Santa Clarita Real Estate Blog

Tour of Kitchens fundraiser features 10 Santa Clarita homes with new or remodeled designer kitchens. If you’re a fan of fabulous kitchens and baths, or just looking for decorating ideas for a more limited budget, the NKBA Tour of Kitchens may be the place for you this weekend. Take a tour of 10 new or remodeled [...]

Santa Clarita hopes to boost the local economy by implementing a new 21-point plan to allocate, generate and re-allocate funds to new projects. In an effort to boost the local Santa Clarita economy, the Santa Clarita City Council has approved a 21-point plan aimed at improving the general economic outlook of the Santa Clarita area. [...]

Low enrollment at West Creek Elementary delays school opening for at least a year. West Creek Elementary School, which is connected to Lennar’s West Creek and West Hills developments in Valencia, will not open this year as planned. The school is expected to open in 2010 instead. Saugus Union School District officials have elected to [...]

Lennar is negotiating with creditors to buy back Newhall Ranch land at a discount from its bankrupt Landsource venture. Lennar and its Landsource venture are apparently working on a deal with Landsource’s creditors to buy back the Newhall Ranch property just west of Valencia in the Santa Clarita Valley. This deal would create a new company comprised of [...]

Salt-based water softeners became illegal in the Santa Clarita Valley as of January 1, 2009 and must be removed by June 30, 2009. The salt-based water softener debate has been ongoing in the Santa Clarita Valley, with mandates that the Santa Clarita Sanitation District reduce the salt (chloride) level in its waste water to avoid [...]

Skunks are on the loose in Santa Clarita… what can you do about these odorous pests? Now that my dogs have been skunked twice in the last week, both times in my back yard, I realize that I’m likely not the only Santa Clarita resident dealing with late-night doggy-showers and skunk smell. What can you [...]

William S. Hart Union High School District receives highest overall API score in the state.  In API (Academic Performance Index) test results released this month by the California Department of Education, the William S. Hart Union High School District has received the top ranking in the state for union high school districts with 10,000 or more [...]

Burrtec to replace existing trash services in unincorporated areas of the Santa Clarita Valley. Trash cans are disappearing around the Santa Clarita Valley this week, and will continue to disappear through the end of October. Why? The unincorporated areas of Santa Clarita will be getting new trash cans, and new service, starting shortly. Burrtec Industries [...]

Santa Clarita City Council continues to buy up Spruce Street properties.

Halogen torchiere lamps may be exchanged for energy efficient flourescent models.