SCV Outdoor Report: A Little Night Music
By Wendy Langhans

Sometimes I go in search of stories and sometimes they go in search of me.  Sometimes...they even pay a visit to my back porch.

While I was watering the plants on our back porch, just before sunset, I spotted a small green leaf on the railing.  Being in a mood to tidy-up, I walked over to it.  That’s when I got a surprise.  It wasn’t a stray leaf - it was a Katydid, most likely a Broadwinged Katydid, Microcentrum rhombifolium (also known as Greater Angle-wing Katydid).  And she was waiting for the evening serenade to begin.

Power Outage Near Highlands Elementary In Saugus

Updated 3:30 p.m.

All power has now been restored to the Saugus area affected by a Thursday morning underground failure.

Traffic signals were out for most of the day at Bouquet Canyon Road near Central Park and Highlands Elementary School were given an unexpected day off when they were without power.

Rodriguez Gets Death Sentence For Child Murder

Convicted killer Antonio Rodriguez was given the death sentence by a Superior Court judge Thursday for sexually assaulting and beating to death his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter.

Rodriguez, 29, was convicted in July of several charges, including murder, torture and sexual penetration with a foreign object.

 

Education Advocate Pinsker Named Hart Community Liaison

Gail Pinsker, a long-time Santa Clarita Valley resident and education advocate, has been named community liaison officer for the Wm. S. Hart Union High School District. The appointment was approved by the district Governing Board at its Wednesday evening meeting and is effective immediately.

 

Getz Named As Principal Of Sequoia Charter School
Pete Getz, who has served as assistant principal at Canyon High School since 2007, has been named the new principal of the Hart School District’s Sequoia Charter School. The district’s Governing Board approved the appointment at its meeting Wednesday evening, and the new position is effective next Monday.