A chance encounter in France with an American World War II veteran led to a special experience for the Valencia High School Choir this summer. Fifty Valencia High School choir students had the opportunity to visit France and sing at the Mont-Saint-Michel Cathedral in Normandy this summer. The highlight of the trip was singing at the Normandy American Cemetery Memorial, ...

Caesar J. Benigno, a Santa Clarita World War II veteran, died just short of his 94th birthday on Nov. 27 at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital due to heart failure. He was born Dec. 21, 1925 in New York City. Benigno graduated from Washington Irving Evening High School in 1942, and soon after, he enlisted to live out his dream of ...

Santa Clarita funeral services for World War II veteran Tom Tucker were announced Friday. Vietnam Veteran Bill Reynolds is our KHTS Director of Veteran’s Affairs. If you know a local veteran, please email us at Hometownheroes@hometownstation.com. Tucker died on Jan. 28, 2019 at the age of 93 at his board and care home in the San Fernando Valley. Tucker will be interred at ...

Santa Clarita veteran William “Bill” L. Reynolds has joined KHTS Radio to highlight local veterans and their stories. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Reynolds will be the Director of Veterans Affairs for the new feature, “Hometown Heroes, Our Local Veterans,” which will launch as a weekly feature, starting Nov. 9, featuring ...

In honor of the 75th anniversary of the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor this month, several local World War II veterans from Oakmont of Santa Clarita are planning to share their compelling stories live on KHTS AM-1220. See the full collection of KHTS Feature Stories and Videos on hometownstation.com. On Dec. 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on ...

Ed. Note: The following article is a news release provided by College of the Canyons. The College of the Canyons Studio Jazz Ensemble and Lab Band will perform in a “Music of World War II” concert event this week. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. The Music of World War II fall concert ...

Assemblyman Scott Wilk, R-Santa Clarita, has selected Newhall resident Erika Schwartz to represent the 38th Assembly District during the 9th annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony in Sacramento. On April 8th the California Assembly and the Holocaust Memorial Project will honor Holocaust survivors, the second generation, and liberators during Holocaust Memorial Week.   Erika (Hornstein) Schwartz was born in the Jewish ghetto of Nyiregyhaza in Nazi-occupied ...

Santa Clarita is home to many Jewish people, and their heritage and life stories add to the cultural richness of our valley. But Newhall resident Erika Schwartz has a particularly important life story to share. Born in Hungary in 1944, Schwartz is the youngest Holocaust survivor still living in the Santa Clarita Valley. Because she was an infant, Schwartz has ...