The Guardians of Santa Clarita hosted their 9/11 car show and pancake breakfast on Saturday in memorial of lost military members, as well as to honor veterans.  A variety of cars, from classic to futuristic, lined the parking lot of Higher Vision Church on the Old Road Saturday morning.  Volunteers worked to make hundreds of pancakes and sausages, cutting up ...

A career fair catered towards veterans is set to be hosted by the Santa Clarita Veteran Services Collaborative, (SCVSC) to provide job resources to local veterans and their families.  The event by the SCVSC and with Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions is set to be open to all Santa Clarita veterans and their families with approximately 50 companies present and hoping to ...

The state of California is home to over 1.8 million former service members. While this highlights the fact that the state is home to the largest veteran population of any U.S., ensuring that veterans are supported is essential in appreciating their service. For veterans in Santa Clarita, support can be found in various ways — through organized events to services that ...

Join in expressing your gratitude for our veterans and first responders at the free Veterans and First Responders Appreciation Day, held by the Santa Clarita Elks Lodge. This event is sponsored by the Santa Clarita Elks Lodge 2379 and Los Angeles County Chapter, Marines & Corpsmen Association. On Saturday, Oct. 8, head out to the Santa Clarita Elks Lodge to ...

You can win a free dream vacation worth $7,000.00+, open to all active military, Veterans and First Responders. KHTS Radio and Motoa will be partnering to Identify, Recognize and Reward SCV HomeTown Heroes each month with a once-in-a-lifetime Dream Vacation.   To register for a chance to win, click here.  Contest ends August 31, 2022. Click here for a complete set ...

Congressman Mike Garcia (R-Santa Clarita) applauded the House passage of the Honoring Our PACT Act on Thursday. On Thursday, Garcia commented on the recent passage of the Honoring Our PACT Act, a bill that is expected to improve healthcare options for veterans.  “I’ll always be a steadfast supporter of our servicemembers, while they serve and after their time in the ...

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 ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion Tuesday authored by Supervisors Kathryn Barger and Sheila Kuehl that aims to decrease the number of veteran decedents by suicide. As a result, a newly chartered L.A. County Veteran Suicide Review Team is set to implement a data-driven and collaborative death review process to collect data, analyze veteran suicides, identify ...

Congressman Mike Garcia (Santa Clarita-R) co-sponsored a bipartisan bill which would help establish a support program for veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The PFC Joseph P. Dwyer Peer Support Program Act would set up a peer-to-peer support program known as the Dwyer program for veterans to receive help.  “I know many veterans who ...

Aiming to pay tribute to those who served and sacrificed on 9/11 exactly 20 years ago, Guardians Support Center, a Santa Clarita non-profit, is scheduled to host a Patriot Day car show and breakfast on Saturday. With special guests Congressman Mike Garcia, Assemblywoman Suzette Martinez Vallardez and City Councilman Jason Gibbs in attendance, the event is expected to honor those ...