The last day to purchase tickets is MAY 29 at 5:00 pm or when our tickets are sold out. HURRY! THIS GAME WILL SELL OUT FAST! QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED! FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED! vs. Chicago Cubs Saturday, June 7 A portion of the proceeds will benefit participating SCV non-profit groups. SAVE UP TO PER TICKET FIELD LEVEL: $30 INFIELD RESERVE: $20 ALL YOU CAN EAT RIGHT PAVILION FIELD: $28 Pre-Game Festivities: 12:45 Game Start Time: 12:55 TICKET SALE LOCATIONS: • The Signal • KHTS • City of Santa Clarita • WaMu CO-SPONSORS: City of Santa Clarita • The Signal Newspaper • SCV Dodger Night Committee William S. Hart Baseball & Softball • KHTS 1220 AM • SCV WaMu Branches   05/22/2008

City of Santa Clarita Residents: Pre-Registration Required • Trade in your old halogen torchiere floor lamp for a FREE energy efficient fluorescent model ($60 value). • Pre-registration is required. To secure your new torchiere, please call (800) 968-5203 or email partnership@energycoalition.org. • Limited to the first 500 participants. • Your choice of black, white or satin nickel. Parking Lot of Santa Clarita City Hall 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, CA 91355 Why Trade? To register, call (800) 968-5203 or email partnership@energycoalition.org. FREE Lamp Exchange! Saturday, June 7th • 8 am - 12 noon Cut your energy usage by 70%, while saving up to $250. Halogen lamps burn as hot as 1,000ºF and are responsible for hundreds of fires. Save Be Safe Magic Mountain Pkwy. N McBean Pkwy. V... 05/22/2008

Below are the current statistics for properties in the Santa Clarita Valley area, including Castaic, Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch and Valencia. Current Number of Available (Active) Listings: 1751Average # of Days on Market: 113New Listings taken in May to date: 237 Currently in Escrow: 518 Closed Listings in May to date: 135Average # of Days on Market: 67Average Sales Price/Listing Price: 97%Average Property: 3 bedroom, 2.75 baths, 1916 sq ft, Listed at $464,625 and sold at $452,235 *Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. As a Realtor® with Dilbeck GMAC Real Estate, I continuously monitor local real estate statistics to keep my clients informed and ahead of the real estate trends. Please contact me: If you are looking to buy, sell or lease your home in the ... 05/20/2008

I am almost certain that this "to do" item is not on your list of things you need to do prior to leaving on your next vacation destination.  Here's how to get away without getting all wet! We make checklists on paper or make mental notes prior to departing to our vacation destination.   Did you bring the tickets? Check, Did you lock the door? Check, Did you shut off your water line to the washer? (Record scratching noise) What?, Why? Imagine for a moment that you leave for say just a week and your water line to the washer breaks (rubber hoses that are under water pressure can wear over time) and sometimes spring a leak. You then have water pouring out like a fire hose on to your carpets, your furniture, and seeping into your walls. If your laundry room is upstairs than your drywall ceil... 05/20/2008

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 an increase in property taxes. If sellers do not disclose non-permitted additions, there is the possibility that the buyers may sue later if they discover that the additions were either not permitted or sub-standard after the close of escrow. First of all, if you are planning on making additions to your home, whether it's a room addition, a loft or a patio cover, be sure to obtain the proper permits. Depending on where you live, these will be obtained from either the City of Santa Clarita or Los Angeles... 05/20/2008

  1 · SCV Mayors Prayer Breakfast · SCValleyMommies Park Playdate · COC Theatre: The Hobbit · Parks, Recreation, & Community Services Commission 2 · 7-Eleven Grand Opening in Saugus · SCV Man and Woman of the Year Dinner · COC Theatre: The Hobbit · Castaic Days · Necessary Targets 3 · 3rd Annual Santa Clarita Rally for the Troops · Shop on a Budget Store Tour · Mother's Day Tasting · 2nd Annual SCV Fibro Faire · Castaic Days · SCValleyMommies Ugly Coffee · Free "The Secret" Movie Screening · Artist To Stop Traffik · Eleos Arts Recital · FREE COMIC BOOK DAY! · COC Theatre: The Hobbit · Second Annual Community Health Fair · Necessary Targets 4 · Pride Week · COC Theatre: The Hobbit · Child & Family Center's Taste of the Town · Castaic Days · SCV Healthy Baby Expo 5 · Newhall Redevelopmen... 05/19/2008

As summertime approaches and the weather warms, it is the perfect time for enjoying our own Santa Clarita's concert summer series! Bring your family, a picnic blanket and basket and enjoy these fun shows with your neighbors! All the concerts below are FREE and start at 7pm at Central Park (27150 Bouquet Canyon RoadSanta Clarita, CA 91351). For more information, please visit http://www.santa-clarita.com/arts/concerts/ July 5 - Santa Clarita SymphonyA salute to great American Musicals with songs from Rogers and Hammerstein, Bernstein and Sondheim and Tin Pan Alley composers George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, plus a patriotic salute to John Philip Sousa! July 12 - No DuhNo Duh captures the complete essence of a Gwen Stefani & No Doubt concert, mixing their music with nostalgic... 05/12/2008

Below are the current statistics for properties in the Santa Clarita Valley area, including Castaic, Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch and Valencia. Current Number of Available (Active) Listings: 1792Average # of Days on Market: 111New Listings taken in May to date: 164 Currently in Escrow: 532 Closed Listings in May to date: 71Average # of Days on Market: 70Average Sales Price/Listing Price: 97%Average Property: 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths, 1866 sq ft, Listed at $448,780 and sold at $437,325 *Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. As a Realtor® with Dilbeck GMAC Real Estate, I continuously monitor local real estate statistics to keep my clients informed and ahead of the real estate trends. Please contact me: If you are looking to buy, sell or lease your home in the Sa... 05/12/2008

       The city of Santa Clarita is a quiet bedroom community located in North Los Angeles County home to Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park, but is also home to many popular movies and tv shows did you know this? The next time you watch some of these shows you will be seeing the beautiful city of Santa Clarita and you dont even realize it! Entertainment is Santa Clarita's fourth-largest industry. Here are a few that I found: Showtimes Weeds is filmed in Stevenson Ranch and College of the Canyons, you know as the town of Agrestic, Ca. Pump Up the Volume which was filmed in Saugus High School, Heroes, filmed at Golden Valley High School and West Ranch High School, NCIS, CSI, and Christine filmed in Valencia. The HBO Series Big Love shoots in Mentryville. In addition to these product... 05/08/2008

                                                                         As your Stevenson Ranch expert my goal is to keep you abreast of the current Stevenson Ranch single family home home sales. Here is the break down as of today's date: ACTIVE LISTINGS: There are currently 92 single family homes on the market. $439,000 is the minimun list price, newly listed. $830,929 is the average list price, and have been on the market for 79 days. $3,999,999 is the the high list price and have been on the market for 369 days. These homes range from tract style homes to new construction estate custom homes. BACK UP OFFERS: There are currently 12 homes in back up status. $515,999 is the minimum with 3 days on the market. $759,149 is the average with 100 days on the market. $1,225,000 is the high l... 05/05/2008

Stevenson Ranch condo's for Sale. As your Santa Clarita Realtor I am here to provide you with the most current condo sales information in the Stevenson Ranch area which includes Southern Oaks and Sunset Point. ACTIVE LISTINGS: There are currently 36 condo's on the market. $269,000 is the minimum list price, new listing. $356,118 is the average list price, 73 days on the market. $485,999 is the maximum list price, 322 days on the market. BACK UP OFFERS: There are currently 4 condo's in back up status. $275,000 is the minimum list price, 25 days on the market. $343,325 is the average list price, 96 days on the market. $388,500 is the maximum list price, 174 days on the market. PENDING SALES: There is only 1 condo pending. The list price is $336,900 and was on the market for 29 days. I lik... 05/05/2008

Below are the current statistics for properties in the Santa Clarita Valley area, including Castaic, Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch and Valencia.Current Number of Available (Active) Listings: 1800Average # of Days on Market: 106New Listings taken in May to date: 66Currently in Escrow: 518Closed Listings in May to date: 16Average # of Days on Market: 55Average Sales Price/Listing Price: 98%Average Property: 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths, 1595 sq ft, Listed at $417,900 and sold at $411,087 *Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.As a Realtor® with Dilbeck GMAC Real Estate, I continuously monitor local real estate statistics to keep my clients informed and ahead of the real estate trends. Please contact me:If you are looking to buy, sell or lease your home in the Santa Cl... 05/05/2008

Built it and they will come...  Well I have and they are - Check out www.SantaClarita911.com, you will find a widget that powers a engine that draws it's data directly from the source that is assigned to it.  The local board of Realtors - This powerful draw pulls the Real time, non manipulated data, without it being adjusted to serve the needs of another.  You get the real information concerning a particular home, community or school, depending on the data you request.If your information safe with The Paris911 Team at REMAX of Santa Clarita and REMAX of Valencia?  You better believe it.  I have a motto that I cannot share here(is goes with the rough, non refined, web life presence I support) - But this is the just of it, I will never sell, trade, spam or otherwise use information someon... 05/02/2008

Below are the current statistics for properties in the Santa Clarita Valley area, including Castaic, Canyon Country, Newhall, Saugus, Stevenson Ranch and Valencia.Current Number of Available (Active) Listings: 1822Average # of Days on Market: 105New Listings taken in April to date: 361Currently in Escrow: 507Closed Listings in April to date: 159Average # of Days on Market: 74Average Sales Price/Listing Price: 96%Average Property: 3 bedroom, 2.75 baths, 1908 sq ft, Listed at $490,009 and sold at $471,019 *Information deemed reliable, but not guaranteed.As a Realtor® with Dilbeck GMAC Real Estate, I continuously monitor local real estate statistics to keep my clients informed and ahead of the real estate trends. Please contact me:If you are looking to buy, sell or lease your home in the S... 04/28/2008

While I love going out to eat in the Santa Clarita area, I prefer to avoid places that are having troubles with cleanliness. Somehow the thought of having rat doo-doo in my food just doesn't make for a pleasant dining experience.The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health helps us to choose clean restaurants by posting ratings in restaurant windows (those A, B or C signs) and publishing closures and ratings online for the public's review.Thankfully, most of the restaurant closures in the Santa Clarita area since January 18, 2008 are for gas station quickie stores rather than full-fledged restaurants.The establishments closed for vermin infestation during the last three months were the following:Dr. Donuts on Seco Canyon (Saugus). This is not their first closure due to vermin issu... 04/27/2008

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 Bridgeport Elementary, NorthPark Elementary, and Charles Helmers Elementary schools were honored with the Distinguished Schools award this year, as well as Saugus' Emblem and Mountanview Elementary schools.The California Distinguished Schools program was started in 1985 to honor schools with quality educational programs, and alternates each year between awards for elementary and secondary schools. Charles Helmers school not only met the API (Academic Performance Index) requirement ... 04/27/2008

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 every home that I called that was listed as a short sale had at least one offer outstanding. Granted that not all of these offers are anywhere near the asking price, but at least the interest is growing and many Realtors are reporting that they are getting at least one offer at or near the asking price. Remember that with short sales, the asking price is just a starting point - the bank has generally not approved a sale at this price. And some Realtors are listing these homes with com... 04/26/2008

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 to existing homes, thus creating a negative effect on the quality of life and home values in that area. The Soledad Canyon mining operation, if approved, would have been located closer to existing homes than any other large-scale mining operation in U.S. history.The proposed legislation, the Soledad Canyon Mine Act (H.R. 5887), will cancel two ten-year SoledadCanyon mining contracts that CEMEX has with the U.S. Bureau of Land Manag... 04/26/2008

Sellers and Buyers Unite - You have got to check out www.HomeValue911.com and see what all of the hubub is about - It is a location where we have placed four Top Producer Systems Market Snapshots.  Each one corresponds to a different Board of Realtors which we are Full members of, Either Paris or I.  So if you are looking to sell a home or purchase a home in the Greater Los Angeles Area - Santa Clarita Valley - San Fernando Valley - Ventura County - or Antelope Valley.  We have those bases covered.There are also affiliate memberships that go along with all of our different Board Memberships - That will encompass most of the other areas in Southern California.Check us out and I would love to help you buy or sell a home.  Just plug your information into the market snapshots located at www... 04/25/2008

This was sent to me today. I did not compose it, nor do I know who the author is? It was not copyrighted, so I would like to share it with you. It reads on like this... Too Busy for a Friend... One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish their assignment, and as the students left the room, each one handed in the papers. That Saturday, the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and listed what everyone else had said about that individual. On Monday she gave each student his or her list. Be... 04/25/2008