Bridge to Home closed its shelter doors March 15, causing many among Santa Clarita’s homeless population to seek refuge elsewhere. The emergency winter shelter opens every year on the Monday after Thanksgiving to offer the valley’s homeless a place to find shelter during the coldest time of the year. Past...

[KHTS] – The Santa Clarita Valley’s winter homeless shelter has been operating at or near capacity since December, officials said Tuesday. The seasonal shelter, which operates from Nov. 24 to March 15, has a capacity of 60, but there are a few extra cots, said Tammy McGivern, spokeswoman for...

Santa Clarita Valley homeless shelter officials are still in need of a few dozen volunteers for a homeless count scheduled for Jan. 29, officials said Monday. “In Santa Clarita, we need about 100 volunteers,” said Tim Davis, the executive director of Bridge To Home, last week. The count is crucial...

Rather than making a New Year’s resolution for 2014, I selected a guiding word for the year, and the word I chose was “compassion.” The selection feels even more appropriate now. At the start of the year, I embraced my guiding word with a “14 Days of Loving-Kindness Challenge” on my blog. As...

Kaiser Permanente’s Community Benefit Grants Program supports organizations that are working to improve health locally. Grants are awarded annually to non-profit organizations committed to expanding access to care for lower-income and uninsured individuals, improving education, prevention, early detection,...

The Bridge to Home Emergency Winter Shelter will hold an open house Sunday to raise donations of needed items for the winter season. Among the items sought are: 45 gallon trash bags, foam bowls, large and medium gloves, foam cups, paper towels, napkins, powdered coffee creamer, hot chocolate and disposable...

For the third year, two Santa Clarita Valley women are hosting the annual Chili Cook-off to benefit three local charities: Bridge to Home, Help the Children and LARC Ranch. “Right after the holidays, everyone hunkers down and tightens their belts,” said Co-chair Marcy James. “Charities take the...

[KHTS] – Using a different approach, Santa Clarita Valley homeless shelter operators are attempting to solve chronic homelessness once and for all by 2016. Every two weeks, Bridge to Home officials are partnering with sheriff and city officials, scouring the riverbeds in the Santa Clarita Valley...

[KHTS] – Santa Clarita Valley officials working to secure a permanent home for the local homeless population believe they’ve identified the best spot for a year-round shelter — their current location on Drayton Street in Saugus. A shelter official said the transitioning the current spot...

Photos by Gary Choppe [KHTS] – Trying to raise money and awareness for Bridge To Home, which operates the Santa Clarita Valley’s only homeless shelter, Gary Choppe, president of the Choppe Advertising Group, is portraying faces of the local homeless population. Choppe’s project, called “Souls...