On August 2, 1956, The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise announced plans for what was being called the “largest housing development in the Santa Clarita Valley.” This development at the time was a 213-home neighborhood in “Happy Valley” just west of downtown Newhall. The project was led by Newhall native Ted Lamkin, who had recently returned from a vacation in ...

A group of Happy Valley residents upset over a business that recently opened in their residential neighborhood brought concerns Tuesday to Santa Clarita City Council members. One of the business’s co-owners said he’s done everything he can to respect the neighbors and their concerns, and his sober living facility is operating within the confines of the law. Santa Clarita officials issued a notice of violation Tuesday regarding a city ordinance regulating how many tenants are in the home.