Politics And The Pulpit –September 16, 2026 Host: Pastor Jerry Cook Guests:  Bryan Biggers, Anna Griese On today’s show, your host Pastor Cook talks with Bryan Biggers, Candidate for Hart School Board Area 2.  He also welcomes Anna Griese, Incumbent Candidate for Saugus Union District.  You can find Pastor Cook at Freedom’s Way Baptist Church in Castaic.   Previous Episode: ...

A Former Saugus School Board member and Dean of East Los Angeles College appeared in court on Friday to face charges of embezzlement. Friday, Paul De La Cerda pled not guilty to the embezzlement charges, said Greg Risling, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. De La Cerda served as East Los Angeles College (ELAC) Dean until ...

A pair of Santa Clarita brothers, Matthew and Tony Watson, have announced their candidacies for a pair of local school board seats on the ballot this November. Matthew Watson is running for the Area 4 seat of the Saugus Union School District Governing Board while his brother Tony Watson seeks the College of the Canyons Board of Trustees, Area 2 ...

The candidates for the various openings across all of the Santa Clarita Valley’s five K-12 school district governing boards have been finalized, with 16 candidates across 11 races expected to be on the ballot in November. Across the 11 races, only four are expected to be contested, each of the two open seats on the William S. Hart Union School ...

Saugus Union School District Board President Julie Olsen announced her intention to resign at the July 21 board meeting. Olsen announced she filed a notice of intent to the L.A. County Office of Education for the last day of service on the Governing Board for SUSD on Aug. 16. “It’s with mixed emotions that my family made the difficult decision ...

Evan Patlian, a Santa Clarita resident and Valencia High School alumnus, has announced his campaign for the Saugus Union School District Governing Board in Trustee Area No. 1. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Patlian released the following statement regarding his candidacy on Thursday: I am proud to call the Santa Clarita ...