, and owners. If the rail is built, which I’m guessing won’t be in my lifetime since this is only one of many hurdles they need to surpass and then still build, how do the airlines, restaurants, fast food, oil & gas companies all compensate for their lost revenues from people taking the train? The list can go on and on….and all of this just to get people to SF quicker? Now if the LA to Vegas route was still on the table that would make sense…:)
The airports are crowded enough. Ever try to fly out on a Friday afternoon? The planes aren’t going away, they will be able to offer more profitable long distance flights since they won’t have to have as many flight for these puddle jumpers. Of course there will still be short haul flights too.
Don’t understand how so many who don’t want the train use “we don’t need a train we need water” argument. Yes we need water. There is a historic drought. But the train can’t change a drought, the train doesn’t mean it rains, building a train does not mean we can’t build and solve other issues the state suffers from. No doubt we need to build. Trains, bridges, desalination plants. But we also need different ways to travel our huge state besides planes and cars. And we need jobs. Now we do need water plants. Let’s build them. Santa Barbara has one that’s been in moth balls for 12 years.
Maybe they should give our city a stop and it would feel a bit better. The fact that we don’t have a train stop just makes you wonder why it needs to come through our city. Not really for or against it, but that would make a difference to me and I’m gonna be affected by the rail since I live on this side of the town.
This seems like a completely unbiased news report.
Pete’s Dragon. Love that movie
What is this rail stuff where and when
How do you know what people want?? You behave like a grade school TV station.Truly.
Good! Keep fighting it! I sure as hell don’t want that rail here let alone it built period!!! Waste of money by a senial governor. Also hey people, if you don’t like SCV then leave :D. LA isn’t far so stop complaining about the city! Nothing wrong with the city.
—-> ($$$$$$$)
—-> ($$$$$$$)