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Princess Cruises pleads guilty to probation violation

By Jim Holt Senior Investigative Reporter  Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating — for a second time — its probation terms stemming from a conviction over illegal dumping

Committee greenlights Wilk bill on film credits

News release  State Sen. Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, announced that Senate Bill 485), extending the Film and Television Tax Credit until 2030, was approved by the Senate Committee on Governance and Finance. Wilk authored the

2021 film season brings in $37.6M for the city

Following a year of productions being forcibly shut down or being heavily mitigated, the city of Santa Clarita Film Office reported a relatively large comeback for the entertainment industry in

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XLR8 announces new Valencia operations office

News release  Xelerate Logistics LLC announced recently a new branch opening in Valencia.   This fully staffed operations office has been added to XLR8 as a necessary expansion for the New York-based company

Paul Butler: Going the Extra Mile

Paul Butler | Happy at home, happy at work

I have no mother-in-law jokes. I just simply don’t. Why?  Well, you see I love my mother-in-law.  I’ve only ever had one and only plan to have one.  She’s the same one I’ve

Paul Raggio | Time to Get After It

New Year’s resolutions are shaping up right about now. The holidays have ended. We remain in a viral blizzard with Omicron and the Delta version of COVID. Nonetheless, every blizzard ends, as will this one. The

Spectrum closes $2.6 million office building sale

Spectrum Commercial Real Estate Inc. announced recently the off-market sale of a Class-A office building for $2.6 million. Andrew Ghassemi and Yair Haimoff of Spectrum Commercial Real Estate Inc., represented

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Residents asked to limit water usage

Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency will shut down the Castaic Lake water supply for annual maintenance on Jan. 3 and the shutdown is scheduled to conclude on Jan. 12, water

Holiday returns, shopping continues

Holiday shopping is expected to break records, and projections estimate holiday retail spending reaching $860 billion. Still, holiday returns average 13.3% of all holiday sales, which equals over $100 billion

Cintas celebrates Day of Giving

Valencia-based company Cintas teamed up with the Single Mothers Outreach for its third annual Cintas Day of Giving. Each year, the company has adopted an increasing number of families. In

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Garcia announces 2021 Congressional App Challenge winner

News release   Rep. Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, announced Sanjay Srikanth and Larren Wells as the winners of the 2021 Congressional App Challenge for California’s 25th District. Wells and Srikanth are seniors at

VIA installs 2022 board of directors

The Valley Industry Association celebrated the successes of the past year Friday during its annual installation ceremony for the 2022 board of directors.  “In the 40 years since VIA was