By Mike LAWLER About 40 people brought lawn chairs and blankets to a free outdoor movie in Dunsmore Park last Friday night. The 1966 Don Knotts comedy “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken” was shown on the city’s large inflatable movie screen as a joint venture between Glendale Parks and Recreation and the Historical Society of the Crescenta Valley. This comedy classic was one of a series of […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Two people from La Cañada were among five that were arrested by Glendale police over an apparent dispute concerning a loan modification that escalated into torture and false imprisonment. Mary Ann Parmelee, 51, and Daniel Weston, 52, both from La Cañada, along with Mario Gonzales, 47, from Glendale, Marissa Parker, 49, from Sylmar and Canez Gustavo, 36, from Los Angeles have been charged with two counts […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Three incumbents and three new candidates are vying for three seats on the Crescenta Valley Water District board. The water district is governed by a five-member board of directors. Each director serves a four-year term. Richard Atwater, Charles Beatty and Vasken Yardemian now serve on the board. Kerry Erickson, James Bodnar and Wendy Alane Smith are the new candidates looking for votes and a chance […]
“You are not alone” was the message sent out to community members and parents during two nights of drug awareness presentations this week. On Monday about 100 people listened to Deputy Scott Shinagawa from the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station and school resource officer talk about the “real” problem of drugs within the community. Pam Erdman, a marriage, […]
Oct. 26 2200 block of Florencita Avenue in Montrose, a plasma television home theater system and computer were stolen from a vehicle parked in an apartment carport overnight. Oct. 22 4400 Woodley Lane in La Cañada, an air conditioning unit was stolen at a home under construction overnight. 1400 El Vago Drive in La Cañada, equipment […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Local law enforcement is alerting the public to a possible scam artist in the area. Lt. Larry Landreth of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station said that the station has received calls about a man who is approaching shoppers for money. “This man walks up to people in the parking lot and says he has […]
Sean Canavan Aug. 31, 1966 – Oct. 20, 2009 Sean Canavan was born in Burbank and attended Crescenta Valley High School. He was the owner of Crown Gutters. He is survived by his wife Monique VanBeekom and daughters Deryn, 14, and Miranda, 12; father Jim Canavan; sister Shannon Truskett and brother-in-law Robert Truskett; and brother Casey Boone Canavan. A celebration of life and gathering of family and friends is taking place […]
By Mary O’KEEFE It was all about the ducks on Saturday as the Glendale Kiwanis Club, with help from the Glendale Fire Department, transformed Verdugo Park into Lake Glendale and the day was filled with races. Anticipation would build at the beginning of each heat as a skip loader scooped up thousands of little rubber ducks and dumped them into the Kiwanis made lake. As the pliable fowl […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Crescenta Valley Fire Safe Council on Oct. 12 received a check for $2,500 to cover its One Call Notification Program. The funds came through the California Fire Safe Council via a Farmers Insurance grant. “It was all just perfect timing,” said Roger Young, president of the CV Fire Safe Council. The […]
A runaway truck travels through the side yard of one residence and stops just short of slamming into the side of another home By Mary O’KEEFE Safety officials say that tragedy was averted on Monday afternoon when a driverless dump truck near Valley View Elementary School traveled south on Maryland Avenue, plowing into the side […]