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Santa Clarita Community News & Information

Newhall Ave Sign Change

March 13, 2009

 

 
 
Did any of you realize that the sign on the 14 freeway was already changed to show Newhall Avenue instead of San Fernando Road? I live on the west side of the Santa Clarita Valley, which is why I must have missed this. Off topic: That’s one great thing about Santa Clarita – you never [...]

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40 Santa Clarita Gated Communities

October 20, 2008

I thought we’d put together a fresh resource for you to browse all 40 Santa Clarita Gated Communities. It isn’t easy to go through the consumer end of the Santa Clarita MLS system and search specifically for a gated community, so hopefully this makes your search that much easier!
To learn more about any of these communities, [...]

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Valencia Town Center Expansion – Here comes California Pizza Kitchen

January 11, 2008

UPDATE: For some reason this is a popular, yet old blog post. Obviously California Pizza Kitchen didn't end up at the Valencia Town Center as part of the Patios expansion. The location California Pizza Kitchen ended up at is the newer Bridgeport Marketplace, off of Newhall Ranch Rd., in Valencia. The exact address for CPK is [...]

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Santa Clarita New Years Eve Celebrations and Events

December 29, 2007

Looking to bring in the New Year, Santa Clarita style?
I’d give you a detailed list of all the local Santa Clarita venues hosting New Years Eve celebrations and events, but there are just too many, so I’ll give you a link to a worthy list located at The Signal’s website.
Their Thursday article provides information on several [...]

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Santa Clarita Valley Mudslide Maps

December 18, 2007

 
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has issued very helpful maps for the Southern California area, that depict various mudslide (debris) hazards, that may result from the recent fires in October 2007 that much of Southern California experienced.
For Santa Clarita, the Buckweed and The Ranch fire incidents left quite a mark on the community, and many homes [...]

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Slashing Prices at River Village Valencia

November 30, 2007

Today, Lennar, the developer of River Village located in Valencia announced a dramatic price decrease on two of their available homes ready for immediate move in.
One of the two homes is located in River Village’s Brookville community, and the other home is located in their Heirloom community.
Brookville at River Village:

Homesite #97 is available for this [...]

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Old Town Newhall to Host Holiday Festivities

November 27, 2007

Old Town Newhall will be hosting several holiday festivities and events for children and adults to enjoy this year. The festivities will begin November 30, and end December 1, 2007.
In total, three separeate events are planned:
Friday November 30th, 3pm-6pm, the city will host the inaugural “Paint The Town” art project which will skirt along the newly [...]

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Santa Clarita Economy: Standard & Poor’s Boosts City Credit Rating

November 27, 2007

The state of the Santa Clarita economy, appears to still be strong, especially Standard & Poor’s boosts the city’s issuer credit rating from AA- to AA. Citing the fact that Santa Clarita is primarily a wealthy residential community, that has a job market easily accessible to the broader Los Angeles Metorpolitan Statistical Area (MSA), Timmothy [...]

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Newhall Land and Farm Hit with Layoffs

November 17, 2007

 The cornerstone of the Valencia community and developer for the last 40 years of it - Newhall Land and Farm, is also seeing it’s share of economic struggles, as they made a “workforce reduction” on Tuesday. The West Ranch Beacon reported a “source” at the company said approximately 20 employees at Newhall Land were given notice. The [...]

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Santa Clarita City Council Salary Increase

November 12, 2007

 
November 13, 2007, at the Santa Clarita City Council meeting, an ordinance will be introduced that’ll provide for a 5% increase in each city councilmembers’ salary. Do any of you know how much they make on a monthly basis right now? This kills me – just $1425.55! These are good people, and they work hard [...]

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