Business

Landscape Development Inc. proud to call SCV home

 Courtesy of Landscape Development Inc.   Landscape Development, Inc has made its home in the Santa Clarita Valley since 1984. With a strong standing in the community and valued workplace environment we

Assessor 101: a few things property owners should know

By Jeff Prang, Los Angeles County assessor  From the Assessor’s Office  As you might imagine my office receives literally tens of thousands of questions annually, interestingly enough, mostly dealing with real

Sustainability in the suburbs — for sure!

By Holly Schroeder, President & CEO of the Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corp.  When workers were asked to stay away from their offices in 2020, it set off a

Business ventures amid the pandemic

While numerous businesses were negatively impacted by the pandemic, others were able to persevere, starting new business ventures in a difficult year.   Among the newcomers is Teriyaki Rice Express, at

Paul Butler: Going the Extra Mile

Paul Butler | Fatherly leadership

Here are 6 similarities between good fathering and good leadership:  1. Just as good fathers know they must work hard and provide for their families, good leaders understand they must work hard

If solar panels come down, city must pay $5M

In a ruling of “power versus space … two great pillars of environmental sustainability,” open space won this week, a win for city officials — at a $5 million price.  A Los

Board hears city’s recent tourism, economic development efforts

The city of Santa Clarita’s tourism advisory board held its quarterly meeting Tuesday to hear updates on the city’s tourism advertising, special events and other economic development updates.  Tourism Trolley  The Tourism Trolley returned to Santa

Couple brings Caring Transitions to SCV

Husband-and-wife duo Jared and Victoria Erfle are teaming up and using past experience to help seniors with transitions and relocations. After seeing the need firsthand through a real estate client

Paul Butler: Going the Extra Mile

Paul Butler | Work like Jared

Jared is a hard worker. He arrives 10 minutes before his shift starts. His belief is, he should be ready to begin his tasks right at the top of the hour,

SCV hotels rebound as pandemic winds down

As COVID-19 ravaged the nation, the hotel and hospitality industry was among the hardest hit, experiencing major losses in 2020.  However, hotels in the Santa Clarita Valley have been able

Supes approve motion to establish permanent options for outdoor dining

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors directed staff Tuesday to develop countywide guidelines for permanent outdoor-dining options.  The motion, authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, impacts public spaces where restaurants have set up temporary outdoor dining, including public sidewalks,

NTS celebrates multi-million-dollar test building

National Technical Systems Inc., which provides qualification testing, inspection and certification services, recently celebrated the grand opening of its multi-million-dollar dynamics test building at its Santa Clarita laboratory. The secure

Press release

Printful expands operations to Valencia

Printful announced recently it is moving to a new, larger facility allowing the addition of approximately 100 jobs in the Santa Clarita Valley.  Printful plans on moving its California operations from Chatsworth to Valencia during

Paul Raggio | It’s about the process

We won the contract, and my company just finished transitioning 50 armed security officers on payroll to secure one of our federal government’s critical infrastructures. Our 24-hour mission was to control the access to the installation and

Press release

‘Bike to Work Challenge’ winners announced

News release  The city of Santa Clarita has announced the winners of the 17th annual “Bike to Work Challenge,” which was a week-long city-wide competition that took place between Monday, May 10, through Friday, May 14. Local employees were invited to