Our Crescenta Valley community is doing a moment of remembrance for September 11th at Two Strike Park this Sunday . . . 8:15 am until 8:46 am (the moment the 1st plane hit the World Trade Center tower). We will have people from all walks of community life . . . including the Armenian community, […]
Commercial truck driver Marcos, Barbosa Costa, 46, was convicted in July of losing control of his big rig in La Canada Flintridge and slamming into several cars, killing a father and his 12-year-old daughter, was sentenced today to seven years, four months in state prison. Costa was found guilty of the April 1, 2009, crash […]
Today the Nation celebrates the 91st Anniversary of Women’s Equality Day. Each year Women’s Equality Day is celebrated on August 26th to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote. Congress designated this date in 1971 to honor women’s continuing efforts toward full equality. Spearheading the […]
For Rosemont Middle School students who were not able to get their physical education clothes, reminder binder and other items from the school’s store on Howdy Day, there are other opportunities to shop. The Rosemont School Store hours for the remainder of this week are: Wednesday (today) from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. , Thursday […]
The See’s Candies store in La Canada Flintridge was robbed at 6 p.m. on Monday by a single, unarmed suspect. The suspect obtained an unknown amount of cash before fleeing on foot, westbound on Verdugo Boulevard from Foothill Boulevard. The suspect entered the store and ordered the two female employees to lock the door and […]
The Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council sponsored Clean Up day was in full swing early this morning. Members of the council began arriving at about 6 a.m., community member and neighbor volunteers were there an hour later and the clean up began. Volunteers with hats, gloves and clippers helped local residents clear dry vegetation from […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A collision tied up traffic at Ocean View Boulevard and Foothill (210) freeway this evening from about 6 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. A vehicle was traveling on the eastbound exit of the Foothill (210) freeway at Ocean View Boulevard and was turning northbound when it collided with another vehicle traveling southbound on […]
Deputies from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to a call on Saturday at 5 p.m. concerning a home in the 5100 block of Alta Canyada Road in La Cañada. When they arrived at the vacant home, they discovered 12 mature marijuana plants growing in the backyard. Each plant was about eight feet tall. Deputies did not […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The announcement that motorcycle riders, bicyclists and motorists have been waiting for – for about a year and a half – was announced on Friday morning: The Angeles Crest Highway is now open. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) opened a seven-mile stretch of Angeles Crest Highway (SR2) between La Cañada Flintridge […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A hiker that had been missing for about 30 hours was found near North Fork in the Angeles National Forest. “He was uninjured,” said Lt. Jacobs, Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station. The 57-year-old man and a friend began their hike in San Diego and had continued to the Angeles National Forest. Apparently the two […]