La Cañada Flintridge Weighs In on 710

By Jason KUROSU For nearly 40 years, the debate over a proposed extension of the 710 Freeway has raged on, with Pasadena residents staunchly opposed to a freeway that would cut through their city and nearly 1,000 homes that lie in its proposed path. The latest in the fight against the extension is a formal […]

DUI Checkpoint on Friday

Glendale Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Friday. The checkpoint will be held at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. DUI checkpoints are a proven enforcement tool effective in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol […]

CVDAPC Presents ‘What Every Parent Should Know’

By Jason KUROSU There will be a departure from the usual Crescenta Valley Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition meeting on Monday, April 2 as the Coalition hosts an underage drinking seminar. The seminar, entitled Underage Drinking: From Preschool to High School, What Every Parent Should Know, will address the topic of underage drinking with a […]

CRIME BLOTTER

March 26 2900 block of Highridge Street in La Crescenta, a 2000 two-door white Ford Ranger was stolen at about 10:55 p.m. March 25 2500 block of Fairway Avenue in Montrose, a purse was stolen from the front seat of an unlocked vehicle. The owner of the vehicle had been unloading items and had left […]

Door-to-Door Magazine Solicitors Arrested

By Mary O’KEEFE Three men were arrested for soliciting magazine subscriptions and sales after they found to be going door-to-door in Glendale neighborhoods. On March 20 at about 3:17 p.m., officers received a call from a concerned resident about men going through the neighborhood selling magazine subscriptions. When officers arrived, they found Jacob Arey, 23, […]

Girl Struck by Car

By Mary O’KEEFE A La Cañada girl was struck by a car while crossing the street in the 4700 block of Rosemont Avenue, south of Los Amigos Street, on March 22. “At 7:43 p.m. on Thursday, a male driver, 25, of Monrovia driving a 1996 Ford Ranger struck a 15-year-old girl,” said California Highway Patrol […]

Woman Found in Car After Plunging Off Highway

By Mary O’KEEFE A 56-year-old Juniper Hills woman was found in her vehicle that had plunged down 350 feet over the side of Angeles Forest Highway. The last time relatives had contact with Tracy Granger, she was driving up Angeles Crest Highway at 6:45 p.m. on Sunday on her way back to Palmdale from Pasadena. […]

Clara Martinez

Oct. 21, 1956 – March 13, 2012 Clara Martinez was born Clara Cano on Oct 21, 1956 in Fabens, Tex. She graduated from East Bakersfield High School in 1974 and attended California State University Fresno where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Recreation Administration in 1979. She completed her education with a master’s degree in […]

Inmate Bus Stopped on Glendale Freeway

By Mary O’KEEFE At about 7:10 p.m.  this evening a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s bus transporting inmates  pulled over to  the emergency lane of the Glendale (2) freeway southbound near the Mountain Street exit due to an inmate with a medical issue, said Sgt. Hanson.   Deputies and emergency personnel are assisting the ill inmate, […]

DUI Checkpoint on Friday

DUI Checkpoint on Friday Glendale Police Department Traffic Unit will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint on Friday. The checkpoint will be held at an undisclosed location within the city limits between the hours of 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. DUI checkpoints are a proven enforcement tool effective in reducing the number of persons killed […]