In-person dining, barbershops and hair salons are now allowed to reopen in Los Angeles County Friday after California Governor Gavin Newsom approved the County’s variance request, officials said. On Wednesday, Los Angeles County leaders applied for a variance to move into the next phase of reopening after achieving the readiness criteria based on positive rates, hospitalizations and other COVID-19 benchmarks. ...

Hundreds of Santa Clarita residents gathered together in Valencia late Thursday afternoon for a “Reopen Santa Clarita” Rally aimed at expressing their opposition to the extension of Los Angeles County’s “Safer at Home” order. https://www.facebook.com/khtsradio/videos/1523588207819429/ Residents gathered on all four corners of the intersection of Valencia Boulevard and McBean Parkway on Thursday as part of the “Reopen Santa Clarita” Rally. ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce announced Wednesday Ivan Volschenk has been appointed to the Small Business Working Group that reports to the Los Angeles Countywide Economic Resiliency Taskforce, officials said. Prior to his new position, Volschenk was the managing partner for Evolve Business Strategies, which manages the SCV Chamber, according to the organization. Volschenk is one of three ...

The Santa Clarita City Council is set to discuss how Santa Clarita could begin to reopen separately from Los Angeles County under an executive from California Governor Gavin Newsom that looks to allow “regional variations” from state directives. https://www.facebook.com/khtsradio/videos/2520872604841192/ On Tuesday, members of the Santa Clarita City Council are scheduled to “review and discuss” the recently amended state and county ...

Los Angeles County leaders are discussing what is needed to reopen and what the roadmap of recovery from the coronavirus pandemic would look like. “If we don’t see serious spikes and we actually start seeing the declines, which is what we’re really looking for, in the number of cases … we’ll feel a lot more secure that we can go ...