By Mary O’Keefe Last week the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Council held its first community outreach event via a drug forum. The panel included law enforcement, clinical experts and parent Aileen Bristow whose son was killed at Valley View Elementary School nine years ago in an apparent drug related deal gone bad. In […]
Crescenta Valley Town Council has some new regular members and two new alternates after today’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 member incumbent Dennis van Bremen kept hold of his seat on the […]
What do you think is the most important role the CVTC plays in the community? Robbyn Battles: Perhaps the most important role of Town Council is to act as a forum or center through which the concerns and ambitions of individuals within the community can be expressed. As a council, we are responsible for listening […]
Three suspects were arrested for allegedly burglarizing vehicles in the La Crescenta area on Wednesday. Travis Morgan,18, of La Crescenta, Daniel Stubblefield,18, of La Cañada and Alec Davis, 25, of La Verne were arrested about 7 p.m. on Wednesday after witnesses called Glendale police about a possible vehicle burglary. “They were walking in the area […]
Crescenta Valley Water District Board of Directors election results are in and only one incumbent has kept his position. Kerry Erickson won with 888 votes reflecting 25.12% of the total vote cast, followed by James Bodnar with 697 votes, 19.72% and incumbent Richard Atwater with 695 votes, 19.66%. The board of directors is a […]
At 5:09 p.m. Los Angeles City Fire responded to a fire on Day Street, just west of Lowell Avenue between Cabanas and Pali avenues. Witnesses reported the fire seemed to be moving quickly. “There are about 20 fire engines and the U.S. Forest Service is here. We saw 20 or more fire fighters walk up […]
A robbery occurred at 10 a.m. today at the Citibank in the 2600 block of Foothill Boulevard La Crescenta. The suspect is described as a black male, 6’4”, 185 pounds with a mustache and goatee and wearing a dark green/gray heavy coat with a hood. He entered the bank and walked up to a teller window. “He threatened […]
A flu clinic that had been scheduled for Oct. 15 for Mountain Avenue Elementary students and parents has been cancelled due to a depleted supply of the vaccine. “There was a shortage of vaccine. There seems to be very little coming into the area,” said Lynda Burlison, Glendale school district health services coordinator. The clinic […]
Three homes were burglarized and one attempted burglary occurred in La Cañada on Oct. 6-7. All four occurred between the hours of noon and 3 p.m. Sgt. Ray Harley of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station said the incidents could be related because of the similar time frame and relative close proximity of the neighborhoods. “Two […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Glendale firefighters responded to a Department of Parks and Recreation employee’s request for a rescue at Deukmejian Wilderness Park in the afternoon of Oct. 7. Park Naturalists Eric Grossman and Russ Hauck were in the park, searching for a bear that had been reportedly seen by scientists who were working in the […]