Hiker Comes Full Circle

By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue member Cindy England celebrated an anniversary over the Thanksgiving holiday. It wasn’t the normal anniversary celebration – England was celebrating getting lost … and found. “It was a lot warmer [this time] than it was 20 years ago,” England said. England with friends and family summitted Mt. Baldy […]

End of an Era: Jim Starbird Says Farewell to Glendale

By Ted AYALA The Glendale City Council’s first meeting after Thanksgiving was both busy and bittersweet. Jim Starbird attended his last City Council meeting as Glendale’s city manager on Tuesday. As he was called up to the podium, his City Council colleagues praised his many years of work. “He has served this city for 13 […]

Once in a Lifetime Ride? Perhaps Not

By Brandon HENSLEY Many people start checking gifts off their Christmas list this time of year. Last weekend, Rick Chew checked something off of his bucket list. On Friday and Saturday, Chew and his longtime friend Denis Kerechuk took part in the annual L.A. Barstow to Vegas Dual Sport race, a 400-mile journey that took […]

MSR Members Recover a Heart Attack Victim from a Mine

By Mary O’KEEFE Montrose Search and Rescue members received a call on Saturday asking for a team with mine rescue training and experience to travel to an old gold mine near Sacramento. “The co-owner of a mine apparently had a heart attack while working his claim,” said John McKently, MSR team member. The team knew […]

Earthquake Update

By Jason KUROSU The looming possibility of a major earthquake is one that prevails in the minds of many Californians, especially as reminders, however small, of the state’s seismic potential have occurred throughout its history and continue to this day. “The Big One” has been predicted time and time again, a massive earthquake with a […]

CRIME BLOTTER

Nov. 29 La Crescenta and Prospect avenues, a 30-year-old man from Pasadena was arrested on suspicion of possession of heroin at 5:30 p.m. 500 block of Darthmouth Place in La Cañada Flintridge, a Blackberry phone was stolen and an unlocked vehicle was ransacked overnight. Nov. 26 1200 block of El Vago Street in La Cañada, […]

Police Arrest Suspect in Molestation Case

Glendale Police have released information regarding a call officers responded to on Friday, Nov. 11 when officers were summoned to a residence in the city of Glendale in regards to a child molestation investigation involving an 8-year-old boy. The mother, out of concern for the safety of her child, stated that she discussed the Pennsylvania […]

Community Suffers Power Outages

By Mary O’KEEFE Law enforcement and utility companies are receiving calls of multiple outages throughout the foothills area due to wind conditions. “Due to the strong winds we may have power lines go down,” said David Ford, spokesman for Southern California Edison. As of Wednesday at 8:08 p.m. about 2208 customer in Montrose, La Crescenta […]

Police Arrest Suspect in Molestation Case

Glendale Police have released information regarding a call officers responded to on Friday, Nov. 11 when officers were summoned to a residence in the city of Glendale in regards to a child molestation investigation involving an 8 year-old boy. The mother, out of concern for the safety of her child, stated that she discussed the […]