Earth Day 2012 An Earth Day event is taking place on Saturday, April 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A wilderness workday and plant hike is planned at Deukmejian Wilderness Park. Everyone is invited to enjoy a beautiful spring morning and help in restoration efforts then take a hike with Restoration Ecologist Melanie Keeley […]
By Jason KUROSU The GUSD Board of Education covered more proposed and potential updates from the Measure S bond in their Tuesday board meeting. The board discussed updates and developments in terms of whole facilities at GUSD campuses, such as auditoriums, athletic facilities and cafeterias, rather than technological or infrastructural upgrades. Jennifer Chin, GUSD’s director […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Rosemont Middle School may have been closed to seventh and eighth graders on Monday but it was still a place of learning. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department used the school as a place for an active shooting training session. The department’s Special Enforcement Bureau, the sheriff’s version of SWAT (Special Weapons […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Friday a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for the Verdugo Regional Crime Laboratory located in Glendale. It is a collaboration that will allow Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena to work together to solve crimes, both cold cases and active. It is expected to be fully operational in May. The idea for the […]
The public is invited to come and enjoy a car show, dog parade, all types of booths, not to mention all the great food and fun rides for the kids at the annual Hometown Country Fair. The fair is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Crescenta Valley Park, 3901 Dunsmore Ave. in La Crescenta. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The 27th Annual Challenge Cup/Baker to Vegas Relay Race will be held this weekend. The 120-mile course challenges teams comprised of law enforcement agencies to race from Baker, Calif. to Las Vegas, Nev. The race is divided into 20 legs with each runner averaging six miles. Chuck Foote, general manager of the […]
April 16 2700 block of Orange Avenue in La Crescenta, a makeup case and duffle bag were stolen and the rear driver’s side window was smashed overnight. April 14 5500 Alta Canyada Road in La Cañada Flintridge, a paint spraying machine was stolen from a truck between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. April 13 300 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Deputies responded to call concerning shots fired in the 1900 block of Waltonia Drive at 2:20 a.m. Wednesday morning. When deputies first arrived on scene, a person in a gold colored van approached them and said the suspect, who was nearby, had fired at his vehicle. The deputies saw evidence of bullet […]
By Mary O’KEEFE L.A. Police Department detectives have released the name of the man whose body was found in a burned out vehicle on Sister Elsie Drive in Tujunga on March 31. Jacob Burns, 21, of San Gabriel Valley was found after firefighters had extinguished the flames that engulfed a 1992 two-door white Honda. The […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department homicide unit detectives are asking for the public’s help with any information concerning a burned body found in an Altadena neighborhood on Sunday morning. At about 6 a.m. on Sunday, a passerby saw a burning object on the sidewalk in the 2600 block of North Windsor Avenue. […]