At least four local businesses were burglarized early Wednesday morning in the Santa Clarita Valley, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said.  According to head chef Luca Toumadi of Bella Cucina Ristorante Italiano, his restaurant and the nearby Papa John’s Pizza in the 27900 block of Seco Canyon Road in Santa Clarita were burglarized. He said his security camera picked up the break-in at 5:40 a.m.  “They were very fast,” Toumadi said. “They came inside and quickly back out.”  According to Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station Sgt. Johnny Gillespie, they have no suspect information, adding that the Papa John’s burglary took place at 4:35 a.m.  Lt. Luis Molina, another spokesman for the station, confirmed additional burglaries at Makenna Koffee and the Flying Yolk on the 23800 block of Newhall Ranch Road in Valencia.   “The initial call came in at 6:48 this morning,” Molina said. “Somebody found a safe that was left on street.”  According to station spokesman Deputy Robert Jensen, the Sheriff’s Department suspects the burglaries are connected.  Toumadi said he wasn’t scheduled to work on Wednesday but was on his way to the gym and passing by the restaurant when he saw the broken glass.  “I saw the guy from Papa John’s outside — same thing happened to him,” Toumadi said. “He said, ‘The police just left.’”  Toumadi added that the burglars broke through Bella Cucina’s front door and took the register, which only had about $100 in it. This is the second time Bella Cucina was burglarized, he said, the previous time being about three years ago.   “The same thing — they took the register, and they broke the window,” Toumadi said. “The problem is — the window — the insurance cannot cover because they only cover more than $1,000, so, we have to pay out of pocket every time.”  According to Brian Kawasaki, franchise owner of both the Papa John’s store on Seco Canyon and the one on Lyons Avenue in Newhall, his Seco store has been burglarized three times in the past two months. His Lyons store was hit twice, he said, adding that Wednesday morning’s burglary wasn’t very lucrative for the burglars.  “They found $13 in cash,” Kawasaki said. “But I’ll probably have $1,500 in damages, at least.”  He said a burglar broke through the front door, then found and took his safe, which had just $13 in it.  Papa John’s security video early Wednesday morning shows a burglar kicking in glass of the front door before going in and removing a safe. Video courtesy of Brian Kawasaki Security camera video from his business showed someone breaking in and taking the safe. Security camera video from outside Makenna Koffee and the Flying Yolk, which was posted on social media, showed two people breaking into one of the businesses. One of the individuals threw a rock into the front door. The other individual seemed to be the same person identified in the Papa John’s video.  “They’re finding ways to do this three, four or five stores at a time,” Kawasaki said. “We’re just mom-and-pop store owners. We own a couple stores in Santa Clarita. These aren’t big corporate entities. We’re mom-and-pop stores, just like Bella Cucina is. We’re already scraping by as it is.”  The post At least four local businesses burglarized appeared first on Santa Clarita Valley Signal.