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The top photo, courtesy of SCVHistory.com, shows the Plaza Theatre during its heyday in 1973. The same building Friday, shortly before its scheduled demolition. Dan Watson /The Signal

Signs, times changing on Lyons Avenue 

Touting all the glamor of “a night on Broadway,” the Santa Clarita Valley — or the Valencia Valley as The Signal’s publisher tried to call it back then — threw

SCV aligns with state unemployment rate at 4.5% 

California’s current unemployment rate stands at 4.5%, according to Wallethub.com. From April to May, California experienced a 1.7% increase in unemployment.   California currently places as the third highest in the

Press release

Chamber invites community to Business Expo

News release  The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce invites the community to attend its Business Expo on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Valencia. The

Longtime Newhall businessman dies at age 75  

Longtime Newhall resident Larry Bird, a man credited for his community dedication and supporting the city’s efforts to make Newhall what it is today, died Sunday of cardiac arrest. He

Planners look at mixed-use project in Saugus  

Santa Clarita city planners are considering a new mixed-use project just north of Cinema Drive on Bouquet Canyon Road that would add a 50-foot, four-story building with a fifth-floor deck

Press release

VIA receives $675,000 to expand signature program 

News release  The Valley Industry Association will significantly expand its “Connecting to Success” program this fall thanks to new funding from the federal government, VIA announced in a prepared statement.  

Planners answer questions on Shadowbox  

Santa Clarita planners answered a litany of questions from the city’s Planning Commission in a memo released Friday on the pending 93.5-acre Shadowbox Studios project in north Newhall and Placerita