OK. It’s time for me to get this “bus” started and head out on the road. Time to go and see what is claimed to be the route of the California high-speed rail system. I’ve wanted to do it for a while and even wrote that I would do so soon … but that was many months ago. The route of the California...

He was a shipmate of mine, even if we never served on the same ship. When I met Duane Harte, I immediately felt we had weathered the same seas in ships large and small. We loved the same things – especially the history of the Santa Clarita Valley. We made a great team when we joined together on...

I don’t get it. Why do the folks who approve the budget of the formerly great State of California have to request a subpoena to get the financial records of the California High Speed Rail Authority? Really? According to a rule of the state Assembly, our representatives must request a subpoena to get...

During the time I was executive director at Heritage Junction Historic Park, we hosted a number of commercial and student film projects. For the most part, the production companies left the locations they used in better condition than when they started filming. Except for some fake “dirt” used in...

I’ll never get those three hours back in my life, but I did take the time to watch the video of the California High Speed Rail Authority board meeting of Oct. 6, 2015. In doing so, I am now convinced beyond the shadow of any doubt that all those board members would fail a drug test. This is also true...

Hey, Hollywood. Please take notes and do something about this. Since the days of silent pictures, you, Hollywood, have been using Mentryville as a back lot. Thanks to many of those old films, we know what the old town used to look like in the 1920s and ‘30s. Today it just looks trashed. No, it doesn’t...

I haven’t found the old articles, but years ago there was a problem with folks speeding on Valley Street, 8th Street and Market, too. It looks like history is repeating itself once again. I was at my sister’s home in Happy Valley, and as I was driving toward Lyons Avenue, sure enough I had a young...

Yesterday I went to the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona. I had not been there since 1968 with the Hart High marching band. Things have changed a whole bunch. Today was free for seniors. That means just like when I was in band at Hart, I didn’t pay admission. Something to remember, folks, since it...

One of the reasons folks in the Santa Clarita Valley wanted a county or city of their own was because we saw the tax being collected and less than a third of it coming back for us in public services. We wanted to keep our tax dollars right here in the Santa Clarita Valley. Our streets needed a lot of...

Pardon me, but I’m still getting a chuckle from a recent reply to one of my commentaries that said I might not know about the west side of our valley. I know a little about those communities over there. I used to cut and bale hay in what is now the parking lot of Ralph’s. I well remember the fight...