Sport Chalet Inc. on Friday will hold grand opening ceremonies for its 42nd location in Vacaville, Calif. The new location, a 41,000-square foot store, will feature an on-site SCUBA training pool. La Ca & #324;ada-based Sports Chalet will hold a Gale Webb Extreme Sports & Air Show, a free rock-climbing wall and bungee trampoline among the activities during its grand opening event.

A Superior Court judge has granted a temporary restraining order that bars certain members of the city’s Engineers and Architects Association from walking off the job. The ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Dzintra I. Janavs prevents about 200 workers in the city’s 911 and 311 centers, department of sanitation and Los Angeles World Airports from picketing. The union has threatened to strike Tuesday, a move representatives and supporters said could cause massive disruptions citywide. In a statement, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said the court order protects critical city jobs. “The court today sent a clear message: While we will always respect the right of workers to organize, we cannot tolerate any effort to compromise the safety of the people of Los Angeles,” the mayor said. Villaraigosa, a former union organizer, said the city is not afraid to take legal action in case of a walk-out. “Any attempt to threaten the safety of the people of Los Angeles will be dealt with swiftly, and with the full weight of the law,” he said. The union represents about 7,500 city engineers, administrators, attorneys and technicians, including those at Van Nuys Regional Airport. The union’s contract expired in 2004. Organizers are demanding increases in wages in line with those recently given to police officers and Department of Water and Power employees.

Vivid Entertainment Group Inc. signed an agreement with ICup Inc. to distribute its apparel and novelty gifts, the company announced Monday. ICup, based in Trenton, N.J., will create a variety of Vivid-branded products, including clothing, puzzles, a card game and barware. ICup represents several brands in the entertainment and music fields, including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Kiss and Fox Television’s “Family Guy.” ICup is the type of partner that Vivid likes to have, said Steven Hirsch, a co-founder and co-chairman of the Cahuenga Pass-based firm. “They understand Vivid’s crossover appeal to mainstream and are highly experienced and well-established in their business category,” Hirsch said in a written statement. “They also know how to have fun with their product designs, manufacture with outstanding quality and have excellent distribution.” ICup plans to launch the Vivid product line at the Magic Marketplace Show in Las Vegas later this month.

IHOP Corp. said it plans to borrow about $200 million in private securitization to repay the company’s existing debt and repurchase the company’s stock shares. Glendale-based IHOP said it plans $175 million in medium term notes and $25 million in revolving credit facility. The company also authorized a 2 million share increase in its share buyback program. Since January 2003, IHOP has repurchased about 4.7 million shares of its stock.

The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. has added a new economist to its stable of number crunchers. Eduardo Martinez joins the LAEDC’s Economic Research group from a post as an international economist at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. He has also worked at the U.S. Department of Labor and Texas Department of Economic Development. Martinez graduated from Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Long Beach and served as a LAEDC intern in the late 1990s.

The Valley Economic Development Center hosts a workshop on business loans. 4 p.m. 5121 Van Nuys Blvd., 3rd Floor Van Nuys Free (818) 907-9922

Dole salad products are safe to eat and are not subject to a recall, the Dole Food Company Inc. announced Monday. Responding to Internet stories of a recall the Westlake Village-based company is reassuring consumers that Dole salads are safe to eat and produced in state-of-the-art facilities with a priority on product safety. Stories of an incident that took place a year ago may be behind the current stories of a recall, Dole spokesman Marty Ordman said in a statement. “Unfortunately, old news and inaccurate information that linger on the Internet for years can be mistaken for current news and make their way into today’s TV news and newspapers,” Ordman said. “Dole is proud of both our products and our commitment to consumer safety.” Consumers purchase more than 2 million bags of Dole Salad every day in the United States. Dole salads are triple-washed and packaged in bags specially designed to keep the product safe and fresh, the company said.

An Alaska bank has chosen Digital Insight Corp. to provide its Internet banking, business banking and online bill payment services, the company announced. Northrim Bank, of Anchorage, entered into a multi-year agreement with Calabasas-based Digital Insights based on its ability to seamlessly integrate with technology partners, the company said. The agreement positions Northrim to better serve its customers and grow its business through the online channel, said Vice President of Electronic Banking Services Kelly Lykins-Longlet. “After an extensive vendor selection process, we determined that Digital Insight is best able to provide our personal banking and business banking customers with a broad range of online products and services from within a secure environment,” Lykins-Longlet said. Through Digital Insight, Northrim’s personal banking customers can access online bill payment, check imaging and reorder checks. Business banking customers can access features such as web pay and check imaging. “Digital Insight’s on-demand service platform and our proprietary marketing programs help financial institutions improve their business results by enabling them to eliminate the burden of managing in-house solutions and to focus on serving highly profitable online customers,” said Digital Insight Chairman, President and CEO Jeff Stiefler.

Image Entertainment Inc. said its recent agreement with Relativity Media LLC will net DVD revenues in the range of $60 million to $90 million in calendar 2007 and $140 million to $210 million in 2008. The Chatsworth-based company, which licenses, produces and distributes entertainment programming, said it expects to release three motion picture DVDs in 2007 and seven in 2008. Image in recent weeks signed a 10-year agreement to distribute theatrical motion pictures independently financed and produced by Relativity for home video and digital formats. The agreement involved a stock swap making Relativity one of Image’s largest shareholders.

The Woodland Hills-Warner Center Neighborhood Council holds its monthly transportation and traffic committee meeting. 5 p.m. Woodland Park West Retirement Home 21711 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills (818) 347-4737 woodlandhillscouncil.org