Despite the popular belief that millennials — those born between 1982 and 2004 — prefer living in dense, walkable, urban settings, a recent nationwide survey found that 80 percent of
When the sixth Jersey Mike’s Sub shop opens later this year in Valencia, it will have the same franchise owners as the previous five outlets in the Santa Clarita Valley,
A couple of weeks ago I offered to provide coaching to a young man looking for his first career job after earning two difficult degrees from two top-notch universities. We’ll
In a convergence of online and traditional retailing, Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market, Inc., for $13.7 billion in cash. Amazon announced Friday that it will pay $42 a share
Beverly’s Fabrics & Crafts store at 19150 Soledad Canyon Rd. in Canyon Country is closing. The store’s seven employees were told Monday of the decision to close the store, said
SetPoint Medical, a clinical-stage biomedical technology company developing a bioelectronic therapy for chronic inflammatory diseases, has appointed David Chernoff, MD, chief medical officer. Chernoff, a molecular diagnostics and biopharmaceutical industry
California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife today approved plans from developers of Newhall Ranch to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect an endangered fish species. The department certified a final
By Carl J. Kanowsky Taking up from my last column, I’m talking with Jim, owner of a traffic school, Fun While Drinking and Driving, about a lease he’s thinking of
Mike’s Diner on Castaic Road, celebrating its 70th anniversary this month, has gone by many names since opening in 1947, including Larkin’s and Café Jose. It became Mike’s because that’s
Growing up, I regularly read the comics pages in the newspaper. One of my favorites was Pogo, penned by Walt Kelly. One of the most memorable strips for me was
Starting in July, The Signal is making some changes to its monthly Santa Clarita Valley Business Journal, with a new design and additional coverage of the growing SCV business community.
To allow wider coverage of local news, two local media outlets, The Signal and SCVTV, will collaborate on shooting and distributing video coverage of local events. The content-sharing partnership will
BioSolar, Inc., a Santa Clarita-based developer of high capacity energy storage technology and materials, will jointly develop advanced lithium-ion batteries with Top Battery Co., a South Korean battery maker. The
The American Public Works Association this week honored Santa Clarita Public Works Director Robert Newman with a 2017 Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year Award. The award recognizes
Avita Medical Ltd., a biomedical maker of regenerative skin treatments, has named Dr. Michael Perry as its new chief executive officer, replacing Adam Kelliher. Avita’s U.S. operations are based in
California’s millennial generation, those born between 1980 and 2004, faces unprecedented economic challenges and diminished prospects of owning a home, not the least because of an unfortunate fact — housing
Facing a financial shortfall made worse by an expensive multi-year lease agreement on its former offices on Tourney Road, the Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce is in the midst
MannKind Corp. has hired a consulting firm to help find partners to develop new uses for Technosphere, its proprietary platform for delivering inhaled medications, the company said Monday. To date,
It was a bad week for SCV restaurants with “Big” in their names, as both Big Mouth Pizza on Newhall Ranch Road and Big Wangs on The Old Road shut
The first years of Bill Clinton’s presidency were marked by stumble after stumble in terms of strategy and execution of the new president’s agenda. Being Governor of Arkansas is one