Man Taken into Custody for Memorial Wall Defacement

Angel Castro, a 24-year old, male was taken into custody in connection with the defacement of a Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Venice, California just before Memorial Day this year. He was wanted by LASD Transit Policing Division detectives. The wall is located at the rear of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Division 6. Castro, who […]

City Council Announces Commission Appointments

The City Council of the City of La Cañada Flintridge made appointments to several City commissions and committees and welcomes these individuals into service of the community. The following appointments have been made: Planning Commission – Mike Hazen and Jeffrey McConnell; Design Commission – Tom Fuelling and Gordon Hoopes; Public Works and Traffic Commission – […]

New History, Social Science Framework

By Charly SHELTON A lot has happened in the last few years. Gay marriage has been legalized in all 50 states, new stances have been taken on key issues of health care, racism and law enforcement, and the world is about to change even more with the upcoming elections and an uncertain future. The history […]

From the Desk of the Publisher

From the Desk of the Publisher

The Heat is On It was reminiscent of the Station Fire this past weekend. On Friday afternoon, the skies began to darken and ash started to fall from the newly ignited Sand Fire. By Saturday the Crescenta Valley was blanketed in smoke that turned the sun into an angry ball of orange. More than once […]

CV Grad and Navy Officer Assigned to USS Missouri

CV Grad and Navy Officer Assigned to USS Missouri

Petty Officer 2nd Class Griffin Riedel, a 2009 CV High School graduate, is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard one of the Navy’s newest attack submarines, the USS Missouri. Riedel is a sonar technician aboard the Groton-based boat, one of only 12 Virginia-class attack submarines in the Navy’s fleet. The Virginia class is comprised of […]

»Montrose Verdugo-City Chamber of Commerce

Tri-Chamber Foothills Expo & August Mixer Get your table now! The Foothills Community Business Expo, co-sponsored by USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, is the 16th Annual Business Expo brought to you by the Crescenta Valley, La Cañada Flintridge and Montrose-Verdugo City Chambers of Commerce. The Expo will provide Chamber business members and community organizations an opportunity […]

CRIME BLOTTER

July 21 4400 block of Cornishon Avenue in La Cañada, a woman reported that she had dropped her child off at school. She locked her vehicle and walked her child to the school and then returned to her vehicle. On her way to work her credit card company contacted her that someone had attempted to […]

DUI Warrant Sweep Planned

Some think if they don’t show up for a court hearing, the police won’t have the manpower to come find them. But according to the Glendale Police Dept., if the violation is a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) don’t count on it. GPD officers with dozens of outstanding arrest warrants will be fanning out into […]

Treasures of the Valley » Mike Lawler

The Three Civilian Conservation Corp Camps of CV The story of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) in the early 1930s is one of the brightest chapters in American history. In the dark depths of the Great Depression, a newly elected President Roosevelt formed a corps of young out-of-work men to perform conservation work on state […]

Rockhaven RFP Deadline is Extended Again

By Mary O’KEEFE The RFPs (Request for Proposal) have been collected for Rockhaven and are now with the City of Glendale; however, on Wednesday the deadline for RFP submittal was pushed again to Aug. 11 at 5 p.m. This gives developers two more weeks to perfect their proposals. The original deadline was June 20; it […]