UPDATE: Friday 12:36 p.m. A missing person out of Placentia has been located by Montrose Search and Rescue and LASD personnel in the Switzer Falls area. Shameca Johnson, 24, was last seen on Aug. 20 as she was leaving her residence in the city of Brea. “She was located [in Angeles National Forest],” said Det. […]
Former Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Bruce C. Murray died today at the age of 81 after a long illness. Murray was at the helm of JPL from 1976 to 1982, during a very busy time for planetary exploration – when the Viking spacecraft landed on Mars, and Voyager 1 and 2 were launched and flew […]
David Sagal and his jazz quintet performed recently at Memorial Park in La Cañada as part of its summer concert series. Sagal, seen here performing with daughter Nora, is a La Cañada resident who is running for a seat on the La Cañada Unified District school board. Former Assemblyman Anthony Portantino announced to the Cañada-Crescenta […]
Jeff Young, senior vice president of First Financial Equity Corporation in Scottsdale, Ariz., told members of the Kiwanis Club of La Cañada that they should wait until they are 70 years old to apply for social security benefits. The advisor, a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the nation, took Kiwanians through a primer on Social […]
NASA administrator Charles Bolden toured JPL clean room in anticipation of the year of Earth science. By Mary O’KEEFE and Molly SHELTON On Monday, NASA administrator Charles Bolden visited Jet Propulsion Laboratory to see the progress of the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission that will be launched in 2014. “It’s the year of Earth […]
“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco” ~ often credited to Mark Twain Saturday afternoon found us in Humboldt County, northern California dropping our son off for his senior (and final!) year at Humboldt State University. While mixing the business of back-to-school with pleasure, we discovered Fern Canyon located up […]
Aug. 1 5500 block of Vista Cañada Place in La Cañada Flintridge, a woman reported she had found an electronic tracking device dangling from a piece of loose tape under the carriage of her vehicle. She reportedly told deputies she suspected her husband had attached the device. The couple is currently going through a divorce. […]
By Mary O’KEEFE On Saturday, the American Heroes Air Show will again be flying onto the field near Hansen Dam. About 20 years ago, the show was held in Santa Monica. It has grown in popularity over the years and found a welcome home at Hansen Dam. The show is different from most air shows […]
June 16 3200 block of Foothill Boulevard in Glendale, a 50-year-old La Crescenta woman was arrested for shoplifting at Vons market. Two employees reportedly witnessed the woman in the liquor and wine aisles for several minutes. She had a personal bag and a Vons cart with several items of liquor in it. She moved the […]
LCUSD Examines Funding Changes By Kevork KURDOGHLIAN The 2013-14 California state budget, which was recently passed by the legislature and currently awaits Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature, is set to take the state’s K-12 school districts in a new financial direction. La Cañada Unified School District is one of many community districts heavily impacted by […]