santa clarita: Non-Permitted Home Additions: Should You Disclose? - 05/20/08 09:55 AM
Sellers who have non-permitted additions to their homes face a bit of a dilemma in the Santa Clarita area. If they disclose the additions as non-permitted on the MLS, they may be inviting the City or County inspectors in to assess them for the additions, which may result in penalties and … (2 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita Schools Receive Top Honors - 04/27/08 06:28 PM
The Santa Clarita area is well known for being a great place to live in the Los Angeles County area, in part because of its outstanding schools. This year, the California State Board of Education has named five Santa Clarita elementary schools to their list of 2008 California Distinguished Schools.
Valencia's … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Short Sale Saga: Santa Clarita Homes are Receiving Multiple Offers, Banks Still Slow to Respond - 04/26/08 06:03 PM
On the short sale (pre-foreclosure) front in Santa Clarita, many homes listed as short sales are now receiving multiple offers from buyers. Some of these buyers intend to occupy the homes, and some are investors deciding to take advantage of the lower home prices.
Within the last couple of weeks, virtually … (4 comments)
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santa clarita: Cemex Mine to be Relocated from Santa Clarita to Victorville - 04/26/08 02:07 PM
After several long years of battling the proposed CEMEX sand and gravel mega-mining project in Santa Clarita's Soledad Canyon area, legislators and local lawmakers have apparently reached an agreement to relocate this facility to the Victorville area instead.
Santa Clarita residents have argued that the proposed CEMEX mining facility would be located too close … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Water, Water, Everywhere... Or Is It? - 06/10/07 03:13 PM
Water is once again a hot topic in Southern California these days, with rainfall and snowpack at very low levels, and the recent scare where the water flow from San Franciso Bay/Delta area being shut down for a short period of time recently.
What can be done to help save our most … (2 comments)
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santa clarita: The Gentle Barn: Teaching Non-Violence Through the Use of Animals - 06/02/07 12:03 PM
Santa Clarita has many hidden gems to explore, and one of them is the Gentle Barn Foundation. The Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita uses innovative approaches to teaching kindness to youths who have been abused, kids recovering from substance abuse, kids on probation, foster kids and children and adults with mental, … (1 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita Ranks in Top 25 of California Retail Centers - 05/31/07 08:45 PM
The California Retail Survey recently announced the rankings of the top 100 city retail markets in California, based on 2006 retail sales.
Santa Clarita came in at number 24, outranking the nearby cities of Glendale, Pasadena, Thousand Oaks, Simi Valley and Santa Monica.
The California Retail Survey is considered to be a respected source of market intelligence for corporate … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Snake Season is Here! - 05/31/07 10:17 AM
Snake season has officially begun in the Santa Clarita area, with one snake bite victim already recovering from a bite from a venomous Mojave green rattlesnake.
According to The Signal, Chris Bolewski of Saugus was clearing brush for mountain biking in the Haskell Canyon area when he was bitten on the leg … (1 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita Transit to Increase Fares - 05/29/07 06:42 PM
Santa Clarita Transit riders will see a fare increase as of July 1, 2007 for the METRO Buses and METRO Rail system. This increase is part of an overall increase in the fares for the EZ Transit Pass Program.
The EZ Transit Pass Program is a zone-based regional monthly pass that allows … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Beach Weather is Here, and the Beach Bus is Running! - 05/23/07 05:33 PM
Santa Clarita's Summer Beach Bus program starts on May 28, just in time for the summer weather and the Memorial Day weekend.
Bus service will be provided from the Valencia transfer station at the corner of McBean Parkway and Valencia Blvd, Val Verde Park, and from Richard Rioux Memorial Park in Stevenson Ranch. The … (1 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita Market Update: April numbers are promising! - 05/18/07 10:35 AM
April numbers look very promising for the Santa Clarita Valley, with many homes selling close to list price and the average days on market (DOM) dropping to under 60 days in many areas.
The numbers shown below are combined for condos, townhomes and single family homes in each area.
Information … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita Open Space Initiative Gets Its Own Website - 05/17/07 03:10 PM
Supporters of the Santa Clarita Open Space Initiative have created an informative website to help make it easier to find information on this important initiative at http://www.scvsaveopenspace.org/.
The Open Space Initiative would allow the City of Santa Clarita to buy up open space land within a 3-mile radius of the City limits … (1 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita to Build New City Walk? - 05/03/07 10:23 AM
The rumors have been flying for a while now about the corner near the Magic Mountain entrance at the Old Road. Grading has been done, the gas station has been moved, and the freeway interchange has been upgraded. The rumor was that this entrance area was to become a new entertainment destination … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita Valley to be Allocated More Deputies - 05/03/07 10:12 AM
The unincorporated areas of Santa Clarita Valley will soon be seeing more deputies patrolling their areas.
Supervisor Antonovich worked to increase the overall police presence in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County, and will be adding 105 deputies starting with the new fiscal year, according to Los Angeles County representatives at … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita to Target Illegal Garage Conversions - 04/28/07 05:38 PM
In an effort to stem the tide of "overcrowded" homes in the Santa Clarita area, the city's Code Enforcement personnel will begin doing sweeps of Santa Clarita neighborhoods looking for illegal garage conversions. This is in response to an escalating number of complaints that as many as 10-20 people are living … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Immigration Sweeps Target Santa Clarita Area - 04/28/07 10:11 AM
Federal immigration sweeps started in the Santa Clarita area this week and are expected to continue through the weekend. These sweeps are part of the Federal Homeland Security Act to increase border enforcement activities.
While these sweeps are targeted towards finding known fugitives who have ignored previous deportation orders, there will likely … (1 comments)
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santa clarita: Santa Clarita: Get Your Rebate Here! - 04/27/07 11:47 PM
The Santa Clarita Sanitation District is upping the ante for the removal of all residential rock salt and potassium chloride based water softeners, with increased rebates and free removals by qualified plumbers. These rebates can range from about $325 to as high as $2,000.
Why the sudden offer of free money? The … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Fighting Eminent Domain: Grassroots Efforts - 04/27/07 11:37 PM
Eminent domain is rapidly becoming a hot issue in the Santa Clarita area, with downtown Newhall businesses feeling the pinch of the threat of eminent domain if they don't "voluntarily" accept the City's pending buy-out offers.
Is there anything that businesses and area residents can do to fight the eminent domain process? Well, … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Castaic High School: Stepford or Prefab? - 04/27/07 11:28 PM
The Castaic High School debate continues...
It was previously reported that it would likely take until 2014 for the new Castaic High School to be built and ready for the new school year. This was based on the Hart School District's plans to build a super-cool site with all the bells and … (0 comments)
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santa clarita: Castaic High School: Myth or Reality? - 04/26/07 08:30 PM
Well, the hammer came down on Castaic High School again this week...
After many frustrating delays (the last we heard it was to open for the 2010 school year), the project has now been pushed out to a (gasp!) 2014 completion date.'
Not that I buy this date either, since the school is joined at … (0 comments)
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