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2009 VIA board named
Santa Clarita City Councilman Bob Kellar swore in the Valley Industrial Association's new and returning board members on Dec. 16 at the Hyatt Valencia.
Pardee Homes donates $1,500 to SCV Food Pantry
Jim Bizzelle, vice president for community development for Pardee Homes, hands a check to Nancy Fisher, center, volunteer at Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry and Amy Bodemer, executive assistant for pantry.
Gift shop celebrates anniversary
In the midst of a weakened economy, gift shops are dropping like flies in the Santa Clarita Valley.
$1,500 raised for Newhall Memorial
Members of the Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Guild raised $1,500 for hospital lab services Dec. 2.
Luxury cars see drop in sales
When market-analysis firm J.D. Power and Associates released a report on automobile sales Oct. 9, it gave a bleak outlook for the rest of this year and 2009.
Business briefs
Lennar offers new-home financing deal Valencia's Lennar communities are offering special new-home pricing and financing through Universal American Mortgage Company of California between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. today and Sunday. Many buyers can qualify for conventional FHA loan at 3 percent down on a loan buy-down of 3.25 percent for the first year, 4.25 percent second year, and 5.25 percent (5.79 percent APR) fixed for life through UAMC, which is offering other special terms. To ...
Textron celebrates milestone
Some of the guided missiles partially manufactured by HR Textron have gone from the streets of Valencia to the battlefields of Iraq.
Bank of Santa Clarita gets protective
The Bank of Santa Clarita will participate in the FDIC program that provides unlimited deposit insurance coverage on its customers' non-interest-bearing checking accounts through Dec. 31, 2009.
Business briefs
24-Hour Comics Day Brave New World Comics hosts a local artists challenge to create a 24-page comic book within 24 straight hours from noon on Saturday to noon on Sunday at 22722 Lyons Ave #6. The challenge is part of an international celebration of comic book creation where cartoonists around the globe will take on the same challenge. Artists and comics creators of every artistic level will participate. Contact (661-259-4745) or email mail@bravenewworldcomics.com. ...
The gift of sight
Hometown Day is one event in the "Give the Gift of Sight" charitable programs sponsored by Luxottica Retail and the Give the Gift of Sight foundation.
Salisbury speaks at TPC Valencia
Advertising Professionals of North Los Angeles County invites business executives, designers, advertisers and marketing professionals to a special business luncheon featuring legendary branding designer Mike Salisbury as keynote speaker at 11:30 a.m. Oct. 24 at the Tournament Players Club, 26550 Heritage View Lane in Valencia.
A bigger battleground in the TB war
To keep fighting a war against disease, sometimes you need a bigger battleground. Cellestis Inc. recently tripled the size of its Valencia headquarters in its ongoing battle to defeat tuberculosis. "We outgrew the other location," Cellestis employee Scott Weiss said. "Over there, we were busting at the seams." The company hosted the celebration of its new North American distribution headquarters on Constellation Road in the Rye Canyon industrial center. Cellestis is a local subsidiary of ...
Business exposition anticipates 5,000 attendees
More than 100 exhibitors handed out goody bags, networked with each other and greeted potential customers as the 24th annual Home and Business Expo opened its tent flaps Saturday on a windy College of the Canyons parking lot.
Helping out Santa’s Helpers
Signal staffers hold toys for the annual SCV Junior Chamber of Commerce Santa's Helpers program. The Signal is a top sponsor for the event. More than four toy bins in the lobby of The Signal's offices have been filled with toys and games for underprivileged children.
Local dentists donate toothbrushes
Allen and Kelly Smudde are cleaning up Skid Row - one smile at a time. The Valencia dentists donated six boxes of toothbrushes and a box full of toothpaste tubes to a Santa Clarita Valley organization that will distribute them to homeless people on Skid Row today. Christina Findley of Canyon Country and Nancy Burgos of North Hollywood, co-founders of future nonprofit corporation Ffena, traveled to Los Angeles' Skid Row in early November to hand ...
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Local construction company recognized
Randal G. Winter, owner of Santa Clarita-based Randal G. Winter Construction Inc., has been selected as one of 50 remodeling company owners in the United States with "exceptionally high standards."
UPDATE: Santa Clarita's EDC president resigns
The man who built the infrastructure for the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corp., and ran it as president and CEO, Jonas Peterson, submitted his resignation this week.
Movie ranch to be reviewed
The Disney/ABC Studios at The Ranch project is slated to be reviewed at a public hearing held by the Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning June 19. And, both Disney and the city of Santa Clarita are hoping for a good outcome.
New Santa Clarita homes debut at open houses
After a long stagnant period in the new housing market, housing starts surged 47 percent from March 2012 to March 2013.
Builder debuts homes overlooking riverbed
KB Home opened its newest community of new homes Saturday, the Charleston at River Village in Santa Clarita.
Lights back on in the Santa Clarita home improvement industry
Operating Santa Clarita-based Deckers Electric since 1999, Owner Randy Deckers said business is probably up 10 percent this year.
Cycling shoemaker moves into the SCV
Just in time for the Amgen race to roll into town, Vittoria, an Italian cycling shoe maker, relocated its warehouse from Ohio to Santa Clarita in mid-March, the company announced.
Local company to get a $20,000 makeover
A local business teamed up with a business organization to help one lucky Santa Clarita Valley business with a $20,000 makeover.
Penny Pepper is regional sales director for CU Realty Services
Penny Pepper of Santa Clarita is now the Regional Sales Director with CU Realty Services, responsible for developing and maintaining new business partnerships with credit unions.
Van Nuys security firm moving to SCV
A Van Nuys company is relocating its firm to Santa Clarita, said an executive for the company.
Realty equity firm acquires townhome complex
A division of The Resmark Companies has acquired a 157-unit rental townhome community in Santa Clarita, a spokesman for the company said Friday.
Chamber to mix it up with local businesses
A Taste of Canyon Country is bringing together local restaurants, chamber members and their guests Wednesday evening, May 15 at the College of the Canyons eastside campus from 5:30 to 8 p.m.
Mission Valley Bank reports its Q1 earnings are way up
Mission Valley Bank reported its first quarter earnings of $318,000 on Thursday. The quarterly earnings report is un-audited, the bank said.
Realty firm and finance firm partner
Keller Williams VIP Properties in Santa Clarita said it has partnered with Surety Financial Services of Sherman Oaks to expand its real estate services and lending programs for Santa Clarita residents.
Local painter honored for humanitarian efforts
A. Allbright Painting of Santa Clarita has been recognized with a 2013 National Humanitarian of the year award from the Painting & Decorating Contractors of America.
