Friday evening Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies responded to the Devil’s Punch Bowl area of the Angeles National Forest regarding a missing hiker call about 6 p.m. A 29-year-old female hiker from Palmdale had reportedly gone on a hike in the area earlier in the day and had yet to return. The missing hiker’s […]
UPDATE 11:41 p.m. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office has released the name of the apparent suicide victim who fell to his death on Friday afternoon at Crescenta Valley High School. Drew Ferraro, 15, was a sophomore at the school. UPDATE: 5:57 p.m. Press Conference Yields Little Information on Student’s Death By Mary O’KEEFE […]
The community is responding to the death of a Crescenta Valley High School male student who fell from the roof top of the school this afternoon. The Fire House youth center is being opened for kids to gather tonight at 5:30 p.m. The Fire House is located at 2563 Foothilll Blvd., La Crescenta (at the […]
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UPDATED 2:52 Statement from the GUSD: “The Glendale Unified School District community is saddened to report that an isolated fatal fall occurred this afternoon at Crescenta Valley High School. The Los Angeles County Sheriff is investigating a fatal fall by a male student in the high school’s central quad area shortly after noon Friday, February […]
Due to the recent increase in property crimes and residential burglaries in the area, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Community Oriented Policing Teams in conjunction with the Glendale Police Department, Los Angeles County Probation and State Parole have joined forces to conduct a multi-jurisdictional Probation / Parole Compliance Operation. The areas include La Cañada […]
Intense performances by high school players bring home the sometimes deadly consequences of bullying. By Brandon HENSLEY It happens in cyberspace to the girl who logs on to chat. It happens to the girl who battles weight issues. It happens to the boy who is emotionally abused by his girlfriend, and it happens to so […]
By Mary O’KEEFE This morning, in the 4400 block of Ramsdell Avenue there will be several safety personnel responding to a fatal car accident. Those involved will be bloody and broken, some badly injured, some do not survive. The accident is staged, a scenario played out for Crescenta Valley High School juniors and seniors as […]
By Ted AYALA Cities across the state wait with nervous expectation of what may occur in the wake of early inmate releases. Last year Gov. Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, Jr. signed AB 109. Known as a criminal justice realignment, the program is designed to relieve some of the state’s budget burden by reducing overcrowding in […]
The Diversity of the Foothills – Celebrating or Grudgingly Acknowledging? Recent articles by CV Weekly columnists Mike Lawler and Jim Chase have sparked discussion regarding diversity locally in the foothills as well as nationally. Jim Chase, in an early 2012 column, railed against Sacramento saddling the state and its residents with an additional 700-plus laws, […]