Habitat for Humanity San Fernando/Santa Clarita Valleys honored local veterans and promoted their “Habitat for Heroes” program at the Santa Clarita Valley 4th of July Parade. This was the first year Habitat entered a float in the parade. Fans of Habitat and Veterans alike cheered as the “SCV Habitat for Heroes” float rolled down the parade route. With assistance from KHTS AM 1220, The Southern California Gas Company and many more, Habitat hopes to help 3-5 more veteran families this year in the Santa Clarita and San Fernando Valleys with Brush with Kindness/Critical Home Repairs and is starting construction on a 12-home veteran “Enriched Neighborhood“, accepting home applicants in the coming months.

Habitat for Humanity’s partner, The Home Depot Foundation, is being honored for its commitment to the housing needs of America’s veterans. On June 21, the Home Depot Foundation is being recognized at the National Housing Conference’s 40th Annual Housing Person of the Year gala. The 2012 honorees are: The Home Depot Foundation, along with its partners Operation Homefront and Volunteers of America. The collaboration between U.S. Vets and Cloudbreak Communities. “These five organizations exemplify the partnerships that help meet the pressing need for housing and residential services that so many returning and at-risk veterans need,”   said Dan Nissenbaum, NHC board chair. “The challenges veterans face in terms of finances, employment prospects, and health require a solid foundation of safe, decent, … Read More …

Written by Carol Rock - KHTS AM 1220 Seventy-one years ago, silent film star and cowboy, William S. Hart hosted a grand opening of the American Theater in downtown Newhall. On May 23, 1941, townsfolk gathered at the corner of Spruce Street and 11th Street for the gala opening of the theater, where Hart himself welcomed visitors to the first theater built in the Santa Clarita Valley. The actor donated the land and commissioned noted theater designer S. Charles Lee to design the building, (Lee was responsible for Glendale’s Alex  Theatre, the ornate Los Angeles Theater in downtown LA and the Max Factor  Building in Hollywood). The building was to be used not just as a place to show his Western … Read More …