by élite Magazine | Jul 23, 2014 | August/September, Spotlight
This year, the City will host the 20th Annual River Rally Clean-Up and Environmental Expo on Saturday, September 20, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. This fun, important event brings hundreds of community members together to help preserve and protect the Santa Clara...
by élite Magazine | Jul 23, 2014 | August/September, Spotlight
Have you purchased your tickets for the much anticipated 5th Annual Dancing With Our Stars event? Tickets are selling quickly! Get ready as 17 Santa Clarita celebrities will pair up with the professionals, take stage and dance the night away to support various local...
by élite Magazine | Jul 22, 2014 | August/September, Spotlight
Not all heroes wear capes, and not all who fight for their lives wear armor. Seventeen-month-old Alexander was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) while still in the womb. HLHS is a heart defect where the left side of the heart is either...
by Stephanie Struyck | May 27, 2014 | June/July, Spotlight
On June 28, 2013, lightning struck, creating a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. Tragedy occurred just two days later taking the lives of 19 City of Prescott firefighters as they were trapped in the Yarnell Hill Wildfire. This was one of the highest wildland...
by élite Magazine | May 27, 2014 | June/July, Spotlight
While you may be counting down the days until school starts again, your kids have probably spent the last month counting down the days until summer. School is finally out, and your kids could not be more excited. The first few days of summer are filled with laughter...
by Stephanie Struyck | May 27, 2014 | June/July, Spotlight
The Santa Clarita Valley Facilities Foundation presented a check in the amount of $1,000,000 to the Governing Board of the William S. Hart Union High School District at their regular meeting on May 7, 2014 for the purpose of constructing shade structures at 10 area...
by élite Magazine | May 27, 2014 | June/July, Spotlight
Dust off those dancing shoes, the Dancing With Our Stars event is back and better than ever! With a new date and new location, the 5th annual Dancing With Our Stars promises to bring even more excitement than ever before, and all to benefit our local non profit...
by Stephanie Struyck | Mar 24, 2014 | April/May, Spotlight
They are the only locally headquartered bank in our valley, and their focus is simple…to help build a better community through products and services they provide for residents and businesses in the SCV. Welcome to Bank of Santa Clarita. Bank of Santa Clarita offers a...
by Stephanie Struyck | Mar 24, 2014 | April/May, Spotlight
Her dream to help animals that were lost or injured began when she was a child, but it wasn’t until 1999, when Ellie Laks’ dream became a reality. With a love for animals and children, Ellie created The Gentle Barn, a place where every animal and child can feel safe...
by élite Magazine | Mar 24, 2014 | April/May, Spotlight
He was born in Ohio and raised on the farm before moving to the big city. She was born in the Midwest, but moved to the East Coast where she was raised. It wasn’t until January, 1981, when Bobbi Jean and Jim met. “We met at the check-in counter at a hotel lobby in...
by élite Magazine | Jan 28, 2014 | February/March, Spotlight
Wine and food lovers in the Santa Clarita Valley are invited to a wonderful event that supports the Castaic Education Foundation’s efforts to maintain high quality programs for students at the Sweethearts for Education Wine Tasting Event at Salt Creek Grille on...
by Stephanie Struyck | Jan 28, 2014 | February/March, Spotlight
The National Assistance League was formed in Los Angeles after the San Francisco Earthquake and officially recognized as an organization in 1919. After the death of Joan Anderson, a member of the La Canada Flintridge Chapter and National Board of Directors in 1986,...