An Arcardia man was charged today with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in the death of the 21-year-old son of actor and motorcycle racing champion Bruce Penhall. Tatsuhiko Sakamoto, 37, also was charged with DUI causing injury, driving with a .08 percent blood alcohol causing injury and a special allegation of causing great bodily injury. […]
UDATE April 6, 2012: From Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station; Three La Crescenta Teens Robbed While Walking Home From School in Separate Incidents Just Minutes Apart Three teenagers were robbed several minutes apart from each other by three suspects as they were walking home from school Thursday afternoon at about 3:30 p.m., in La Crescenta. The […]
On Wednesday Rep. Adam Schiff released the following statement after reports were released by the Davies Group and Southern California Edison (SCE) on the response to the windstorm of November 2011: “I am pleased that SCE has responded proactively to the problems identified in its response to the recent Windstorm by releasing both an […]
As part of this month’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month campaign, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department will be offering “zero tolerance” to those texting or operating hand-held cell phones on April 4 and April 18. Drivers who break the law and place themselves and others in danger will be cited. The current minimum ticket […]
Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) announced that he will host the annual Congressional Arts Competition Forum & Exhibit for the 29th District, featuring high school student artwork from the region, on Sunday April 15. The Congressional Art Competition is an annual contest, with submissions from across the country. The winner from each Congressional District has […]
Best of the Road® is back for round two, asking Americans to share their hometown pride and show road-trippers the best small towns America has to offer. Rand McNally and USA TODAY are calling for friends, family, colleagues or coworkers to put their town on the map — literally — and be named the Best of the Road as […]
Join the Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition and “What Every Parent Needs to Know” tonight at 6:30 p.m. There will be short skits written by local kids concerning underage drinking. Middle and high school students debate the problem and solutions, moderated by Judge Fredrick R. Rotenberg. Tonight at 6:30 p.m. at the Center […]
Twelve accomplished boys from La Crescenta Cub Scout Pack 360 have earned Cub Scout’s highest award, the Arrow of Light, which was presented to them on Friday in a ceremony held at Dunsmore Auditorium. Calling themselves “The Phoenix Patrol”, the boys, under the guidance of den leaders Nate Brown and Michael O’Bryan, completed up to 20 different […]
Today, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) again called on the Forest Service to end the interminable delay in their assessment of the agency’s night-flying operations. The helicopter portion of the report was supposed to be completed by August 2011, but the Forest Service missed that deadline. Since then, the Forest Service has missed another internal deadline to […]
By Mary O’KEEFE At about 7:10 p.m. this evening a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s bus transporting inmates pulled over to the emergency lane of the Glendale (2) freeway southbound near the Mountain Street exit due to an inmate with a medical issue, said Sgt. Hanson. Deputies and emergency personnel are assisting the ill inmate, […]