Gentle Barn: Where families feed turkeys on Thanksgiving Day
Two-year-old male turkey, Romero, behind, looks on as Mark Reback pets 4 year-old hen turkey, Sun, ashe feeds her blue berries during the 20th annual Gentle Thanksgiving event at the Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita on Thursday, November 28, 2019. Dan Watson/The Signal

Gentle Barn: Where families feed turkeys on Thanksgiving Day

On Thanksgiving Day, families typically serve oven-roasted turkeys at the dinner table. But in Santa Clarita’s Gentle Barn, people serve the turkeys a little differently.  About 250 people from in…

Celebrities, animals celebrate Gentle Barn’s 20th anniversary
The Gentle Barn co-founder Ellie Laks and Whitney Cummings, left to right, with the pigs at the Gentle Barn's 20th Anniversary Celebration on September 28, 2019. Courtesy of Michael Kovac

Celebrities, animals celebrate Gentle Barn’s 20th anniversary

The Gentle Barn celebrated 20 years of rescuing, rehabilitating and providing sanctuary to animals and children under the stars on Saturday. Gentle Barn founders, Ellie Laks and Jay Weiner, wanted…

Gentle Barn turns 20 with star-studded celebration
Ellie Laks, the founder of The Gentle Barn, holds a chicken with her husband, Jay Weiner, the co-founder of The Gentle Barn, at the sanctuary. Courtesy of Anna Robreson

Gentle Barn turns 20 with star-studded celebration

The Gentle Barn has been rescuing, rehabilitating and providing sanctuary to animals and children for 20 years, and will be celebrating its 20th anniversary in September with an intimate evening…

Giving Season at Gentle Barn to donate to L.A.’s at-risk youth for 8th year in a row
Ellie Laks, co-founder of The Gentle Barn, speaks with children at the sixth annual toy donation drive with Los Angeles Police Department's Southeast Division. Photo by Michelle Shiers, courtesy of The Gentle Barn

Giving Season at Gentle Barn to donate to L.A.’s at-risk youth for 8th year in a row

The Gentle Barn Foundation is collecting donated toys and gifts every Sunday until Dec. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., for its annual holiday event to help at-risk youth…

USC alumni mark ‘Day of SCervice’ at The Gentle Barn
Members of the University of Southern California Alumni Association of SCV, volunteer their time to The Gentle Barn for their annual Day of SCervice. Georgia Rios/ The Signal

USC alumni mark ‘Day of SCervice’ at The Gentle Barn

Saturday marked the annual “Day of SCervice” for University of Southern California alumni throughout the world. In Santa Clarita, the USC Alumni Association chose to volunteer their time to the…

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