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Starting early can help even small amounts of money set aside grow into a healthy nest egg. When retirement is decades away, it’s easy to postpone saving for it in favor of the more immediate demands on your income. Stretching your monthly budget to cover housing, food, clothing, student loan...

1. Life insurance on a spouse who is still paying child support or alimony. This is the most critical! If you are receiving child support or alimony rom your ex, you need to guarantee those payments continue. If your ex dies, he will obviously no longer be earning money or paying support!...

 Sleepless nights… Stressed out… Worried about the future… Always broke no matter how hard they work…Feeling hopeless about their situation. This is what most people are going through when they are considering bankruptcy in order to get out of debt. The word “bankruptcy” often produces negative...

The Social Security Administration has stopped mailing out most yearly statements, but you can estimate your retirement benefit online. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has had, since 2014, an online option (called my Social Security) for receiving annual benefit statements -- however,...

   The City of Santa Clarita has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for Fiscal Year 2017-18. This year...

 We are often asked this question.  Simplest answer “It’s worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it!” In all seriousness, the answer depends on a variety of factors: 1. Timing – at what point in the case is this question asked? Is it before or after the client has finished treatment?...

 Have you recently experienced a work-related injury? Has getting the treatment you need to return to work become impossible to get authorized through the worker’s compensation insurance carrier? Recent legislation effective since 2013 has made it more difficult for injured workers to get...

You are an honest taxpayer who always pays taxes on time. Regardless, you may have received alarming automated calls allegedly from the IRS demanding payment and threatening arrest. These are a scam. The IRS never calls taxpayers if they owe money without first sending a notification through...

 If you or, more likely, your parents, created an old-fashioned will, or you, or your parents have no will or trust, then a process must be initiated in Superior Court called Probate. Probate is the court supervision of the administration of a person’s estate. If there is a valid will, the...

On October third, STREAM Global Innovations will be hosting their Parent Café in honor of their Manufacturing Day event the following day. Parent Cafés are industry-led panel discussions for parents to ask questions and get vital information on steps their child could take to get involved in...

 Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley President, Barbara Meyer, and nine club members will be traveling to Kauai, HI for a Zonta District 9 Conference from October 3–October 6, 2019. They will join members from 25 clubs located in five states – Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah – via...

   The City of Santa Clarita has been awarded the prestigious 24th Annual Achievement of Excellence in Procurement® (AEP) for 2019 from the National Procurement Institute, Inc. (NPI). This is the ninth time the City has received this award in recognition of Santa Clarita’s purchasing...

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 In today’s dynamic market environment, some investors may be looking beyond stocks and bonds for other options for investing their money. This search for other options may lead to alternative investments. Alternative investments are investments outside the stock and bond markets, and may...

  The City of Santa Clarita had another fantastic year of location filming in the 2018-2019 Fiscal Year with the Film Office recording 526 film permits and 1,380 film days, which generated an estimated $33.4 million in economic impact to the local community. These statistics represent an...

We all know that accidents happen. Most often it is someone else’s negligence. Most, not all, people obey the mandatory insurance provisions of the state statutes.  Some folks don’t purchase any insurance. More and more people get around those mandatory insurance statutes by purchasing...

A growing number of Americans have been forced to delay their planned retirement date due to job and savings losses suffered during the past five years. According to a survey, 40 percent of U.S. workers said they have resolved to retire later due to concerns about outliving their savings and...

Many people find themselves facing overwhelming debt, with constant calls from creditors and no obvious way out. For some, a job loss sent them into a downward spiral, and they are now unable to pay their bills and meet their responsibilities. For others, a recent divorce, business losses,...