A U.S. Forestry Recreation Technician working in the Angeles National Forest noticed several people who appeared to be trapped on a cliff near Altadena and called in rescuers at 11:57AM on Sunday. By 12:25PM, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Air-5 Rescue pilots & Emergency Services Detail (Special Enforcement Bureau), had rescued a 19-year old South […]
At about 8:35 p.m. on Saturday night the Montrose Search and Rescue Team was activated to respond to the Mount Wilson area regarding two boy scouts and their leader who had been separated from their group while hiking and were presumed lost. They were well equipped for the conditions and had planned to camp at […]
By Mary O’KEEFE One hiker has been found dead and two others were transported to the hospital after an afternoon hiking accident. At about 3:30 p.m. this afternoon in the Angeles National Forest, a hiker flagged down a passing motorist after climbing up to the roadway. He and two other men, all in their 20s, […]
The American Lung Association released the State of Tobacco Control 2012, an annual report that provides grades to the federal government and all 50 states and the District of Columbia on four key tobacco control areas. In conjunction with this national report, the American Lung Association in California released the State of Tobacco […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 40-year-old man has succumbed to a gunshot wound he received after a confrontation with a Glendale Police Officer this afternoon. Glendale paramedics responded to a call about 1 p.m. to the 1700 block of Riverside Drive in Glendale, said Sgt. Tom Lorenz, GPD spokesman. The girlfriend of the man made the 9-1-1 call […]
On Thursday, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Inspector General Phyllis K. Fong, calling on USDA to provide answers about the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) report on its investigation into the allegations that phone calls were improperly recorded and withheld during the initial government investigation in […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department patrol unit out of Crescenta Valley Station was involved in an accident at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday on Foothill Boulevard and Moore Street in Glendale. Glendale police are investigating the incident that involved two vehicles, a patrol unit and another vehicle driven by a woman. […]
Sacramento, CA – Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California residents and business owners affected by the Los Angeles County High Winds from November 30 through December 4, 2011, announced U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Karen G. Mills. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster following a December 13 […]
Power was out for a short while on Friday in the 3200 block of Parkvista and 3800 block of Pennsylvania avenues. A canopy blew into the power lines. The area was part of the Glendale Water and Power.
FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WARN AMERICANS OF RISE IN TELEPHONE SCAMS TARGETING U.S. CITIZENS FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. Law enforcement has seen an increase in the number of reports by victims of telephone scams where the caller impersonates a family member of the victim and concocts a phony scenario suggesting the […]