By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale Police are asking for any witnesses who may have seen a robbery on Sunday afternoon in Montrose. The incident began about noon when witnesses called police to report two men involved in an apparent robbery in progress in a parking lot in the 2300 block of Honolulu Avenue. By the time […]
It wasn’t part of the television episode being filmed on Foothill Boulevard although it may have seemed like it when a report of a topless woman walking up the street came into the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station on Monday. The call first came in about 9:50 a.m. of the woman in the area of Prospect […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A bear was found in the backyard of a home in the 2600 block of Prospect Avenue about 2 p.m. on Wednesday. It was eventually tranquilized and transported to the mountains ending an almost 24 hour bear odyssey that included barking dogs, helicopters and calls to the sheriff’s station. “Our dog started […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Veterans came out en masse to support the Bob Hope Airport Veterans’ Day Runway Walk 2009 on Wednesday. The walk was led by war veterans from La Crescenta, Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena. Veterans Mike Baldwin, Nat Prescott and Jack Maison representing the American Legion Post 288 and Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) […]
Deerpass deal finally closes One of the longest running property negotiations in recent history has come to a close with the announcement that the city has acquired more than 18 acres of open space in the Deerpark area of La Crescenta. The Glendale City Council reached an agreement in 2001 with developer Sal Gangi to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Members of the Montrose Search and Rescue team responded to a victim who had fallen into a shaft in Kagel Canyon on Saturday. “About 11 a.m. a 58-year-old man and his wife were looking at a piece of property in the Kagel Canyon area when he fell into a shaft,” said Jay […]
By Charles COOPER The Glendale City Council approved the hiring of a retired Burbank official to direct the city’s efforts to complete the 2010 census. Barbara Lazar will be paid $52,500 for 15 hours a week through May. She will work with the city’s complete count committee, which will meet every other Tuesday. Councilman John […]
Recycling event at local church First Baptist Church La Crescenta is hosting a free collection/recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14 at the church. Accepted electronic devices include TVs, phones, tape players, photo copy machines, household batteries, computers, monitors, printers, cords and other computer hardware. These will be safely and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale police are asking for the public’s help with any information concerning a call of shots fired at 5 a.m. on Sunday in the 2900 block of Manhattan Avenue. Sgt. Robert Breckenridge said that police responded to a call of shots heard but was unable to locate any suspects or bullet casings […]
CVTC elections are over. It is now time to get to work. Crescenta Valley Town Council has some new regular members and two new alternates after Saturday’s election. Incumbent Robbyn Battles who had served last year as an alternate received the most votes at 214 allowing her to move up to regular council member. Regular […]