By Brandon HENSLEY The North Glendale community has a new model for its community planning, as City Council adopted the North Glendale Community Plan this month. Effective Jan. 5, the area will see new regulations and guidelines for incoming projects. Council adopted a draft of the plan on Nov. 29 and also introduced new zone […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The holiday gift-giving season is in full force. The Montrose Shopping Park Assn. saw an increase in some sales when they covered Honolulu Avenue with snow on Nov. 25 and then lit up the avenue with twinkling lights. White, as opposed to Black, Friday was a push to shop locally. The following […]
By Jason KUROSU For years, Crescenta Valley High School has been the only high school in the district with an open lunch policy, a distinction which may not exist come January when the district school board will decide whether or not to move towards closing the campus at lunch. Increases in off-campus drug arrests and […]
By Mary O’KEEFE A 43-year-old Pasadena man was found in his car dead of an apparent suicide on Monday. The man was in a vehicle parked along Angeles Crest Highway at mile marker 27.2. “It [has been determined] a suicide [from] a gunshot wound,” said Craig Harvey, Los Angeles County Coroner spokesman. The man’s vehicle […]
By Mary O’KEEFE An illegal marijuana dispensary was closed thanks to the efforts of the Los Angeles Police Department, the department’s narcotics unit and the city’s district attorney. “We did get one [dispensary] closed down on Commerce Avenue,” said LAPD Officer Richard Wall. The operator of the dispensary was renting the facility in the 10000 […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Los Angeles County Sheriff detectives from the Crescenta Valley station are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects who vandalized Rosemont Middle School. Detectives have released a surveillance photo of two individuals suspected of vandalizing the school with spray painted graffiti on June 16. The first suspect is described as […]
By Ted AYALA Glendale Police Department (GPD) was called out late Saturday night after being informed of a pipe bomb in a vehicle that was parked in front of the police department. The suspect at the center of the incident was Saro Akhverdyan, 50, of Glendale. At about 9 p.m. Akhverdyan’s sister and nephew took […]
Thursday December 15, 2011, 2:53 PM LASD – HQ Newsroom (SHB), Los Angeles County Sheriff Advisory: Warning: Rise in “Relative in Distress” Telephone Scams Targeting U.S. Citizens From Within and Outside the U.S. (FBI News Release) FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WARN AMERICANS OF RISE IN TELEPHONE SCAMS TARGETING U.S. CITIZENS FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF […]
By Mary O’KEEFE The Prom Plus Holiday Boutique was held on Saturday at St. Luke’s of the Mountains Episcopal Church. Vendors offered a variety of items from soaps to bowls, and kitchen towels to jewelry. About 25 vendors joined in the fundraiser for Prom Plus. There were also many opportunities to win prizes including tickets […]
Advisory: Warning: Rise in “Relative in Distress” Telephone Scams Targeting U.S. Citizens From Within and Outside the U.S. FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS WARN AMERICANS OF RISE IN TELEPHONE SCAMS TARGETING U.S. CITIZENS FROM WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE U.S. Law enforcement has seen an increase in the number of reports by victims of telephone scams […]