by Christian Southards | Oct 26, 2022
Catch up on recent California veterans news from the last week of October 2022. All California Veterans CalVet is accepting grant applications through Dec. 9, 2022, for nonprofit organizations that “provide enhanced supportive services” for select veterans groups,...
by Web Team | Sep 16, 2022
On Friday we receive an American Legion Legislative Update from Katie Isaacson, Legislative Coordinator, Legislative Division of The American Legion and it is promptly posted on the Legislative Commission webpage. This week an article in the Legislative Update pointed...
by Ralph Wenzinger | Jul 13, 2022
Over the weekend of June 10-12, the American Legion Riders from the Department of California held their third California Legacy Run. Unlike the previous two Runs where there was a single route, there were two routes for participants to choose to from this year. The...
by Andy Proffet | Jul 11, 2022
After going virtual in 2021, like many other Boys State programs, California Boys State returned to an in-person event for the 2022 session. But some of the program tweaks necessitated by the online-only experience have carried over. Chief among them is a change to...
by Christian Southards | Apr 15, 2022
On April 14, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it will be issuing nearly $52 million in grant funds to organizations that provide or coordinate suicide prevention services for veterans and their families. The Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox...
by Christian Southards | Mar 31, 2022
On March 30, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that the VA Medical Center in Palo Alto, California will be one of five locations used to pilot a program that will connect veterans suffering from PTSD with canine training for service dogs as a treatment...