By Ted AYALA Proponents for alternate modes of transportation secured a victory on Tuesday. Glendale City Council passed a bicycle transportation plan that will enable Glendale to accommodate its growing demographic of bicyclists on city roads along with motorists. The plan – costing an estimated $5.8 million – may see the city doubling the amount […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a pit bull Monday morning after it attacked a small dog in a La Crescenta neighborhood. The incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. when a resident was walking his two small dogs near Mountain Pine Drive and Ramsdell Avenue. “As I approached Ramsdell and Markridge […]
In the Aug. 23 issue, we misspelled the name of one of the Explorers. Below is the caption with the correct spelling.
Aug. 27 2400 block of Rockdell Street in La Crescenta, someone pried open the locking gas cap of a vehicle, damaging the gas filler pipe, and siphoned five gallons of fuel from the tank on Aug. 23 at 1 a.m. 4300 block of Belaire Drive in La Cañada Flintridge, a man discovered that someone had […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Documentary producer Brian Gerber, 41, has been found dead near his vehicle that plunged off a cliff on the Angeles Crest Highway. On Wednesday at about 7 a.m., Montrose Search and Rescue recovered Gerber’s body that had apparently been thrown from his vehicle as it went over a cliff at mile marker […]
The Altadena Area office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) will conduct a sobriety/driver license checkpoint on Friday, August 31, within the unincorporated area of east Altadena. We would like to remind everyone to designate a sober driver. Driving under the influence is inexcusable and has cost the lives of too many people,” said Captain […]
Meatball, the bear that just couldn’t stay away from the Crescenta Valley, now has a new – and permanent – home. By Mary O’KEEFE The sounds of trashcans being knocked over in the night couldn’t be denied – Meatball was back in the Crescenta Valley. The meatball-loving bear, also known as Glen Bearian, had once […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Meatball has been caught – again. This time in the backyard of an Ocean View Boulevard home and this time instead of transporting him into the Angeles National Forest he will be traveling to the Lions, Tigers and Bears rehabilitation and animal sanctuary in Alpine, just north of San Diego where he […]
A jeep that caught fire this afternoon in the 3000 block of Encinal Avenue east of Pennsylvania Avenue has ignited nearby brush adjacent to the Foothill (210) Freeway. Los Angeles County Fire command is being assisted by L.A. City Fire and Glendale Fire departments. L.A. County Fire Camp crews are responding as is air support. […]