More Valley businesses closing

Call it the trickle-nowhere effect. Julia M. Scott in the Daily News.

Plunging home values and soaring consumer prices that are squeezing the cash flow of consumers have put a stranglehold on many local businesses.

The evidence can been seen in the profusion of for-lease signs on Ventura Boulevard storefronts and, in many of the surviving shops, a distinct imbalance between customers and merchandise.