Kmart closing Valencia store, 27 others

The Kmart store on Valencia Boulevard near Bouquet Canyon Road is one of 28 that will close later this year, the chain’s parent company said today. Sears Holdings Corp. said

Kmart’s Valencia store one of 28 to close

The Kmart store on Valencia Boulevard near Bouquet Canyon Road is one of 28 that will close later this year, the chain’s parent company said today. Sears Holdings Corp. said

Google Startup Grind coming to Santa Clarita

Santa Clarita is the newest outpost of Google Startup Grind, which holds monthly gatherings to give budding entrepreneurs a chance to hear the story of a successful startup from its

MannKind Corp. moving HQ to Westlake Village

After 16 years in Santa Clarita, MannKind Corp. is moving its corporate headquarters to Westlake Village. The bioscience company markets Afrezza, a fast-acting inhalable form of insulin. The U.S. Food

Santa Clarita florist Steve Hanauer dies at 76

Florist and community leader Steve Hanauer died Wednesday at age 76, due to complications from a fall. He opened Steve’s Valencia Florist on Lyons Ave. in 1974. Steve and his

From the editor

To think of family-owned businesses strictly within the context of locally owned mom-and-pop enterprises doesn’t do them justice. More than one-third of the Fortune 500 companies are family-controlled, and family

Carl Kanowsky

Meeting the challenges of inherited property

By Carl Kanowsky As Saul Bloom said, “I want the last check I write to bounce.” That’s the character played by Carl Reiner in Ocean’s Twelve. After seeing and reading