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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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Men’s Wearhouse founder speaks at VIA B2B
"Compassion and forgiveness are just as important as accountability and hard work," said George Zimmer, founder and executive chairman of the Men's Wearhouse.
Hundreds attend used clothing consignment sale
or hundreds of women buying and selling used clothing, much of it high-end and designer goods.
Low inventory marks home market recovery
Editor's Note: This is the first of a two-part series on the local real estate market. Today's story focuses on the homeowner, or seller. The series concludes next Sunday with the focus on the buyer. In a stabilizing real estate market, marked by rising home sales and moderate price gains, a severe shortage of homes listed for sale characterizes this particular housing recovery. The lack of inventory in Santa Clarita is the "major factor slowing ...
Men’s Wearhouse founder to keynote trade show
The man who told millions of people "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it," Men's Wearhouse founder, George Zimmer, is coming to Santa Clarita to speak at the Valley Industry Associations' 2013 B2B industry expo luncheon on March 19.
Homebuilder buys more lots for SCV homes
KB Home acquired 54 finished lots in a land purchase agreement with Newhall Land for a new community called Charleston at River Village in Santa Clarita, the homebuilder announced on Wednesday.
Learning how to get revenue from your website
Merely attracting streams of visitors to your website doesn't automatically translate into revenue growth for a business, said Erick Arndt, founder of SCV Startup.
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.
SCVEDC receives an award for Economic Development Guide
The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation received an Award of Merit for their recent Economic Development Guide publication, which focused on the bio-medical industry in the SCV.
The SCVEDC receives an award for its Economic Development Guide
The Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation received an Award of Merit for their recent Economic Development Guide publication, which focused on the bio-medical industry in the SCV.
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.
Bob Khalsa: SCV home sales are the highest for January in six years
January is typically a dormant time of year for the residential real estate market in the Santa Clarita Valley, yet this market recovery is so unusual that no one was surprised when statistics showed January posted the highest sales total for the month in six years.
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.
Banker recognized
Marti Heinbaugh, regional manager of Mission Valley Bank, is scheduled to be honored for her contributions to SCVi – Santa Clarita Valley International Charter School.
