Archive By Author - Jana Adkins
A celebration of new developments
Lennar's latest home development, Aria at West Creek in Valencia, was part of the celebration last week when Newhall Land handed out prizes and brought in 10 gourmet-food trucks to people touring two new home developments.
Lancaster cuts to build
Eager to regenerate growth in the building industry, the city of Lancaster moved to reduce and delay development fees to spur construction and urged other communities in the region to quickly follow suit.
Hundreds show up for job fair
More than 300 people met with employers at the Santa Clarita WorkSource Center's job fair Friday.
KHTS organizes D.C. lobbying trip
Modeled after the annual trip to Sacramento, KHTS AM-1220 is organizing the first-ever local citizens and business organizations lobbying trip to Washington, D.C.
The business of making the news
News moves very fast, and quick decisions are made on what to do with an abundance of information flooding media outlets daily.
The one-stop metal shop
Some say Earl Bayless is lucky. But luck has little to do with the success of Bayless' business-building skills over the years. Bayless, founder of Valencia-based Bayless Engineering and Manufacturing, first started his business in 1978 in a 1,200-square-foot shop. By 2011, he has acquired several industrial buildings, businesses and pieces of machinery. Today, his firm occupies a little more than 100,000 square feet, and he is in the process of purchasing another building adjacent ...
KB, Lennar open doors for a visit
Opening its third new-home development in Valencia, Tom Di Prima, executive vice president with KB Homes, said the homebuilder is seeing a recovery in some of the top markets - Valencia being one of them.
Jana Adkins: Training critical in all aspects of taking care of business
Our dog ate our sofa. It was a Broyhill, for those of you who are familiar with furniture manufacturers' labels. Last year, our daughter moved out of the family home. Adding insult to injury, she took her Australian Shepherd with her. It was hard deciding who we missed more. OK, we love our daughter with all our hearts and nothing can ever, ever replace her - but we did miss the dog. After sitting home ...
Preparation for a space odyssey
Although NASA's space-shuttle program has come to an end, private businesses will continue to soar above our atmosphere. And tonight, Vivace-Spacetron of Valencia is celebrating their newly designed international spacecraft transporter.
A premium for coverage
The four principals of Petersen International Underwriters of Valencia are traveling to London in September to launch the celebration of their upcoming 30th year association with Lloyd's of London in 2012.
Damaged businesses up and running
Boarded up but not closed, the businesses damaged last week, when a sheriff's deputy crashed his car into a commercial building on Soledad Canyon Road, are open for business.
Local bank readies for celebration
Mission Valley Bank is celebrating its 10th anniversary in July. To mark the occasion, the bank is donating $10,000 to nonprofit organizations in the Santa Clarita Valley area.
Filming up in Santa Clarita
Location filming in the city of Santa Clarita had its best year ever in the past 12 months since the city began issuing location filming permits in 2003.
Newhall uses Senses to draw crowds
Newhall businesses are seeing more shoppers and visitors to their pedestrian-friendly downtown area.
Stay Green cleans up at landscape awards
Stay Green Inc. of Santa Clarita collected seven awards from the California Landscape Contractors Association, or CLCA, including best overall honors for Westfield Valencia Town Center Mall.
Articles By Author - Jana Adkins
Campaign launched to attract new homebuyers
On the heels of growing builder confidence, and more new home starts than during the Great Recession, a new-home trade association launched a campaign to spotlight homebuilders' new homes, including those new home communities in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Foreign Trade Zone can benefit businesses
Exporters and importers, as well as the warehouse and distribution companies that support them, reap multiple benefits when they operate inside a Foreign Trade Zone – or FTZ, said experts at a recent meeting.
Roman Holiday closed for good
The wine bar business, Roman Holiday, which announced Feb. 12 it was working to re-open after a dispute between partners forced its closure, is definitely closing, sources say.
Art house movie group interested in SCV
Santa Clarita residents have been loosely campaigning for quite some time to have an independent art house movie theater open locally. According to one executive, there is still hope that a theater chain airing independent films may one day locate in Santa Clarita.
Santa Clarita counts on tourism for funds
Last year was a busy one for the city of Santa Clarita and its tourism partners, according to a city official.
