Politics & The Pulpit –April 8, 2026 Host: Pastor Jerry Cook Guest: Matt Funicello Today on Politics And The Pulpit, your host Pastor Jerry Cook welcomes Matt Funicello, Military Veteran of the Iraq War. They talk about Matt’s change from a Republican conservatism  to a Libertarian conservatism. You can find Pastor Jerry Cook at Freedom’s Way Baptist Church in Castaic. ...

On this day 8 years ago, a Saugus High School graduate tragically died in a plane crash during a training flight with the Air Force.  While participating in a U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron Slot Pilot Thunderbird 4, Maj. Stephen Del Bagno was killed when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed over the Nevada Test and Training Range during a ...

Fresh out of high school, Marcus Nichols joined the ranks as a student at the prestigious Air Force Academy in Colorado to begin a career that would take him around the world and even into space. Nichols was 18 years old when he was accepted into the Air Force Academy, a four-year university in El Paso County Colorado. “What drove ...

College of the Canyons hosts an online information session for its aerospace and defense industry program on “stealth” coatings.  COC is scheduled to host an online meeting for potential applicants interested in enrolling in the “Low Observable (stealth) Coatings Program,” on Wednesday, Jan. 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. The 17-week program, held in partnership with Northrop Grumman, is set ...

Local veterans and their friends and families gathered at Eternal Valley Memorial Park Mortuary in Newhall to hold a Memorial Day Ceremony to remember fallen soldiers.  Flags were placed across the Eternal Valley Cemetery this weekend on veteran graves, decorating the hillsides with red, white and blue. At 9 a.m. Monday, attendees began trickling in to where the ceremony was ...

Word of Mouth A local veteran recently contacted me and said, “Hey Bill, you really should interview Bob Khalsa because he has one of the most unique stories you will ever hear.”  So naturally, I reached out, and in short order, Bob and I met in Valencia and, man oh man, was that veteran correct! I have to confess that ...

The Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) based out of Valencia High School recently took third place in a national academic competition, officials said Tuesday. The CA-782 team competed in the AFJROTC Academic Bowl Championship in Washington, D.C. They were accompanied by Sgt Legier, who served as their coach, according to Col. Christopher Bricker, the senior aerospace science ...

A Thunderbird pilot from Valencia “lost consciousness” during a high G-Force maneuver in the Nevada desert before a fatal crash, according to an Air Force report released Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Maj. Stephen Del Bagno died on April 4, 2018, during a “routine aerial demonstration” in his F-16 Fighting ...

Being a military family can bring great honor, but it can also bring great pain. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Within the Colley family of eight, there is a retired Air Force captain father and a disabled Air Force veteran daughter. But this Santa Clarita military family is still grappling with ...

Following a motorcade procession that began at the Eternal Valley Ceremony, a memorial service was held for Maj. Stephen “Cajun” Del Bagno, an Air Force Thunderbirds pilot who died on April 4. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. During a ceremony that gathered hundreds of Santa Clarita residents, friends and family of ...