The Santa Clarita Veterans Services Collaborative (SCVSC) has finally reopened after they were forced to close their doors nearly a year ago due to COVID-19 precautions. As certain Los Angeles County restrictions have been lifted, the SCVSC has reopened on April 1, having been closed since March of last year. Many new volunteers have been trained and their weekly food ...

George Keene, a longtime Newhall resident and World War II veteran, is featured in “Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission,” a new documentary/feature film hybrid about a pilot who leads a rescue mission during the Second World War. Last month, “Journey to Royal: A WWII Rescue Mission” was released on Video on Demand, DVD, and Blu-ray in both the ...

Congressman Mike Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, co-sponsored the “Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2021,” which is meant to help unemployed veterans affected by the economic impact of COVID-19. On Friday, Garcia announced that he is co-sponsoring the bill, which aims to help veterans who are unemployed due to COVID-19 by providing them with training in high-demand job fields.  “I am proud ...

The family of Bill Reynolds announced Wednesday that a memorial service is set to be held over the weekend in honor of the local veteran historian who died back in January. Respected as a community advocate and local Santa Clarita Valley veteran historian, William “Bill” Reynolds died on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. See Related: Santa Clarita Community Remembers Veteran Historian ...

Community advocate, Santa Clarita Valley veteran historian, and proud member of “The Boys of ‘67” William “Bill” Reynolds has died, family announced Monday. Reynolds was born on Aug. 5, 1946, in Mineral Wells, Texas. His mother and father had met in Sydney, Australia during the Pacific theater of World War II, and had returned to his father’s hometown to raise ...

The Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative recently received a $15,000 grant from the Los Angeles County Regional COVID-19 Recovery Fund that is set to help the nonprofit group continue operations.  In late September, the Collaborative was notified its COVID-19 grant application had been accepted, and, after completion of a few additional steps, $15,000 in grant money was transferred to the ...

On August 22 and 23, the Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative is set to host a fundraiser with a giveaway prize. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the normal large crowd for the Collaborative’s fundraiser walk will be moved to a “virtual” one. Participants wanting to raise money for the Veteran Services Collaborative are encouraged to print out a runner’s bib ...

Officials with the nonprofit Santa Clarita Grocery held a free lunch event for veterans on Saturday, where they hosted Santa Clarita’s oldest veteran as well as enjoyed a flyover by a local pilot. Santa Clarita Grocery, local chapters of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, as well as The Guardians came together on Saturday for the second of ...

A Santa Clarita resident has found a way to help support living veterans in the community, by honoring veterans who have passed this coming Memorial Day with fundraising flags. Tracy Fernandez-Michaels as been spending most of her time making masks, after recently being laid-off due to the shutdown of non-essential businesses. When she discovered that local boy scout troops would ...

Several local organizations in Santa Clarita have partnered to offer two free “Thank You SCV Veterans” hot dog lunches in the month of May. Santa Clarita Grocery, local chapters of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, as well as The Guardians have come together to set up the event as a way to celebrate National Military Appreciation Month. ...