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By Matt Coker, Thursday, Dec. 11 2008 @ 12:13PM
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The Orange County Register reports that thieves have stolen a 6-foot-tall menorah from Orange's famous traffic circle, and city officials surmise it was lifted for its recycling value.

Not quite, Columbo.

Through this Police-Issue Timepiece's extraordinary powers of sleuthing, we have concluded peeved Santa Clarita Valleyites made off with the Hanukkah symbol.

See, The Signal community weekly newspaper reports that some locals of the Jewish persuasion (who knew?) are upset the Stevenson Ranch Homeowners Association's holiday display does not include an outdoor menorah. Obviously, the HOA informed the Jewish people to put up -- a menorah -- or shut up, but they were clueless as to where one would find a menorah in a place like Stevenson Ranch. It's not like there's a Nate'n Al on Old Road and Steinbeck. So these symbol snatchers shlepped into our fair county, snagged our 6-foot-high golden wonder and high-tailed it back to the Santa Clarita Valley before anyone was the wiser.

Anyone except us, that is. It's all right there in smeared black and white ink. You're welcome for solving the case, Orange County people of the Jewish persuasion!

We'd go retrieve the outdoor menorah ourselves if we could just figure out where the hell the Santa Clarita Valley is.
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Jeff says:

Same to you bub. Orange County is a nebulous blur to us here in the North County, the real County, Los Angeles. (btw, SCV is Magic Mountain, duh!)

Anyway, thieves stole the Menorah last year from Stevenson Ranch too. This year the HOA decided not to even put one up and, what's more, they called the Christmas Tree they put up a "Holiday Tree" which upset a bunch of people too. They got both Christians and Jews mad at them!

Our Menorah in 7 feet tall by the way. Guess you have something to measure up to next year. And Stevenson Ranch is home to quite a few people of the Jewish persuasion- in fact, there are some 6,000 Jews in Santa Clarita!

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 11 2008 @ 3:36PM
Matt Coker says:

So what you are alleging here is Orange County stole Stevenson Ranch's menorah last year, cut one foot off of it to throw everyone off, and now the ranch has stolen it back. You, sir, are the Master Sleuther.

As for Magic Mountain, I know it well. Working the back of the Disneyland parking lot tram in the extremely early '80s, I used to announce over the microphone, "Section M for Magic Mountain, I mean, Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse!"

... And then the supervisors would follow my tram around on their little mopeds.

Posted On: Thursday, Dec. 11 2008 @ 4:09PM
emma says:

you have nice mezuzars

Posted On: Monday, Mar. 9 2009 @ 9:42AM

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