KHTS Takes a Closer Look at Action Academy, the ‘Missing Piece’ in Santa Clarita Valley Teen Drug and Alcohol Recovery By Stephen K. Peeples Santa Clarita’s newest free public school is taking a new-school approach to an old-school problem. The Wm. S. Hart Union High School District and Action Family Counseling’s non-profit Action Family Foundation have teamed to open Action ...

Arif Halaby, President and CEO of Total Financial Solutions, Inc., helps people manage their money, get out of debt and plan for their retirement. However, it is what he does when he is not keeping people’s money safe that makes him the latest KHTS Santa Clarita Unsung Hero, proudly presented by Mercedes-Benz of Valencia. Hard working from an early age ...

Jen Gerard, president and CEO of Whitening Lightning, does her best to keep the people in the Santa Clarita Valley smiling but it’s what she does when she not making people’s pearly whites shine that makes her the latest KHTS Santa Clarita Unsung Hero, proudly presented by Mercedes-Benz of Valencia. Santa Clarita Resident Since 1979 Gerard moved to the Santa ...

    By Stephen K. Peeples Gary Choppé, board vice president of the nonprofit Family Promise of the Santa Clarita Valley and vice chairman of the Santa Clarita Arts Commission, is carrying on his educator parents’ tradition of community service above-and-beyond. That’s why Choppé is the latest KHTS Santa Clarita Unsung Hero, proudly presented by Mercedes-Benz of Valencia. Over the ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce officials held the 29th Annual Home and Business Expo Street Fair.

The Santa Clarita Valley’s hometown station, KHTS AM-1220, will be walking the crime beat with a new show featuring KHTS New Director Perry Smith and Josh Dubin of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, from 10-11 a.m. every first and third Thursday of the month. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. ...

        Santa Clarita Mom on a Mission Against Drug Abuse Since Son’s Heroin Overdose in 2010 By Stephen K. Peeples As an inspiration to young people at risk, young drug addicts in recovery, and their parents, Krissy McAfee is KHTS’s latest Santa Clarita Unsung Hero presented by Mercedes-Benz of Valencia. The Santa Clarita mother of two surviving ...

Ex-Showbiz “Arranger” and Santa Clarita Valley Mom Co-Founded SCVi Charter School to Provide All SCV K-12 Students a Leadership-Based Alternative to Traditional Schools By Stephen K. Peeples When SCVi Charter School co-founder Amber Raskin first looked into fresh alternatives to traditional public schools or homeschooling for her own children, she thought beyond her own family. She figured other Santa Clarita ...

  Former Owner of Famed Margo Boutique Now Leads the Volunteers who Run Closet on Main, Single Mothers Outreach’s Clothing Resale Store in Newhall As longtime owner of the upscale Margo clothing boutique in Newhall, Margo Hudson gained lots of experience in running a stylish retail store. After closing shop, Hudson came out of retirement a few years ago to ...

Bringing more than a dozen years of Santa Clarita Valley coverage to the team, Michele Buttelman will be a frequent contributor to KHTS AM-1220. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Buttelman brings her extensive knowledge of the local nonprofit scene, arts and entertainment in the Santa Clarita Valley to her stories. ...